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Resources - Teaching and Learning

Young children's thinking skills activity

This free teaching activity for primary school children will encourage their thinking skills, specifically encouraging active thinking and imagination

Thinking skills activities for Year 6

These lesson ideas and revision activities for Year 6 students are designed to meet national learning objectives and develop life long thinking skills

Christmas maths resources

This pack of free Christmas maths activities are suitable for primary school children of all abilities

Improving your school's G&T provision

Would you like to improve your school's G&T provision?

Christmas play for key stage 2: Mary of Ephesus

This free resource is a Christmas themed play written for Key Stage 2 children

Traditional playground games

This free resource comprises of 10 traditional playground games for you to print out and use to enhance and enrich playtime

Introduction to dilemma-based learning

This 14 page resource discusses the basic format and approach of dilemma-based learning

Primary teaching resource: writing skills

This chapter from Thinking Through Primary Teaching is an excellent resource for primary school teachers to help develop pupils' skills in writing and structuring their written responses

Creative thinking in literacy, art and design

This free 11 page literacy resource focuses on creative thinking in literacy, art and design

Maths resources: Sunshine Game and Rounders

This free maths resource provides two maths games for ages 7 to 11

Maths resources: Addsub dominoes and Decimal Grand Prix

This free maths resource provides two maths games for Key stage 3 pupils

How to plan classroom seating layouts

This free resource is part of a CPD series to help teachers improve learning environments for children, looking at how to design the most effective classroom layouts and seating arrangements

How to recognise excellence

This free gifted and talented resource provides advice on how to recognise signs of high ability when teaching gifted and talented children

Involving parents as learning partners

This free resource is part of a series to help teachers to increase parental involvement in the learning process, in this case encouraging parents to become learning partners

Developing whole-school policy towards parents

This free resource is part of a series to help to increase parental involvement in the learning process, here looking at the benefits of developing a formal whole-school policy to encourage parental participation

Communicating with parents

This free resource is part of a series to help teachers to increase parental involvement in the learning process, here exploring why communication is at the heart of engaging parents

Understanding and managing classroom space

This free resource is part of a series to help teachers improve learning environments for children, here focusing on the best use of classroom space

The classroom as a physical environment

This free resource is part of a CPD series to help teachers improve learning environments for children, here examining the importance of physical factors and conditions within the classroom environment

Wall displays as learning aids

This free resource is part of a series to help teachers improve learning environments for children, in this case examining how an effective use of wall display space in classrooms can have a powerful impact on learning

Creative classrooms

This free resource is part of a series to help teachers improve learning environments for children, concentrating on what a creative thinking space is and how it can stimulate learning

Enquiry skills activity: What is learning?

A teaching activity that will encourage pupils' enquiry, thinking and participation skills. Suitable for key stages 3 to 5.

English activity for key stages 3 and 4: Interpreting the final chapter of The Lord of the Flies

Teaching English at key stage 3 to 4: using the final chapter of The Lord of the Flies as a basis, pupils are encouraged to think, interpret and evaluate the ending of this novel

History storytelling activity: The atomic bomb

Storytelling activity for key stages 3 and 4: based on the events of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. This activity will help develop pupils' listening, memory and recording skills

Home-school partnerships as focus

This free resource is part of a CPD series to help increase parental involvement in the learning process, in this instance presenting a case study where partnerships with parents are a central focus for one school

Teaching strategies for effective learning

This resource explains the relation between the application of a wide range of teaching strategies and effective learning in the classroom

Using dilemma-based learning in the classroom

This resource is ideal for the subject leader or teacher and provides a comprehensive guide to dilemma-based learning, and how it can develop thinking skills in the classroom

Strategies to improve spelling

Spelling is an area of difficulty for many children. As a Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO), you have a pivotal role in embedding the skills your pupils need to improve their literacy development

Modern Foreign Languges (MFL) activity: Odd one out

MFL (Modern Foreign Languages): thinking skills in context for key stages 3 and 4

Worksheets to record pupils' learning journeys

This free resource will encourage pupils to recall and record their past learning experiences. This will help teachers gain an understanding of pupils' individual learning preferences

Creative teaching: Myths and legends numeracy projects

This exciting free resource focuses on the theme of myths and legends and provides two numeracy projects for use in the classroom

Assembly: Olympics Games in Beijing (secondary)

This free assembly encourages students to admire the development of Beijing in preparation for the Olympic Games, but also to be aware of the cost to the community

Geography lesson plan: Caribbean fishermen

This free geography teaching resource can be used with primary and secondary school students, and is one of the many games and activities available for teachers in Using Games in School Geography