The perfect place for all your EYFS, KS1 and KS2 resources, Explore Education aims to provide you with amazing, outstanding lessons that help you to shine. Each lesson often has detailed planning, PowerPoints and differentiated resources. So whether you are looking for a maths lesson to get you through your next interview, an English lesson that will help you impress OFSTED or a history, science, RE, PSHE or PE unit to wow your class, this is the shop for you!
The perfect place for all your EYFS, KS1 and KS2 resources, Explore Education aims to provide you with amazing, outstanding lessons that help you to shine. Each lesson often has detailed planning, PowerPoints and differentiated resources. So whether you are looking for a maths lesson to get you through your next interview, an English lesson that will help you impress OFSTED or a history, science, RE, PSHE or PE unit to wow your class, this is the shop for you!
Ignite your young learners’ curiosity and embark on an exciting mathematical journey with our comprehensive EYFS Maths Unit: Explorers. Designed specifically for early years foundation stage (EYFS) students, this engaging unit is aligned with the EYFS framework, ensuring a seamless integration into your curriculum.
With six weeks of meticulously crafted lesson plans and accompanying resources, this unit takes children on a captivating exploration of the world, covering a range of fascinating topics. Each week presents a unique theme, stimulating their imagination and fostering their mathematical skills in an immersive and playful way.
Week 1: Introduction to Explorers
Introduce your little explorers to the wonders of the world as they discover the concept of exploration itself. Through interactive activities and engaging numeracy exercises, they will develop their counting, sorting, and shape recognition abilities.
Week 2: Famous Explorers
Inspire your students by delving into the lives of renowned explorers. From Christopher Columbus to Amelia Earhart, children will engage in mathematical challenges related to mapping, navigation, and measurement, honing their problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
Week 3: Arctic Animals
Take a chilly plunge into the Arctic as children explore the icy landscapes and the fascinating creatures that inhabit them. Through mathematical investigations involving temperature, size comparisons, and pattern recognition, students will expand their understanding of numerical concepts.
Week 4: Rainforest Explorers
Venture into the lush rainforests and uncover the mysteries within. Students will explore mathematical concepts such as symmetry, estimation, and data handling while encountering the diverse flora and fauna of this captivating ecosystem.
Week 5: Exploring the Ocean
Dive deep into the ocean’s depths as children encounter marine life and discover the wonders of the underwater world. This week’s lessons incorporate counting, measurement, and shape recognition activities, enabling students to develop their mathematical proficiency while exploring oceanic marvels.
Week 6: Exploring Space
Embark on an astronomical adventure as students journey to the vast expanse of outer space. From learning about planets and constellations to engaging in mathematical challenges involving space-themed shapes, sequencing, and number patterns, children will develop a solid foundation in mathematics while exploring the cosmos.
Delivered in PDF format, our EYFS Maths Unit: Explorers provides you with all the necessary resources to effortlessly implement these engaging lessons in your classroom. With its seamless alignment to the EYFS framework, this unit ensures that your students not only acquire essential mathematical skills but also foster a love for exploration and discovery.
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Want a simple way to kick off the first week back after Christmas? Start your Spring term the right way with these four English lessons that guide children through the basics of writing a diary entry and using coordinating conjunctions to extend their sentences. They will retell their Christmas Day through diary writing. These lessons have also been adapted so that they can be used with children who do not celebrate Christmas - they can recount another day of the holidays.
This unit includes PowerPoints, differentiated resources and detailed lesson plans to make your first week back as easy as possible.
Lesson 1: Using coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS)
Lesson 2: Features of a diary entry
Lesson 3: Planning a diary entry (through verbal drama activities and planning sheets)
Lesson 4: Writing a short diary entry
Resources included:
4 lesson plans
4 PowerPoints
Starter task - full stops
Lower ability task - using and, but and so
Lower ability task - answers
Middle ability task - joining main clauses with for, and, but, or, yet and so
Higher ability task - joining simple sentences with for, and, now, but, or, yet and so
Diary features
3 diary plans (LA, MA, HA)
LA Writing template
Starter task - co-ordinating conjunctions
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This unit covers all the objectives in Lower Key Stage 2 for place value. Used effectively with both Y3 and Y4 and mixed age year groups. Planned by experienced primary maths mastery teachers to an outstanding level. All resources and PowerPoints included for each lesson. Great as a refresher or the first week in term. Each lesson has differentiated resources and a range of methods.
