This free lesson plan for KS1 and KS2 explores ways pupils can become more connected to both their peers and their community in fulfilling and meaningful ways. It also touches on connecting with ...

Patrick Roche, leader of the NASUWT, claims that schools have failed to address a post-pandemic rise in behaviour problems. He talks of a general sense among the union’s members that rudeness, verbal ...

It is true that all children need boundaries to feel safe, supported, and successful. However, rigidity in defining and enforcing these boundaries can lead to automatic sanctions for types of ...

Imagine the scene: a child wakes up in the morning, peers out of the window, and sees it is snowing thickly outside. School is cancelled. All they want to do for the day is play. What’s important to ...

Witness the devastating impact of poverty through the eyes of 12-year-old Will, and what it means to make an impossible choice, with Tom Percival’s powerful novel, The Wrong Shoes. The Wrong Shoes ...

Make a splash on primary pupils' language learning with these activities, ideas, lesson plans and videos for teaching onomatopoeia in your classroom… This free writing review worksheet is an excellent ...

This snow activity focuses on the wonders of snow, and the intricate details that make up each individual snowflake. The complex, exquisite patterns created naturally as the flakes fall from sky to ...

There are three components to reading fluency: accuracy, automaticity and prosody. Accuracy provides the foundation – readers must be able to decode words on the page accurately to be in with a chance ...

Only winning counts! Don’t be a loser! From classrooms to boardrooms, by way of sports pitches and ballot boxes, there seems to be a widely held belief that winning is a force for good to which we ...

Helping Year 4 pupils build a strong foundation in grammar and sentence structure is essential for their writing development. These Year 4 English worksheets provide structured activities that focus ...

What is an imperative verb? Before you use this imperative verbs KS2 PowerPoint, it’s important to remember that not all verbs are imperative. Imperative verbs specifically give commands or ...

A large part of any teacher’s day will be spent trying to get kids to pay attention. Biology isn’t on our side in this, claims neuroscience, since our ability to attend is governed by the pre-frontal ...