A complete lesson for lower KS2 on telling the time to the nearest 5 mins. The resources comprise a step-by-step powerpoint presentation, a laminatable sheet of blank clocks for pupils to use to represent the times given in the guided activities and three differentiated worksheets for the main activity. There is also a discussion-based plenary. Please note: pupils should already be able to read time to the nearest 15 minutes before you teach this lesson and should know how many minutes are in one hour. It’s also recommended that you have teaching clocks with moveable hands for both the pupils and a larger one for you and/or your TA.

A tarsia puzzle for practice with telling time from an analogue clock. The challenges comprise “o’clock”, “half-past”, “quarter to/past” times, as well as times to the nearest 5 minutes and nearest minute. In addition, there are added challenges that test pupils’ knowledge of certain ‘time facts’ (e.g that there are 24 hours in a day and 12 months in a year) that are on the LKS2 curriculum but best taught through continuous provision rather than discrete lessons. Can be used in pairs or individually. Includes missing number problems to challenge pupils’ reasoning. As an extension, why not challenge pupils to create their own puzzle with similar calculation problems? **Note: This puzzle works best when enlarged to A3 **

A Series of 3 lessons to guide lower KS2 pupils through learning their Roman numerals thoroughly from 1-50. The powerpoint covers all necessary input and includes whiteboard AfL activites, starters and plenaries. There are main activities for each day, differentiated two ways with additional challenges for early finishers. Also included is a pack of ‘snap’ cards comprising both Roman numerals from 1-50 and corresponding cards with the Arabic numeral representation on. The pupils can then pair up and play ‘snap’ to test their new knowledge of Roman numerals. For a slightly less competitive plenary/starter, you could simply use it as a matching activity for individuals, pairs or groups.

A lesson for KS1 on Sikh places of worship, featuring a video which edits together the most useful parts of older content that give a tour of a Gurdwara for a child audience. Activities are differentiated three ways and include a challenge for any fast finishers. The plenary is a short, quickfire quiz.

A lesson for KS1 on why humans need to look after creation and how climate change could cause big problems for children today when they grow up and their own children in the future. Includes a video and the pupil activity is differentiated three ways.

An assembly to last approximately 15-20 minutes on mental awareness. The ‘way in’ is via a focus on loneliness, which was the theme of 2022’s Mental Health Awareness Week. However, this could be changed according to your specidic requirements. The format is designed to allow for two pupil volunteers to assist but this could be changed to allow for one single presenter. The assembly includes a story ‘Lionel the Lonely Monster’ and an introduction to the ‘Five Ways to Wellbeing’.

A lesson for KS1 on the story of Good Friday in which pupils work in groups to dramatise the story, then use this to retell what happened in ‘storyboard’ form. Lesson includes a video recounting the key events of the story. The pupil activity is differentiated three ways.

This is a lesson for KS1 on what science tells us about how the universe and world was made, including the theories of the ‘big bang’ and evolution. The lesson features a video of the book ‘Grandmother Fish’ and is followed by a pupil activity that is differentiated three ways.

A lesson for Y3/4 on poetic kennings. The context for this lesson is water, but editable resources are included should you need to change this. The activities are differentiated two ways: lower achieving writers can use the word bank to write simple ‘adjective’+‘verb’ kennings, while other children can make their kennings more varied in structure (in your shared writing you can make these as simple or complex as you choose!)

A complete lesson on reading inference for Y3/4 with an information text on the dangers of Arctic oil drilling as the focus text. The powerpoint pre-teaches tricky vocab and outlines the strategy pupils should use. There is then an example question before the pupils answer the questions themselves. The questions are differentiated 3 ways but all are inference questions as this is the target skill.

Please see the first lesson in this series: www.tes.com/teaching-resource/y3-4-reading-inference-fiction-arctic-tale-set-in-canada-11917970 as this lesson is the follow-on. A complete lesson on reading inference for Y3/4 with the second part of an Arctic-themed adventure story as the focus text. The powerpoint pre-teaches new vocab and recaps the strategy pupils should use. There is then an example question before the pupils answer the questions themselves. The questions are differentiated 3 ways but all are inference questions as this is the target skill.

A complete lesson on reading inference for Y3/4 with an Arctic-themed adventure story as the focus text. The powerpoint introduces the characters, pre-teaches tricky vocab and outlines the strategy pupils should use. There is then an example question before the pupils answer the questions themselves. The questions are differentiated 3 ways but all are inference questions as this is the target skill. One you have done this lesson, please see ‘part 2’ for more: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11917973

A complete PSHE lesson lasting 30-45 mins for Y3/4 on the importance of oral hygeine. The slides explain how ‘Toothless Tom’ and ‘Peraly White Paul’ (resemblance to Joey Essex is purely incidental!) came to have teeth that look the way that they do. Pupils than work in pairs/groups to answer the differentiated questions on post-its that can be attached to the images.

A resource for Y1/2 on the story behind Lent and Shrove Tuesday. Features a video that explains the key beliefs and practices of Christians. The pupil activities are differentiated three ways (‘mild’, ‘spicy’ and ‘hot’)

A lesson for KS1 on the five pillars of Islam, with three differentiated activities for pupils to choose between and a quiz for the plenary.

A complete lesson for any primary age group about the importance of mental health. The lesson introduces the concept of mental health and then introduces pupils to the idea of mindfulness and how it can help to refocus our thoughts and feelings and leave us calmer and more content. There are two main activities: one a ‘meditation’, during which the teacher tells a short story and the children follow the instructions in the narrative to control and slow their breathing. Following this, the independent activity is a choice of mindfulness colouring activities.

This is a Y3/4 topic (geography) lesson on polar environments. The lesson teaches pupils how we measure temperature, how the celcius scale works and what temperatures you would typically expect to record in given scenarios. If your school has access to a class set of thermometers, you could add an extra section where pupils measure temperatures around the classroom/school premises. The main activity involves researching the winter and summer average highs/lows in different parts of the world, including one location each in the Arctic and Antarctic. It is intended that pupils work in mixed ability pairs and they will need an ipad and an atlas in each pair.

This is a complete writing lesson for lower KS2 during which pupils will write a biography of Mo Farrah. It is structured as an assessment piece that could take place either before the start or at the end of a unit on biographies. However, it is adaptable if you wish to use it in another way. The resources comprise a step-by-step powerpoint with embedded videos, a list of the major facts in Mo’s life and a word bank to assist pupils’ writing.

If you happen to be looking at the Stone Age to Iron Age in your topic and you need to teach fronted adverbials to Y3/4 this could be the lesson for you! The powerpoint explains step-by-step what an adverbial is, what the different types of adverbial are and how and when to start sentences with them. The examples are all in the context of a descriptive setting of a Bronze/Iron Age village. The activities (differentiated 3 ways) allow pupils to create sentences with fronted adverbials, whilst also demonstrating their knowledge of the underlying grammatical theory.

A complete lesson for Y3/4 on haikus. The context for the poetry here is water - perfect if your topic is ‘Rivers and the Water Cycle’ or similar. The lesson begins by introducing the concept of syllables, before explaining what haikus are and how they work. The activity is differentiated 3 ways with a word bank to support pupils at all 3 levels of challenge.