Representing 4 digit numbers
Use a place value table
Partitioning numbers
Word problems
Solving place value problems (fluency)
Reading and writing numbers up to 10,000
Compare numbers up to 4 digit
Compare numbers using > < =
Count forwards and backwards in 10, 100 and 1000
Count forwards and backwards in 10, 100 and 1000
Reasoning interview problem solving greater depth exceeding
Immerse your students in the fascinating world of the Bronze Age with our outstanding lessons. These three comprehensive lessons offer a deep dive into the history, culture and significance of this period.
Lesson 1: “Unveiling the Bronze Age”
In this lesson, students will embark on an exciting exploration of the Bronze Age. They will discover how this era received its name and gain a clear understanding of its timeline. Through engaging activities and discussions, students will learn about the discovery of bronze and its importance in shaping society. With a question sheet, information text and an opportunity for creative expression, students will solidify their comprehension of the Bronze Age and its impact.
Lesson 2: “Life in the Bronze Age”
Take your students on a vivid journey into the daily life of the Bronze Age. Through thought-provoking discussions, a captivating video about Marghwen’s cist discovery, and an imaginative task of drawing the enigmatic Amesbury Archer, students will deepen their understanding of the era’s customs, artifacts, and cultural significance. The Archer’s Companion will inspire insightful responses, encouraging students to connect with the past in a personal and meaningful way.
Lesson 3: “Evidence from the Past”
In this final lesson, students will explore different types of evidence from the Bronze Age. Through interactive activities, they will analyze and categorize historical materials to differentiate between the Bronze Age and post-Bronze Age periods. Building upon their knowledge, students will further sort artifacts into the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age categories. The lesson culminates with a captivating PowerPoint presentation on Bronze Age jewelry and an opportunity to create fact files, showcasing students’ in-depth understanding of this fascinating period.
Engage your students with these comprehensive lessons that encourage critical thinking, creativity, and historical understanding. Each lesson provides clear learning objectives, stimulating input, engaging main activities, and interactive plenaries. With carefully curated resources, including PowerPoints, videos, question sheets, and artifact images, these lessons are designed to facilitate effective teaching and inspire student curiosity.
Explore the Bronze Age in your classroom and empower your students to become historical detectives! Purchase our “Bronze Age - 3 Outstanding Lessons” resource today and create an unforgettable learning experience that connects the past with the present.
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Have a celebration of all things reading with this bumper pack of magical wizard activities! These lessons are perfect if you need some activities for a themed book day or reading day. They are also great alongside a Harry Potter class novel.
These four activities each come with a lesson plan, PowerPoint, worksheets and accompanying resources, such as a word bank. They also come with differentiated activities (easy, mid-level and hard).
This resource includes:
x4 Lesson plans
x4 PowerPoints
Editable word mat
Colours and Verbs word mat
Hogwarts house worksheet
House qualities word mat
Spells worksheet
Potion worksheet
Learning objectives:
Lesson 1: I can design my own Hogwarts house.
Lesson 2: I can create my own magical spell.
Lesson 3: I can write my own potion recipe.
Lesson 4: I can write my own Honeydukes setting description.
Tags: year 3 year 4 year 5 year 6 ks2 magic wizarding world Harry broom spells Philosopher’s Potter
This Easter, bring the story of Jesus’ crucifixion to life with these four lessons all about the story of Easter.
Each lesson comes with a PowerPoint with lesson plans and accompanying resources and worksheets.
At the end of the unit, children will have understood the story of Palm Sunday, written recounts of the The Last Supper, the crucifixion and the resurrection, .
