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!
This versatile set includes a variety of letters, numbers and symbols in the classic Scrabble font, making it perfect for creating eye-catching displays on a variety of topics.
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Includes letters, numbers and some symbols
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Solidify Year 3/4 students’ grasp of place value with this comprehensive 4-lesson unit.
What’s included:
Detailed Lesson Plans: Clear learning objectives and success criteria guide each lesson.
Engaging PowerPoint Presentations: Visually enhance your teaching and keep students engaged.
Differentiated Worksheets: Cater to various student abilities with a range of difficulty levels.
Content covered:
Lesson 1: Representing 4-digit numbers using place value blocks (ones, tens, hundreds, thousands).
Lesson 2: Utilizing place value tables for accurate number decomposition (tens, ones, hundreds).
Lesson 3: Partitioning numbers into hundreds, tens, and ones for effective ordering.
Lesson 4: Applying place value knowledge to solve real-world word problems.
Benefits:
Progressive learning: Builds understanding step-by-step, starting with concrete manipulatives and progressing to abstract concepts.
Differentiation: Ensures all students are challenged appropriately.
Engaging activities: Keeps students motivated and actively participating.
Teacher-friendly format: Saves valuable planning time.
Align your teaching with the National Curriculum for Y3/4 maths.
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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.
12 display posters for an English working wall.
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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
This 5 session guided reading unit is all about diary entries. The included text is based on the diary of a ghost, including descriptive vocabulary.
Great to study across a week or half term, these sessions are based around reading the text together as a whole class (or group) and predicting, clarifying vocabulary and exploring the text.
Children will build up a knowledge of the features and language used in a diary entry. Excitingly, this diary entry does not give away that a ghost has written it, but leads children to figure it out for themselves.
Learning objectives:
To understand the features and structure of a diary entry and to infer the feelings and motives of the writer.
To infer the meaning and mood of a diary entry and to make predictions based on the text and illustrations.
To analyse the language and imagery of a diary entry and to write a comprehension question based on the text.
To evaluate the writer’s perspective and feelings in a diary entry and to compare it with other diary entries.
To synthesise the information and ideas from a diary entry and to write a creative diary entry from a different perspective.
Y3 Y4 reciprocal reading LKS2 ks2 outstanding ofsted
Introduce your students to the fascinating real-life stories of children around the world with this engaging School Journeys Around the World Assembly. This 16-slide PowerPoint explores how children in Ecuador, such as Jefferson and Lizbeth, navigate their unique paths to school, often travelling through the dense rainforest or taking the school canoe along the River Napo. These captivating stories offer insights into their daily lives and highlight the importance of education despite challenges.
This assembly is ideal for KS1 and KS2, providing a meaningful global perspective that encourages students to reflect on their own school journeys. The resource is perfect for whole-school assemblies or classroom discussions, helping to foster an understanding of different cultures and geographies.
Inspire budding young scientists with this captivating lesson on animal habitats, designed to get your Year 3-6 pupils excited about the hidden world of creatures living right in their own gardens and local woodlands. For this lesson, children will head outside and see what wildlife they can spot.
What’s Included in This Complete Lesson Pack:
★ Engaging Lesson Plan: A step-by-step guide with clear objectives, stimulating activities, and differentiation ideas to cater to diverse learning needs.
★ Interactive PowerPoint Presentation: Visually stimulating slides featuring stunning images of local wildlife, thought-provoking questions, and key vocabulary to ignite curiosity and discussion.
★ Animal Identification Sheet: A handy, printable resource to help children identify and record the fascinating creatures they discover in different microhabitats.
Key Learning Outcomes:
★ Understanding Habitats and Microhabitats: Students will define and differentiate between habitats and microhabitats, discovering the unique conditions that support different living things.
★ Exploring Biodiversity: Students will uncover the rich variety of animal life found in gardens and woodlands, fostering an appreciation for the natural world.
★ Observation and Identification Skills: Through hands-on exploration and using the identification sheet, students will develop their observation and classification skills.
★ Making Connections: Students will investigate how different animals depend on their microhabitats for survival, understanding the interconnectedness of living things.
Why Choose This Resource?
★ Curriculum-Aligned: Meets the national curriculum objectives for KS2 science related to living things and their habitats.
★ Differentiated Activities: Caters to all learning styles and abilities, ensuring every student is challenged and engaged.
★ Hands-On Learning: Encourages active participation and outdoor exploration, making learning fun and memorable.
★ Easy-to-Use: All materials are ready to go, saving you valuable prep time.
★ Created by a Teacher, for Teachers: Designed by an experienced educator with a passion for fostering a love of science in young learners.
Unleash the inner explorer in your students with this unforgettable lesson on animal habitats!
Ideal for: KS2 Science, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, animal habitats, microhabitats, living things, woodland animals, garden creatures, science investigation, outdoor learning
This Year 1 unit of 5 lessons contains 5 lesson plans to easily teach children the basics of invasion games.
