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Descriptive writing KS3 lesson plan

SecondaryEnglishby Sarah Glover

Descriptive writing KS3 – Play a game of monster consequences Use this descriptive writing KS3 lesson idea to show students the potentially hilarious consequences of timid and imprecise description. It just might have a remarkable impact on subsequent writing… Encouraging reluctant writers to understand, value and engage with the process of writing is a familiar struggle. If students are to become mature and confident with […]

Everyday materials Year 2 worksheets

PrimaryScienceby Sigma Science

Everyday materials Year 2 – Science worksheet This everyday materials Year 2 worksheet looks at the use of everyday materials. Children need to pick the correct materials for making parts of a house, a yacht and some small household items. Everyday materials Year 2 learning objectives Find out more about sigmascience.co.uk. Take a look at our free KS1 materials six-week plan.

SecondaryHistoryby Shalina Patel

British history – Why schools should teach students about hidden and marginalised figures The past and present are full of inspiring, yet sidelined individuals and groups, writes Shalina Patel – but schools can play an important part in giving them their dues...

Great Fire of London

PrimaryHistoryby Teachwire

Great Fire of London KS1 – Best history teaching resources We've picked out the best lesson plans, resources and activities to teach the Great Fire of London in KS1...

STEM Club activities booklet

SecondarySTEMScienceby Lynn Nickerson

STEM Club – 11 tried & tested extra-curricular science activities, challenges and projects Why set up a STEM Club? A school STEM Club is a fantastic way to enthuse pupils in the STEM subjects of science, technology, engineering and maths. STEM Clubs let both young people and adults enjoy STEM education activities for their own sake, without tying yourself to the curriculum. You don’t need a lot of […]

Bench covered in Dr Seuss books illustrations

PrimaryEnglishby Teachwire

Dr Seuss books – Best resources and worksheets for KS1 and KS2 Celebrate the master of rhyme and wordplay with these activities, ideas, lesson plans and more...

Printable flags

PrimarySecondaryGeographyby Teachwire

Printable flags – 32 countries from around the world This free download includes printable flags for 32 countries from around the world, from Argentina to Uruguay. Printable flags Teaching ideas

Drawing of a stick figure rendered as a wildlife photographer to evoke connotations of Sir David Attenborough

Secondaryby John Lawson

Authority – Why the best educators teach like Attenborough Teachers must be specialists, but also passionate advocates, says John Lawson – because if you don’t love your subject, why should your students?

PrimaryScienceby Teachwire

Flying Flowers launches FREE ‘Bee A Superhero’ education pack Calling all teachers! Are you looking to bring a buzz to your classroom in 2024? Eleanor Agnew, education initiative co-ordinator at Flying Flowers, explains how they can help… Who is the bee education pack for? This isn’t just another resource; we have worked closely with schools to ensure our pack supports national curriculum subjects to […]

Back to school assembly resources

SecondaryHealth & Wellbeingby TrueTube

Back to school assembly – Secondary resource from TrueTube This back to school assembly for Key Stages 3 and 4 will help your students think about what they want to achieve on the next stage of life’s journey. There’s a short film, some games (Maze of Trust/Dizz-aster Area) and a PowerPoint presentation too. You might want to adapt the wording slightly depending on whether […]

Kick by Mitch Johnson resource

PrimaryEnglishby Ashley Booth

Kick by Mitch Johnson – Explore poverty, inequality & crime in KS2 If you glanced at the cover of Kick by Mitch Johnson, you might write it off as just another football book designed to hook in boys. But this is a story that goes much deeper than that… Johnson has in fact created a very special book. It starkly portrays poverty, child labour and crime, while […]

Illustration of astronaut on a planet, representing setting description

PrimarySecondaryEnglishby Sue Drury

Setting description – Resources & advice for writing outstanding settings Use these strategies and resources to give children the tools they need to create powerful settings for their stories...

PrimaryEnglishby Emma Cate Stokes

Modal verbs KS2 – Best examples, activities and resources What is a modal verb? Help children get to grips with this element of grammar with these teaching resources, lesson plans and other ideas for primary...

PrimarySecondaryCitizenship ... by Teachwire

LGBT History Month 2025 – 20+ great teaching resources for primary and secondary this February February is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans History Month so we've rounded up some great resources and reference sites for you to educate and celebrate...

Woman shown sat in front of laptop going through a pile of written work, representing EHCP

SecondarySENCoby Debby Elley

EHCP – Navigating a path for families in a struggling system Debby Elley explores the need for a shift in our understanding and utilisation of EHCPs and how reimagining their role could provide families with a more stable foundation in an increasingly challenged system...

KS1 light and dark medium term plan

PrimaryScienceby Deborah Herridge

KS1 light and dark – Medium-term plan Written by science expert Deborah Herridge, this six-week KS1 light and dark medium-term plan focuses on helping children experience light and dark and explore simple ideas about light sources, reflectors and how we need light to see. Resources included in this download Full medium-term plan Accompanying slideshows, worksheet and template KS1 light and dark learning […]

Year 9 maths worksheets

SecondaryMathsby Peter Mattock

Year 9 maths worksheets – 72 free, editable printables Give out these Year 9 maths worksheets every week for homework or integrate them into your classroom sessions to reinforce essential maths concepts. The collection comprises six booklets, with two options for each academic term. The first term consists of 14 worksheets, followed by ten in the second term, and 12 in the third term. […]

Three pairs of hands holding up cardboard question marks, representing questioning

PrimarySecondaryAssessmentby Teachwire

Questioning – 20+ strategies to encourage deep thinking You might ask over a million questions over the course of your teaching career, but which types of questions are most effective?

PrimaryEnglishby Teachwire

Balanced argument KS2 – Best resources for primary debates Help primary pupils learn to debate, discuss or argue a point articulately and expressively, whether in spoken or written language, with these activities, ideas and lesson plans...

Illustration of besuited figure next to checkboxes, representing minimum service levels bill

Secondaryby Melissa Benn

Minimum service levels bill – Let’s start with policymakers If teaching staff must abide by ‘minimum service levels’, then the same ought to apply to policymakers says Melissa Benn...

Cartoon of SEN teacher dealing with admin

PrimarySENDby Malcolm Reeve

SEN teacher – Streamline your record-keeping Demystify high-quality teaching and learning for SEND to create more efficient ways of working with the limited time and resources you have...

PrimaryArt & DesignMusicby Teachwire

5 reasons to try… the Royal Opera House’s Create Day 1. What is Create Day? Create Day ’24 with the Royal Opera House is a FREE England-wide mass-participation event developed for KS2 classes. Hosted online, the day itself will involve curriculum-linked singing, dancing and design led by ROH artists. The day will be themed around the UN Rights of the Child and aims to highlight […]

Young white girl playing chess

PrimarySENDby Richard James

Chess in schools – 8 ways to make it work There’s little evidence that chess has a direct and long-lasting effect on children’s intelligence, but it can have many other benefits...

Abstract illustration showing adjoining building blocks overlaid with male/female gender symbols, representing RSHE

SecondaryHealth & Wellbeingby Natasha Devon MBE

RSHE – The backlash, the hysteria and the government review A review of how RSHE is being taught may be helpful – but not if it’s intended to achieve specific policy goals before it’s even started...

Secondaryby Teachwire

Experience AI – free secondary resources to help you teach about AI Adam Riches explores an easy and effective way to ensure students are informed about artificial intelligence It’s no secret that technology is playing an increasingly important role in education. This generation of young people is entering a fast-paced and technology-centred world. This is both in terms of the dissemination and the discovery of knowledge and […]

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