Created by a Religious Education subject lead, these are well-informed, outstanding lessons that have been used in the classroom with KS2 pupils.
This unit contains lessons about:
✸ Palm Sunday
✸ The Last Supper
✸ The Crucifixion
✸ The Resurrection
Files included:
✰ x4 lesson plans
✰ x4 PowerPoints
✰ Front cover (for books)
✰ Palm Sunday worksheet
✰ The Last Supper closed passage
✰ The Last Supper key points
✰ The Last Supper reading
✰ Palm Sunday reading
✰ Crucifixion short story
✰ Crucifixion reading
✰ The Eucharist information sheet
✰ A Dreadful Day reading
✰ The Crucifixion statements
✰ The Crucifixion statements to trace
✰ The Resurrection statements
✰ The Resurrection statements to trace
✰ A Happy Day reading
✰ Goodbye at Last reading
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This Gymnastics pack includes 9 lesson plans, an expectations sheet that differentiates three ways and flashcards for different moves that can be demonstrated in this unit.
Perfect for Lower Key Stage 2, each lesson plan contains learning objectives, a warm up, development task and composition task before a cool down activity. Each section also has tips for the teacher in red italics.
The 28 flashcards have images and descriptions of different movements they might want to cover in the unit.
All files are in PDF format.
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Ignite your students’ creativity and deepen their understanding of the moon with this comprehensive Moon Art Unit. This resource pack includes three thoughtfully designed lessons complete with planning, PowerPoint presentations, and a wide range of resources. Embark on a journey to discover the moon’s mysteries while nurturing your students’ artistic skills.
Lesson 1: Shades of the Moon
In this lesson, students will learn to use pastels to expertly shade the moon. Through engaging activities and discussions, they will explore the different parts of the moon and the techniques used to capture its features. The success criteria ensure that students can understand the moon’s composition, name its different parts, and create their own moon maps using white pastels and light smudging for detail.
Lesson 2: Shades of Grey
Building on their previous knowledge, students will learn to mix black and white to achieve various shades of grey. They will explore the concept of colour blending and apply it to create smooth transitions from white to black. The lesson includes hands-on activities where students practice mixing paint and achieve gradual changes in colour. The success criteria emphasize starting with white and progressively transitioning to black while avoiding abrupt jumps in colour.
Lesson 3: Lunar Viewfinder
In this final lesson, students will use a viewfinder to select a specific area of the moon’s surface to sketch and paint. They will focus on observing colours, textures, and shapes to recreate the details accurately. Students will utilize their shading skills and pay attention to blending and mixing paints to match the shades of grey in their chosen area. The success criteria encourage students to demonstrate their ability to choose an interesting view, sketch the details, and achieve colour accuracy through careful blending.
Each lesson is accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation, which provides visual aids and guidance throughout the learning process. Additionally, the resource pack includes a moon map website, a “how to draw the moon” video, strip frame templates, black circular paper, pastels, paint, viewfinders, sketching pencils, and more.
Unleash the imagination of your students and foster their artistic expression while unraveling the wonders of the moon. Engage them in a multidisciplinary learning experience that combines art and science. Purchase this Moon Art Unit today and watch your students’ creativity soar to new heights!
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Jumpstart your students’ imaginations and enhance their writing abilities with this versatile collection of story starters! This 11-page PowerPoint features a variety of prompts and activities designed to inspire creative narratives and develop essential writing techniques. It is ideal for time fillers and supply teachers to create lessons with no prep.
What’s Included:
Diverse Story Starters: Explore different approaches to storytelling, including characterization through dialogue and description, action-packed scenes, vivid descriptions, and thought-provoking one-sentence prompts.
Character Development: Encourage students to create well-rounded characters with distinct personalities and motivations.
Setting the Scene: Help students craft immersive settings that transport readers into the heart of the story.
Action and Suspense: Inspire thrilling narratives with action-packed prompts that keep readers on the edge of their seats.
Descriptive Language: Encourage the use of vivid vocabulary and sensory details to paint a picture with words.
