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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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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Easter Treasure Hunt
Develop English, Maths and Art and Design skills when creating an Easter egg hunt around the school grounds
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Easter Party
Develop art and design skills and techniques by producing different models and artwork to celebrate Easter with family and friends
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Easter Gospels
Use art and design and literacy skills to understand and illustrate the sequence of events surrounding the Easter story
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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
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Pancake Party
Investigate the meaning behind Shrove Tuesday and celebrate pancakes in different curriculum subjects and lessons
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Pancake Recipes
Demonstrate grasp and understanding of different skills cross the curriculum by creating pancake recipes to celebrate Shrove Tuesday
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New Start
Explore how to prepare for and deal with some of the new events and special occasions that someone might experience in life
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Viking Settlement
Explore how the Vikings settled and built communities in Britain in the past by referencing their culture and traditions
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Family Fireworks
Select special vocabulary for sights and sounds to use when composing poems describing different fireworks used by families on Bonfire Night
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Labelling Bicycles
Develop and refine word processing skills when labelling and organising different parts and equipment that can be used when riding a bicycle