An award-winning procurement professional explains how the Procurement Act 2023 changes the way we spend primary education ...

The HAF programme (Holiday Activities and Food) is a reliable and free source of childcare, but this invaluable scheme faces ...

The Open Minds Foundation has identified a deficit of critical thinking skills in education. Working with 9,500 schools, it has developed a range of critical thinking lesson plans. Here you can ...

Compiled by Jolly Phonics co-author, Sue Lloyd, this 15-page Jolly Phonics word bank document contains a comprehensive collection of example words for each of the 42 letter sounds. Use each entry for ...

Autumn is an ideal time to explore trees in your school grounds or local area. These autumn forest school activities will get ...

We’ve got maths lesson plans covering number, algebra, geometry, statistics and probability, plus lessons aimed specifically at problem-solving. These maths lessons are from the mind of Colin Foster, ...

What is Anti-Bullying Week? Anti Bullying Week is an event coordinated by the Anti-Bullying Alliance – a coalition of organisations and individuals working together to stop bullying. In 2023, 80% of ...

Story Mountain is one story structure or story map that can be taught to children to help them with creative writing. As the name suggests, these stories build to a big climax or obstacle that needs ...

The 2014 national curriculum glossary explains that when we move a word or phrase that normally comes after a verb to before it, we have ‘fronted’ it. It defines an adverbial as a word or phrase that ...

Scale a magical plant and unearth your colourful community with Flower Block by Lanisha Butterfield – a fairytale exploration of home and nature. What is Flower Block by Lanisha Butterfield about?

In this DT KS2 activity, pupils will design and create a traditional-style canoe, emulating primitive technologies from around the world. They’ll use research to inform the design of a product, ...

Coined in the 1960s by British researcher and educator Andrew Wilkinson, ‘oracy’ describes the ability to express yourself fluently in speech. Over the decades, its role in education has become better ...