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We’re a helpful hub for primary school teachers and early years practitioners. Find articles on education, advice, wellbeing and free resources and activity ideas.
7 outdoor summer activities for kids
We’ve put together some of our favourite summer outdoor activities for kids, where each idea will require different skills and areas of learning.
Tackle maths anxiety with 6 outdoor activities
Children as young as six can have maths anxiety. How can taking maths outdoors help and what activities can you do? We’ve got 6 ideas to help you!
Shoe inferences: a writing lesson activity
Whether it’s World Book Day or not, try this engaging English lesson activity to ignite pupils’ imaginative description of a character.
Top teacher tips for remote learning
Setting up remote learning in your school? Use our tips from an experienced teacher in Hong Kong.
Multiplication worksheet: how many toes?
Practice the 10 times tables with this fun and engaging worksheet. Download the How Many Toes? multiplication sheet and let the fun ensue!
Number bonds to 100: A worksheet
Get your pupils excited about addition, subtraction and division! No really. Run a competition using this worksheet to explore number bonds up to 100.
Name the 2D shape: A worksheet
Use this Measures, Shapes and Space worksheet with your KS1 pupils and help them get to grips with shapes. Match the shape to the name.
10 children’s authors who inspire reading for pleasure
Struggling to find the best children’s authors? Here are 10 who created some of the best children’s books to encourage reading for pleasure!
Post-Christmas blues: 8 teacher wellbeing tips
Looking for ways to tackle January blues? We’ve gathered some top tips to boost teacher wellbeing post-Christmas to help you smash the spring term.
How to deal with 4 FAQs in a teacher parent meeting
If you have a parent teacher meeting coming up, or you’re dealing with parent complaints as a teacher. Here’s some advice…
8 great ways to encourage children to wash their hands
The importance of handwashing for children can’t be ignored. If you’re looking for hand washing project ideas… find them here.
KS1 writing exercise: what letter do these begin with?
Explore letters of the alphabet with your KS1 pupils with out free worksheet. Pupils can use the images to work out the first letter of each item.