Each lesson plan contains:
★ Learning objective
★ Success Criteria
★ Warm up
★ Teacher Input
★ Main activities
★ Plenary and cool down
★ Resource list
Learning objectives:
To be able to participate in a variety of group activities that develop coordination, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.
To be able to move confidently and safely while following instructions, and to demonstrate an understanding of different ways to move using feet.
To be able to explore different ways of using a ball or other equipment for throwing, catching, and sending.
To be able to use a racket to dribble, carry, and hit a ball or other equipment safely and confidently.
To be able to apply skills from previous lessons to score accurately in target games.
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Explore European geography and culture with our engaging lesson from the European Geography series. This lesson enhances students’ understanding of European countries and their unique characteristics using maps, atlases, globes, and digital tools.
Start with a map activity to identify countries, followed by an exploration of Europe’s diverse landscapes, history, culture, languages, and landmarks. Activities include labeling countries, locating geographical features, and interactive mapping.
Assess engagement, accuracy in locating countries, and understanding of characteristics. Resources include lesson plan, PowerPoint, printed and digital maps, atlases, globes, and digital mapping tools.
Deepen students’ knowledge of European countries and their distinct attributes, fostering appreciation for Europe’s diversity and cultural richness.
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Explore Spain and the UK with our “Comparative Geography Lesson.” This resource helps students compare cultures, trade, and travel. They’ll learn about similarities, analyze connections, and discuss how geography influences everything.
Activities:
☆ Compare traditions and languages.
☆ Explore trade and travel routes.
☆ Understand how geography affects culture, trade, and travel.
The lesson starts with an engaging intro. Then, students learn about Spain and the UK. They compare cultures and trade, discussing geography’s role.
In Activity 1, students work together on cultural cards. They share what’s special about each place. Activity 2 has students tracing routes on maps and discussing connections. Activity 3 explores how geography impacts everything they’ve learned.
The lesson ends with a group discussion. Students share what they’ve discovered. We’ll assess their understanding based on participation, discussing connections, and considering geography.
This resource includes a lesson plan, PowerPointcards, maps, worksheets, and discussion ideas. Help students learn about Europe’s connections with our “Comparative Geography Lesson”!
Explore Europe’s geography, cultures, and landmarks with our comprehensive Europe Geography Lesson. This lesson emphasizes the impact of geography on history, culture, and society, fostering critical thinking and cultural awareness.
Activity 1: European Country Hunt
Guess countries based on geographical features, landmarks, or cultural aspects in an interactive game.
Activity 2: Creating a Geography Collage
Select a European country, create collages illustrating its geography, landmarks, and culture.
Activity 3: Travel Brochure Challenge
Research and design travel brochures for assigned European countries, emphasizing geography and attractions.
Students engage in discussions, group activities, and receive feedback. Assess their ability to identify geographical similarities and differences. Resources include lesson plan, PowerPoint, map, visuals, and worksheets. Deepen students’ global awareness with our Europe Geography Lesson.
Explore European geography with our engaging “Europe Geography Lesson” designed for primary students! This resource makes learning about temperature and rainfall differences across various European locations a breeze while developing essential graphing skills.
What’s Included:
PowerPoint, lesson plan and worksheets
Clearly defined learning objectives and success criteria to guide students through the process of collecting and analyzing data from different European regions.
Students create simple and clear graphs to represent their data, allowing for easy comparisons and insights into environmental trends in Europe.
Interactive starter activity to highlight the importance of understanding European geography, where students can share their prior knowledge of temperature and rainfall.
Main segment introduces data sets containing temperature and rainfall information, teaching students how to read units of measurement and patterns.
Activity 1 involves small group work where students analyze specific data sets, identifying significant temperature and rainfall patterns, discussing findings, and making predictions.
Activity 2 guides students in creating basic graphs using graph paper or software, emphasizing clear labeling and appropriate scales.
Activity 3 leads to a class discussion where groups share and compare their graphs, identifying similarities, differences, and exploring possible reasons behind observed patterns.
Plenary activity helps students reflect on their learning journey and share conclusions about the environmental conditions in selected European locations.
This comprehensive resource provides all the necessary materials to effectively engage primary students, including data sets, graphing tools, and discussion prompts. Make European geography fun and educational with our captivating Europe Geography Lesson!
This 5 session guided reading unit is all about character descriptions. The included text is based on the character of a fairy, including descriptive vocabulary.
Great to study across a week or half term, these sessions are based around reading the text together as a whole class (or group) and predicting, clarifying vocabulary and exploring the text.
Children will build up a knowledge of the features and language used in a character description. Also included is a Character Description Toolkit, full of features of character descriptions that they can use to create their own character description at the end of the unit.
Learning objectives:
To identify and explain the features of a character description.
To infer and deduce information from a character description.
To infer and deduce information from a character description.
To understand how the author uses language and punctuation to create suspense and describe a character.
