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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.

  • 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

  • Lesson Differentiation

    Lesson Differentiation

    Plan how to use lesson differentiation to support and promote educational progress for different ability levels

  • Homework

    Homework

    Select and plan a range of homework activities to develop and refine skills in all curriculum subject areas

  • Life Skills

    Life Skills

    Learn and develop essential skills that the pupils can use in all aspects of their lives now and in the future

  • Early Morning Work

    Early Morning Work

    Develop and practise a range of skills in all curriculum areas as preparation for the start of each school day

  • Reading Recovery

    Reading Recovery

    Support, promote and develop good reading habits and skills progression for all pupils in the class

  • Whole Class Guided Reading

    Whole Class Guided Reading

    Develop and promote literacy skills when reading texts with the whole class using a variety of fiction and non-fiction genres

  • Classroom Music

    Classroom Music

    Use different pieces and styles of music to harmonise and develop learning and organisation in the classroom

  • Story Snacks

    Story Snacks

    Design some print adverts using persuasive language that can be used to sell merchandise based on traditional tales

  • Mass Calculations

    Mass Calculations

    Explain and model how to use standard written calculation methods for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division when solving measurement problems for mass

  • Family Events

    Family Events

    Identify and record how to punctuate sentences that are statements and questions correctly to illustrate things that can happen in a family

  • Sea Sounds

    Sea Sounds

    Compose and perform a range of musical compositions to reflect movements of sea waves and animals that live on a beach and in the sea