Teaching Ideas for English

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 for English.

  • Summer Goodbyes

    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

  • Class Review

    Class Review

    Evaluate progress and achievement over the past school year and select targets for improvement in the autumn term

  • Class Picnic

    Class Picnic

    Celebrate achievements in the summer term by preparing and holding a picnic in the school ground

  • Sunflower Garden

    Sunflower Garden

    Demonstrate grasp of maths, literacy and science skills and concepts by planting and growing sunflowers in the school grounds

  • SATs Survival

    SATs Survival

    Ease worries and anxieties as pupils prepare to take part in compulsory testing towards the end of a key stage

  • Topic Launches

    Topic Launches

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

  • Topic Tree

    Topic Tree

    Demonstrate prior understanding of a new classroom topic and identify questions for further research

  • 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

  • Easter Treasure Hunt

    Easter Treasure Hunt

    Develop English, Maths and Art and Design skills when creating an Easter egg hunt around the school grounds

  • Easter Party

    Easter Party

    Develop art and design skills and techniques by producing different models and artwork to celebrate Easter with family and friends

  • Easter Gospels

    Easter Gospels

    Use art and design and literacy skills to understand and illustrate the sequence of events surrounding the Easter story

  • Lent Temptations

    Lent Temptations

    Use the period between Shrove Tuesday and Easter to introduce the class to a range of themes illustrating what happened to Jesus when he was tempted by devil in the desert

  • 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

  • Money Coin Sums

    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

  • Maths Number Assessment

    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