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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.

  • Topic Wall

    Topic Wall

    Use a classroom display to map understanding, development and progression in a cross-curriculum topic

  • Spooky Classroom

    Spooky Classroom

    Practise and develop art and design skills when working with different materials to decorate the classroom to celebrate Halloween

  • Halloween Party Food

    Halloween Party Food

    Design and make a range of food snacks and cocktail drinks that could be served at a family Halloween party

  • Story Plays

    Story Plays

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

  • Class Marking

    Class Marking

    Use classroom marking to support assessment and progress of pupil development in different curriculum subjects and skills

  • Local History

    Local History

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

  • Home Science

    Home Science

    Develop practical and investigative skills in science using different features and parts of a family home

  • Outdoor Maths

    Outdoor Maths

    Practise and refine number, geometry, measurement and statistics skills in maths when working outside of the classroom

  • Total Eclipse

    Total Eclipse

    Use a total eclipse of the Sun to develop understanding about light and shadow and the Earth’s position in space

  • Garden Measurements

    Garden Measurements

    Measure, compare and convert different lengths, masses and capacities found around the school grounds

  • Classroom Exits

    Classroom Exits

    Manage and organise an orderly exit from the classroom for different times and routines as part of the school day

  • Class Assembly

    Class Assembly

    Hold an assembly in the classroom on different themes, topics and stories to support spiritual and emotional development

  • Money Division Eights

    Money Division Eights

    Practise selecting and dividing a range of different money amounts by eight with matching remainders in the number quotients

  • Money Division Fives

    Money Division Fives

    Practise selecting and dividing a range of different money amounts by five with matching remainders in the number quotients

  • Doubles Facts

    Doubles Facts

    Identify, match and record the doubles of different numbers to ten using concrete equipment and repeated addition to support each multiplication number calculation

  • Tower Doubles

    Tower Doubles

    Practise counting and doubling different numbers of cubes that have been used to make a range of towers to five, ten and fifteen