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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.

  • Pancake Party

    Pancake Party

    Investigate the meaning behind Shrove Tuesday and celebrate pancakes in different curriculum subjects and lessons

  • Pancake Recipes

    Pancake Recipes

    Demonstrate grasp and understanding of different skills cross the curriculum by creating pancake recipes to celebrate Shrove Tuesday

  • Class Games

    Class Games

    Devise a number of games for the class to play to reinforce their understanding of different skills that are needed when working in a range of curriculum subjects

  • Love Hearts

    Love Hearts

    Develop literacy and fine motor skills by baking and decorating biscuits with special messages to give to someone on Valentine’s Day

  • Sport Data

    Sport Data

    Research, organise and present data and information from a sports competition to develop maths skills in statistics

  • Maths Recovery

    Maths Recovery

    Support progress and development in maths and plug any attainment gaps and weak understanding of concepts

  • Curriculum Catch-up

    Curriculum Catch-up

    Identify attainment gaps within the class and plan supporting literacy and numeracy lessons and interventions

  • Learning Zones

    Learning Zones

    Create different learning zones around the classroom to support development across a range of curriculum areas

  • Book Corner

    Book Corner

    Build a book corner in the classroom to support and encourage reading of different fiction genres and non-fiction texts

  • Topic Launches

    Topic Launches

    Select and utilise effective ways of launching a new curriculum topic covering a range of subjects in the classroom

  • Fresh Start

    Fresh Start

    Settle the class into the new school term by reviewing past achievements and setting behaviour and academic targets

  • New Year Targets

    New Year Targets

    Identify different ways of selecting class and individual behaviour and work targets for the remaining two terms of the school year

  • Division Measurements

    Division Measurements

    Practise solving problems using division number skills to divide measurements for length, capacity and mass using a range of matching units

  • Long Division Sums

    Long Division Sums

    Explain and model how to use standard written methods for long division to solve problems when calculating the matching quotients including with remainders

  • Number Bonds to Twenty

    Number Bonds to Twenty

    Investigate and model how to use mental calculation techniques when working with concrete objects and diagrams to identify pairs of numbers that make sums to twenty

  • Journeys Poems

    Journeys Poems

    Practise selecting powerful vocabulary words to use in poems that can describe some of the journeys made by families using different types of transport