Flexible Use: Perfect for English lessons, morning work, writing centers, or early finisher activities.
Benefits:
Boosts Creativity: Sparks imagination and encourages students to explore different writing styles.
Develops Key Skills: Enhances writing fluency, vocabulary, sentence structure, and descriptive language.
Suitable for All Abilities: Differentiated prompts cater to a range of writing levels.
Ready-to-Use: No prep needed - simply project the PowerPoint and let the writing begin!
Teacher-Approved: Created by experienced educators to support effective writing instruction.
Spark a love of writing and watch your students’ stories come to life!
This eleven page PowerPoint has lots of different focuses, including:
Characterisation through direct speech (x2)
Characterisation through description (x2)
10 character pictures
Action (x2)
Description (x2)
x6 one sentence starters
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This Healthy Eating Assembly PowerPoint is an engaging and educational resource designed to teach students the importance of balanced eating. The 21-slide presentation covers key topics such as the food groups, making healthy choices, and how good nutrition affects our bodies and minds. Featuring interactive games, discussions, and a reflection section, this assembly helps children understand the impact of their food choices in a fun and memorable way.
Perfect for primary school assemblies, this resource includes a variety of activities to keep students involved, from identifying healthy foods to stretching exercises that represent different food groups. Ideal for promoting health and wellbeing in a school setting.
Elevate your Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) setting with our comprehensive Under the Sea Continuous Provision Pack. This resource provides four weeks of engaging activities for both indoor and outdoor environments, designed to enrich learning experiences across multiple areas.
Product Features:
Four Weeks of Activities: A well-structured plan covering a full month, offering a variety of activities tailored for different learning areas.
Indoor and Outdoor Options: Includes two activities per week for each key area, ensuring diverse and dynamic play experiences both inside and outside.
Activity Details: Each activity comes with a title, a brief description, guidelines for setting up the environment, and differentiation strategies to cater to various learning needs.
Comprehensive Coverage: Indoor activities include water, sand, malleable, sensory, easel, creation, investigation, role play, writing, maths, carpet, small world, reading den, construction, games and puzzles, and computer areas. Outdoor activities focus on construction, role play, gross motor skills, fine motor skills, literacy, maths, creativity, and small world play.
This pack supports the development of key skills and provides a structured approach to continuous provision, making it an essential resource for EYFS practitioners aiming to create a rich and varied learning environment.
Keywords: EYFS, continuous provision, under the sea activities, indoor and outdoor learning, Early Years resources, educational activities, continuous provision pack, early years development.
Welcome to our free resource of Rainforest Sight Words! This colorful and engaging sheet has been designed to help children aged 3-5 to learn and recognize sight words associated with the rainforest. Each word is accompanied by a beautiful picture of an animal, plant or insect that can be found in the rainforest, to provide a fun and visual aid for learning. This resource is perfect for use in the classroom or at home and can be printed out as many times as needed. Your little learners will love practicing their reading skills as they explore the fascinating world of the rainforest!
A set of 9 posters to inspire children to ADDSPICE to their sentences! Each poster describes a technique children can use to uplevel sentences in writing and make their sentences interesting and varied. This includes openers, clauses and lots more.
Want a lesson about ADDSPICE sentences? Check out our Year 5/6 Outstanding Interview Lesson here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12093160
This table mat is created for SEN children (children with Special Educational Needs) to use to help them with all subjects. The main keywords included are common to the English language. There is also a section for you to write on any key vocabulary for the day relevant to your topic.
This word bank can be laminated and re-used each day and is great tool to encourage independence. These are brilliant for any child with dyslexia or any other need and could be added to an IEP (Individual Education Plan) to help children succeed.
PDF format
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Perfect for creating a display in the summer, this freebie lettering set includes uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers and some punctuation too.
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Enhance your students’ reading skills and immerse them in the delightful world of “The Sheep-Pig” by Dick King-Smith with our comprehensive set of reading comprehensions. This resource pack includes individual reading comprehension sheets and accompanying answer sheets for each chapter of the book.
