This resource provides teaching notes for Cobweb by Michael Morpurgo, aimed at KS2 teachers. What is Cobweb by Michael Morpurgo about? The story follows Cobweb, a Pembrokeshire Corgi, as he ...

According to the Mental Health Foundation, 10% of young people self-harm. That’s two or three in every classroom, and the figures may be even higher as many of those who do self-harm do not tell ...

The level of grammatical understanding needed rises significantly between LKS2 and UKS2. One area requiring a very strong grammatical understanding in KS2 is relative pronouns and relative clauses.

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 ...

Use an imaginary crime scene to teach children how to read, spell and use question words and question marks with this free KS1 lesson plan. Teach your KS1 students all about how question marks are are ...

This engaging KS2 instruction writing resource is perfect if you’re looking to bring a little creativity to your literacy lessons. Designed to cover key areas of the English curriculum, it provides a ...

Brrr, it’s cold outside. When the weather is terrible, it’s heartwarming to see a group of children huddled inside a classroom enthusiastically playing board games or getting stuck into maths problems ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

Why teach The Girl at the Front of the Class? Help young children understand and empathise with the refugee experience with The Girl at the Front of the Class. It’s a moving picture book from Onjali Q ...

In many stories – especially adventures – characters discover an exciting new place and experience a sense of wonder. When writing a fantasy setting, the only limits are those of the writer’s ...