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Teaching Ideas
Classroom teaching ideas and lesson planning advice to support busy primary school teachers in Key Stages One and Two and the Foundation Stage. Discover a fantastic range of primary resources to excite and inspire pupils on different topics and themes.
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Summer Goodbyes
Mark the end of the school year by getting the class to participate in events and experiences to reflect on their time in primary school
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Class Review
Evaluate progress and achievement over the past school year and select targets for improvement in the autumn term
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School Olympics
Organise and hold a school wide sports competition to celebrate and replicate the Olympic games
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Class Picnic
Celebrate achievements in the summer term by preparing and holding a picnic in the school ground
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Summer Sunshine
Develop and refine skills in maths, science and art to explore the effect of the sun on the natural world
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Home Sports Day
Support physical development by preparing and holding a family sports competition that can be completed at home or in a local park
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Classroom Temperatures
Utilise different techniques to manage high summer temperatures in the classroom that might hamper learning
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Sunflower Garden
Demonstrate grasp of maths, literacy and science skills and concepts by planting and growing sunflowers in the school grounds
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Seaside Art
Develop and practise creative skills when using different materials to produce artwork reflecting life at the seaside
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Sunshine Tests
Conduct and present results from a series of fair tests in science to explore the power of the sun during the summer
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SATs Survival
Ease worries and anxieties as pupils prepare to take part in compulsory testing towards the end of a key stage
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Topic Launches
Select and utilise effective ways of launching a new curriculum topic covering a range of subjects in the classroom
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Length Calculations
Practise using number calculations skills for addition, subtraction, division and multiplication when solving problems related to length measurements
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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
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Money Coin Sums
Practise identifying, combining and recording sets of coins that can make matching sums that can be used when shopping for different products
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Maths Number Assessment
Assess abilities in working with numbers to solve abstract and contextual problems when calculating sums, products and quotients using different techniques and methods