Special Topics Teaching Resources

Discover some schemes of work, lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in all curriculum subjects in Key Stage Two covering a range of special days, celebrations and festivals across the school year

  • Future Targets

    Future Targets

    Practise selecting and recording academic and behavioural targets for the next school year by reviewing past school work

  • End of Year Review

    End of Year Review

    Explore how to review and present information about some of the things that have happened in the school in the past year

  • Class Thanks

    Class Thanks

    Practise designing and producing special certificates, awards and cards to thank and reward classmates for things that have happened in the past school year

  • World Wars Poems

    World Wars Poems

    Explore and reflect on how poets can use figurative language and verse structures to express themes and ideas about conflicts that have happened in the world

  • Scary Tales

    Scary Tales

    Investigate and replicate the structure and format of narrative stories and poetry about different spooky and mysterious people, places and events

  • Remembrance Poppies

    Remembrance Poppies

    Practise combining and shaping materials to produce models of poppies that can be used to remember and commemorate the lives of others

  • Football Celebrations

    Football Celebrations

    Practise creative skills and techniques when working with different materials to create decorations to celebrate a football tournament

  • New Start

    New Start

    Explore how to prepare for and deal with some of the new events and special occasions that someone might experience in life

  • Sports Poems

    Sports Poems

    Explain and model how to compose and present poems using special line structures and rhyming patterns to illustrate actions and themes connected to different sports

  • Bonfire Party

    Bonfire Party

    Select and use formal and informal language to compose invitations, letters and speeches for a family and town party on Bonfire Night

  • Conflict Poetry

    Conflict Poetry

    Explore how different poets use figurative language in poetry to illustrate and compare themes and ideas about conflict to other objects and emotions

  • Spooky Night

    Spooky Night

    Select and use descriptive language in poetry to describe spooky sights and shadows that might be seen in a bedroom at night during Halloween

  • Length Calculations

    Length Calculations

    Practise using number calculations skills for addition, subtraction, division and multiplication when solving problems related to length measurements

  • Maths Calculations Assessment

    Maths Calculations Assessment

    Assess abilities in solving a range of different number problems for addition and subtraction when working with informal and formal written calculations

  • Determinant Lists

    Determinant Lists

    Explain and model how to make lists of objects used and found in different locations to match the correct determinants of a and an

  • English SPAG Assessment

    English SPAG Assessment

    Assess abilities in composing sentences for fiction and non-fiction using the correct spellings, punctuation marks and grammar vocabulary phrases