To understand and respond to a descriptive text about a mythical creature.
Y3 Y4 reciprocal reading LKS2 ks2 outstanding ofsted
Bring prehistoric Britain to life with this engaging KS2 history unit, exploring the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age. This 6-lesson unit is packed with resources, including lesson plans, PowerPoints, and activity sheets for each session, guiding students through the daily life, innovations, and rituals of these ancient times.
Lessons include:
Understanding Prehistory: Introduction to prehistoric times and artefacts.
Life in the Stone Age: From hunter-gatherers to the first farmers, including Skara Brae.
The Bronze Age Revolution: Innovations in metalwork and the rise of trade.
Iron Age Forts and Warfare: The impact of iron and the development of hillforts.
The Mystery of Stonehenge: Investigating theories about Stonehenge’s construction.
Prehistoric Rituals: Understanding ancient beliefs and burial practices.
Ideal for use in Years 3-6, this unit is an excellent addition to the classroom, encouraging students to become historical detectives. Each lesson is designed with clear learning objectives, hands-on activities, and interactive discussions to inspire curiosity and understanding.
Keywords: KS2 history, Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, prehistoric Britain, Skara Brae, hillforts, rituals, primary history, timeline, artefacts, Ofsted outstanding, key stage 2
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A free Christmas quiz presentation set into three rounds with ten questions each. Answers provided at the end. A good fun time-filler activity for the end of the term.
Introducing a fun and engaging resource for young learners to expand their vocabulary and reading skills - a free sight word sheet with space-themed words! Featuring colourful illustrations and easy-to-read words, this sheet is perfect for children aged 3-5 years old to learn and practice new words related to space.
With 48 words in total, including planets, stars, rockets, and more, children will be excited to read and discover new things about the universe.
The visual aids will help with retention and comprehension, making learning enjoyable and effective.
This free resource is a great addition to any space-themed lesson plan or activity.
Download now and blast off into the exciting world of space!
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!
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A rated outstanding interview lesson about writing a diary entry from visited Mount Everest. Can be flexibly used from 20 minutes to an hour. Includes: lesson plan, PowerPoint presentation, SEN, LA, MA and HA task and starter activity. Bonus freebie resources about world mountain ranges and rivers (you could show this at interview to demonstrate ideas about the next lesson in the sequence). Allows children to improve and reflect on their work. Rated Outstanding by an OFSTED inspector.
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Embark on a fascinating journey into the vibrant world of Vaisakhi and Sikhism with our comprehensive home learning booklet. This enriching resource spans 32 pages, including a glossary, and provides a deep understanding of Vaisakhi, its significance, and how it is celebrated.
Within this captivating booklet, learners will explore the following key aspects:
Unveiling Vaisakhi: Delve into the origins and essence of Vaisakhi, learning who celebrates it, when and where it takes place, when it first began, and why it holds tremendous importance for Sikhs.
Guru Gobind Singh: Discover the remarkable story of Guru Gobind Singh and gain insights into the Sikh Gurus, who Guru Gobind Singh was, and how he elevated Vaisakhi to become a momentous festival for Sikhs.
Unveiling the Khalsa: Gain a profound understanding of the Khalsa, its purpose, who formed it, and why it holds such significance within Sikhism.
The Power of the 5 Ks: Explore the symbolism behind the 5 Ks—the distinctive articles worn by Sikhs—and grasp the profound meaning and importance each one holds.
Celebrating Vaisakhi: Immerse yourself in the vibrant celebrations of Vaisakhi and learn how Sikhs commemorate this auspicious occasion. Gain a deeper understanding of the rituals, customs, and festivities that make Vaisakhi such a cherished and significant festival for Sikhs.
Our engaging home learning booklet provides a comprehensive exploration of Vaisakhi and Sikhism, fostering cultural understanding and appreciation. Through its informative pages, learners will develop a rich knowledge of Vaisakhi’s traditions, customs, and historical significance. Expand horizons and celebrate diversity with our Vaisakhi and Sikhism home learning booklet, an essential resource for children and learners of all ages.
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This comprehensive lesson plan teaches students how to identify and correct errors in sentence structure and punctuation. The lesson includes a PowerPoint presentation, worksheets and a vocabulary picture. Students will learn how to rearrange sentences, correctly use capital letters, full stops, question marks, and exclamation marks, and identify and apply proper nouns.
The lesson plan is suitable for students in Key Stage 2 (ages 7-11) and can be easily adapted for different ability levels. It is a great way to help students improve their grammar skills and write more effectively.
The lesson plan is aligned with the UK National Curriculum for English and especially helps children starting in Year 3 to ensure they are up to the expected standards of Key Stage 1/Year 2 writing.
It includes a variety of activities to keep students engaged, such as a picture activity and a challenge activity.
The resources are all high-quality and easy to use and the lesson plan is clear and concise, making it easy for teachers to follow.
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