A pack of teaching resources aimed at KS2 on Pirates of Darksea by Catherine Doyle

From the author of the bestselling book How Are You Feeling Today?, this picture book helps young children celebrate uniqueness and diversity and at the same time realise the similarities we share. The Same but Different explains diversity to children in a clear and open way, using everyday examples and colourful illustrations by Sarah Jennings. There are also helpful notes for parents, carers and practitioners. Download our free activity pack to complete with children!

A School Without Sanctions offers an innovative approach to behaviour management in schools, prioritising compassion and behaviour modification over punishment. Drawing on their award-winning methods, Steven Baker and Mick Simpson explain why challenging behaviour occurs and provide a toolbox of non-confrontational approaches that will benefit the whole school community. Download the poster above full of top tips for a calm and conflict-free classroom.

An educational resource pack based on the middle-grade novel, When The War Came Home by Lesley Parr. Features a selection of important themes including family and friendship, the impact of World War One and social justice.

This educational resource pack is based on Catherine Doyle’s spellbinding middle-grade novel The Lost Girl King and is an ideal learning resource for children in Key Stage 2. It includes a range of discussion questions and activities designed to keep children engaged and keen to explore the themes of this book. Key themes include ‘Adventure’, ‘Irish myths and folklore’, ‘Loyalty’ and ‘Bravery’.

Molly Potter, best-selling author of How are You Feeling Today?, addresses children’s behaviour in a sympathetic way, answering key behavioural concerns that many parents face. What Makes Me Do The Things I Do? is for sharing with children, this beautifully illustrated picture book encourages children to self-reflect, consider how their actions affect others and effectively manage their emotions. Download our free activity pack to complete with children.

Which Food Will You Choose? features deliciously illustrated pages of red, yellow, green, orange and purple foods for your child to choose from. Enjoy the story together and then take your child to the supermarket to play the game in real life! Recommended by paediatric dietitians to help with fussy eating, it’s a fun and effective way to coax your child out of their comfort zone and encourage them to go for something new and different. Download the free wall chart above!

From the best-selling author of How Are You Feeling Today? comes a picture book that sensitively deals with emotional literacy in young children, especially boys. Perfect for starting those all-important conversations, It’s OK to Cry includes colourful illustrations, child-friendly strategies and vocabulary for managing feelings, and helpful notes for parents, carers and practitioners.

Everything you need to teach grammar in the primary classroom. The Grammar Book is filled with both subject knowledge and practical ideas to enliven the teaching of grammar in the primary classroom, making it fun, real and engaging for all pupils. With original short texts and a wealth of National Curriculum-linked lesson plans for each, this book will support the teaching of grammar and delivery of the wider English curriculum. Download the free crib sheet for your classroom and help your pupils ace their punctuation!

The story of the suffragettes with the Jiu Jitsu and roller-skating left in… this impeccably researched The Unstoppable Letty Pegg by Iszi Lawrence shows the fight for women’s suffrage as it really was. Download the free classroom poster above!

The Time Machine Next Door is an exciting new series of quirky historical chapter books for readers aged 7-9. Written by comedian, podcaster and children’s author Iszi Lawrence, these books bring lesser-known parts of history to life with hilarious plots, real-life characters, fascinating facts and fantastic illustrations. Go on your very own historical journey through time with our FREE The Time Machine Next Door activity pack! It’s jam-packed with fun activities that will make learning about history fun!

The Wellbeing Curriculum by Andrew Cowley covers a range of issues from self-awareness, looking after others and building trust, to exercise, healthy eating, cyberbullying, leadership, diversity and empowerment. It offers practical ideas for embedding a wellbeing curriculum in lessons, assemblies, PSHE and RSE sessions and as part of the school ethos. This is the must-have book for schools looking to adapt their pastoral approach, and put pupil wellbeing at the heart of the curriculum. Download the free poster for your classroom.

An educational resource pack based on the novel, Where The River Takes Us by Lesley Parr.

These resources contain lots of fun and interactive activities to get children thinking about forces that act on our structures, what materials keep our structures strong and how to make them tall, long and stable. Meet the extraordinary people who challenged our beliefs about what’s possible, pioneering remarkable inventions that helped build the Brooklyn Bridge in the US, the Pantheon in Italy, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, The Shard in England and the Sapporo Dome in Japan. Discover the ingenious methods engineers have come up with to enable us to build underground, underwater, on ice and even in space. And learn about the impact diff erent forces and materials can have on a structure by carrying out your own engineering experiments in class, using the ‘Try it at Home’ sections.

Ross Morrison McGill, bestselling author of Mark. Plan. Teach. and Teacher Toolkit, pinpoints the top ten key issues that schools in Great Britain are facing today, including marking and assessment, teacher wellbeing, student mental health, and behaviour and exclusions. Using research collected from ten primary and secondary schools, Just Great Teaching provides strategies, ideas and techniques for how these issues can be tackled most effectively.

In Wellbeing in the Primary Classroom, experienced teacher and advisor on children’s wellbeing, Adrian Bethune, explains the latest evidence and research from the psychology of happiness, and makes it accessible and applicable in the primary classroom. Download the free poster full of 10 ideas to create a happy classroom.

Rosie Raja: Churchill’s Spy by Sufiya Ahmed is a thrilling and empowering WWII adventure about the French resistance and their British allies, with a determined, Muslim heroine. Perfect for fans of Michael Morpurgo and Emma Carroll, and those looking for diverse historical fiction. Do you have what it takes to become a spy? Put your skills to the test with our FREE activity pack.

The story of the suffragettes with the Jiu Jitsu and roller-skating left in… this impeccably researched The Unstoppable Letty Pegg by Iszi Lawrence shows the fight for women’s suffrage as it really was and is available with free teaching notes.

This educational resource pack is based on Ellie Clements’s magical middle-grade novel The Wondrous Prune and is an ideal learning resource for children in Key Stage 2. It includes a range of discussion questions and activities designed to keep children engaged and keen to explore the themes of this book. Key themes include ‘Identity’, ‘Superpowers’, ‘Bullying’ and ‘Bereavement’.

4 Lesson plans about creative writing based on the book, Kyan Green and the Infinity Racers by Colm Field.