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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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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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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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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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Topic Tree
Demonstrate prior understanding of a new classroom topic and identify questions for further research
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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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Christmas Market
Invite other pupils and parents into the classroom to purchase food snacks, cards and decorations made by the class for Christmas
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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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Christmas Baubles
Select and shape a range of materials to produce different ornaments to display on a family Christmas tree
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School Fireworks
Produce a mock firework display using art, music and computing skills for the whole school to enjoy in an assembly
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Autumn Watch
Observe and record how the natural landscape around the school is changing during the autumn season
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Robots and Adventures
Investigate the text structures and content of explanations and recounts and plan and write matching texts
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Story Fables
Explore and describe some of the different characters settings and events that can feature in traditional fables that teach the reader a moral lesson
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Word Sentences
Practise selecting the correct matching words with different common spellings to complete and compose sentences on a range of special topics
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Toys Blog
Organise and present a range of selected information and data about favourite toys and games for use on an online web blog page