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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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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Love Hearts
Develop literacy and fine motor skills by baking and decorating biscuits with special messages to give to someone on Valentine’s Day
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Curriculum Catch-up
Identify attainment gaps within the class and plan supporting literacy and numeracy lessons and interventions
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Book Corner
Build a book corner in the classroom to support and encourage reading of different fiction genres and non-fiction texts
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Fresh Start
Settle the class into the new school term by reviewing past achievements and setting behaviour and academic targets
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New Year Targets
Identify different ways of selecting class and individual behaviour and work targets for the remaining two terms of the school year
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School Energy
Create posters to display around the school illustrating instructions to follow when conserving energy usage
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Christmas Celebrations
Develop and refine skills in a range of curriculum subjects when celebrating and enjoying the festive season
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Nativity Play
Organise and rehearse a performance of the nativity story from the Bible for a special Christmas assembly
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Story Jigsaws
Practise combining and sequencing narrative events from different story genres to invent and share new stories
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Story Plays
Develop and strengthen drama and oral skills by performing plays to illustrate the narrative sequence in favourite stories
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Maths Arithmetic Assessment
Assess abilities in solving arithmetic number problems for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division when working with informal and formal written calculations
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Environment
Identify and describe some of the special landscapes and locations that can be found in the world and reflect on how they can be protected and preserved for the future
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Maths Measurement Assessment
Assess abilities in estimating, measuring and comparing a range of different measurements for length, mass and capacity
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Family Life
Investigate and reflect on some of the special events and experiences that might happen in the life of a family