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.
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Summer Scrapbook
Refine and develop English and literacy skills by recording activities enjoyed by families during the school summer holidays
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Football News
Develop English and literacy skills by researching, composing and publishing newspapers about some of the special events that happened during a football tournament
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Class Introductions
Develop strong and positive friendships at the start of the new school year that pupils can utilise when working across the curriculum
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Football Crazy
Explore and present information about the location, culture and traditions of some of the different countries taking part in a football tournament
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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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Class Picnic
Celebrate achievements in the summer term by preparing and holding a picnic in the school ground
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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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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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Topic Tree
Demonstrate prior understanding of a new classroom topic and identify questions for further research
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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
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Theme Park Visit
Practise identifying and calculating the timing and duration of rides and events when visiting a theme park on a special family trip
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Family Holiday Trips
Identify and record how to compose and publish recounts using adverbials of time and place to describe family holidays to different places in the world
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Garden Numbers
Identify and model some of the different calculation techniques that can be used when adding pairs of single digit numbers
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Summer Stories
Practise composing and presenting narrative stories with familiar settings to illustrate the events and experiences that could happen during the summer