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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.

  • School Olympics

    School Olympics

    Organise and hold a school wide sports competition to celebrate and replicate the Olympic games

  • Class Picnic

    Class Picnic

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

  • Summer Sunshine

    Summer Sunshine

    Develop and refine skills in maths, science and art to explore the effect of the sun on the natural world

  • Home Sports Day

    Home Sports Day

    Support physical development by preparing and holding a family sports competition that can be completed at home or in a local park

  • Classroom Temperatures

    Classroom Temperatures

    Utilise different techniques to manage high summer temperatures in the classroom that might hamper learning

  • Sunflower Garden

    Sunflower Garden

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

  • Seaside Art

    Seaside Art

    Develop and practise creative skills when using different materials to produce artwork reflecting life at the seaside

  • Sunshine Tests

    Sunshine Tests

    Conduct and present results from a series of fair tests in science to explore the power of the sun during the summer

  • 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

  • Sport Data

    Sport Data

    Research, organise and present data and information from a sports competition to develop maths skills in statistics

  • New Start

    New Start

    Explore how to prepare for and deal with some of the new events and special occasions that someone might experience in life

  • Viking Settlement

    Viking Settlement

    Explore how the Vikings settled and built communities in Britain in the past by referencing their culture and traditions

  • Family Fireworks

    Family Fireworks

    Select special vocabulary for sights and sounds to use when composing poems describing different fireworks used by families on Bonfire Night

  • Labelling Bicycles

    Labelling Bicycles

    Develop and refine word processing skills when labelling and organising different parts and equipment that can be used when riding a bicycle