Designed to cater to different reading abilities, the reading comprehensions are categorized into three levels of challenge: 1, 2, and 3. Challenge 1 provides a gentle introduction to comprehension skills, while challenge 3 offers a more rigorous exercise. Students can progress through the challenges at their own pace, building their confidence and comprehension abilities along the way.
These reading comprehensions are perfect for remote learning, providing a valuable resource for independent reading and comprehension practice. They can be easily shared with students and completed online or printed out for in-person learning.
Additionally, our reading comprehensions go beyond simple comprehension questions. They also include vocabulary studies, allowing students to explore and expand their understanding of key terms and phrases used in the book. This integrated approach enhances both reading comprehension and vocabulary development.
Immerse your students in the heartwarming tale of “The Sheep-Pig” while fostering their reading comprehension skills and expanding their vocabulary. Engage them in meaningful discussions and reflections on the story’s themes and characters. Whether used in the classroom or for remote learning, these reading comprehensions are a valuable tool for educators seeking to support their students’ reading journey.
Purchase the Sheep-Pig Reading Comprehensions today and provide your students with a comprehensive and engaging reading experience that will captivate their imaginations and foster a love for literature.
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Enhance your classroom with this comprehensive set of 18 visually appealing and informative Maths Working Wall Posters designed specifically for Key Stage 2 students. These posters are an ideal resource for engaging children in mathematical concepts and providing them with a valuable reference tool during their learning journey.
Each poster is thoughtfully crafted to cover a wide range of topics, ensuring that your students have access to essential information for various mathematical concepts. The set includes:
✸ Labelled Bar Charts (x2)
✸ Fraction Wall with Percentages
✸ Division (Chunking Method)
✸ Addition (Column Method)
✸ Subtraction (Column Method)
✸ Fraction Wall
✸ Fraction Wall with Decimals
✸ Fractions with their Equivalent Decimal and Percentages
✸ Fraction Words
✸ Improper and Mixed Fractions
✸ Litres
✸ Fractions of Litres (for labelling)
✸ Measures Posters
✸ Millilitres (for labelling)
✸ Multiplication (Grid Method) (x2)
✸ Division (Repeated Subtraction Method)
These posters are designed to present the information clearly, with vibrant visuals and concise explanations that cater to various learning styles. Each poster is provided in PDF format, ensuring easy printing and compatibility with any classroom setup.
Transform your classroom into an engaging and dynamic learning environment with these Maths Working Wall Posters. Watch your students’ confidence soar as they refer to these resources to reinforce their understanding and tackle complex mathematical challenges. Order your set today and empower your students to excel in mathematics!
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Efficiently assess and monitor pupils’ behaviour and attitudes in Key Stage 2 with these comprehensive Behaviour Assessment Grids. Designed for teachers and leaders, these grids streamline the categorization of behaviour into RAG codes, offering a quantitative result that readily identifies improvement areas and targets for each pupil.
Resource Highlights:
★ RAG Coding: Easily categorize behaviour and attitudes using the familiar RAG (Red, Amber, Green) coding system.
★ Quantitative Results: Provide numerical scores for a quantitative understanding of a pupil’s behaviour, aiding in targeted improvement strategies.
★ Informative Insights: Share the assessment grids with parents and colleagues to enhance understanding of each child’s needs and showcase areas of improvement.
★ User-Friendly: Simple and intuitive design for straightforward implementation and quick assessment.
Ideal For:
★ Classroom Teachers
★ Key Stage 2 Leaders
★ Behaviour Management
How to Use:
★ Utilize the RAG coding system to categorize behaviour and attitudes effectively.
★ Assign numerical scores to quantify behavioural assessments, facilitating clearer communication.
★ Share results with parents and staff to foster a collaborative approach to student development.
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12 display posters for an English working wall.
Publisher format - fully editable
Sentence types: commands, exclamations, statements, questions
Word classes: nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs
Past and present tense verbs: irregular verbs, to be, to do, to have