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.

  • 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

  • Topic Tree

    Topic Tree

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

  • Curriculum Catch-up

    Curriculum Catch-up

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

  • School Energy

    School Energy

    Create posters to display around the school illustrating instructions to follow when conserving energy usage

  • Christmas Celebrations

    Christmas Celebrations

    Develop and refine skills in a range of curriculum subjects when celebrating and enjoying the festive season

  • Nativity Play

    Nativity Play

    Organise and rehearse a performance of the nativity story from the Bible for a special Christmas assembly

  • Story Jigsaws

    Story Jigsaws

    Practise combining and sequencing narrative events from different story genres to invent and share new stories

  • Story Plays

    Story Plays

    Develop and strengthen drama and oral skills by performing plays to illustrate the narrative sequence in favourite stories

  • Local History

    Local History

    Develop cross-curricular skills by exploring the history and location of different buildings found in the local area

  • Lesson Differentiation

    Lesson Differentiation

    Plan how to use lesson differentiation to support and promote educational progress for different ability levels

  • Ancient Greece Daily Life

    Ancient Greece Daily Life

    Investigate the growth and development of Ancient Greece by researching daily life in different city states that formed the civilization in the past

  • Ancient Greeks Exhibition

    Ancient Greeks Exhibition

    Explore how to research and present different facts and information about an aspect of daily life that featured in Ancient Greece in the past

  • City Cafe

    City Cafe

    Select and combine different ingredients to design and make a range of foods including sandwiches and cakes that can be sold in café in a city location

  • Baking Cakes

    Baking Cakes

    Read and follow a set of instructions to bake and decorate some different cakes that can be sold to the customers in a cafe