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Teaching Ideas
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.
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School Olympics
Organise and hold a school wide sports competition to celebrate and replicate the Olympic games
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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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Summer Sunshine
Develop and refine skills in maths, science and art to explore the effect of the sun on the natural world
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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
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Classroom Temperatures
Utilise different techniques to manage high summer temperatures in the classroom that might hamper learning
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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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Seaside Art
Develop and practise creative skills when using different materials to produce artwork reflecting life at the seaside
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Sunshine Tests
Conduct and present results from a series of fair tests in science to explore the power of the sun during the summer
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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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Sport Data
Research, organise and present data and information from a sports competition to develop maths skills in statistics
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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