Get children adding a bit of grammatical spice to their sentences with these teaching tips and KS2 adverbials resources from ...

Shrapnel Boys by Jenny Pearson is a gripping and accessible historical novel for young readers, set during the Second World ...

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 ...

A tennis-themed zone of proximal development example leads teacher Aaron Swan to consider how teaching within students’ ZPD is a two-way process… What is the zone of proximal development? The ‘zone of ...

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“Show, don’t tell” is the time-honoured exhortation we use with KS2 children when we want them to describe characters in a narrative context. But of course, it is easier said than done. The creation ...

Taking its inspiration from the recent discovery of new elements in the periodic table, this KS3 elements lesson plan will get your students thinking about how scientists discovered, named and ...

Why is inclusion in schools more important than ever? As the number of young people receiving diagnoses for additional needs has increased exponentially, mainstream schools have become increasingly ...

Use this free lesson plan from Pie Corbett to explore point of view and narrative voice in The Midnight Fox, then write your ...

For experiences that are the exception rather than the norm, school trips manage to have an outsized impact on students. It varies by school and individual, of course, but let’s assume, as a rough ...

Use these Spanish games as a class activity or as warm-up exercises to get your class thinking and speaking. Because they’re so fun, your students won’t think of it as learning… Learning objective: ...