Top primary cover lessons

Take the stress out of cover lessons with these ready-to-use lesson packs and activity ideas for KS1 and KS2 classes for both class and supply teachers

Tes Resources Team

A Cover Teacher In Front Of A Class Of Primary School Children

Ready-to-use lessons, activities and packs to keep pupils motivated and challenged during cover lessons

Having a go-to collection of cover-friendly lesson ideas can be a lifesaver whether you’re a supply teacher or a teacher having to set work. To help you out, we’ve hand-picked resources across a range of subject areas, which are not only easy to deliver, but also engaging and full of ways to develop key skills.

Resources for younger learners

Numicon 1-20 addition worksheets
RJM01

Numicon 1-20 addition worksheets

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Slides or printed sheets. used with KS1, and KS2 SEN pupils, with some familiarity of Numicon blocks, as: * printed booklets worked through in registration/SODA * in sections as 'beat the clock' worksheets in group intervention sessions * whole-class slides There are 47 'Numicon' and 6 numeral wor...
KS1 Reading Comprehensions
smithy123

KS1 Reading Comprehensions

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7 reading comprehensions suitable for KS1 children (or to support children in KS2) Each comprehension comes with an answer sheet.
Animal Classification Colouring Sheets KS1
Beejal Parekh

Animal Classification Colouring Sheets KS1

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Five worksheets designed to help KS1 pupils learn more about animal identification and classification. The exercise is suitable for all abilities, and works well as either a starter or plenary. These colouring sheets can be used to support children to recognise and identify the key characteristics ...
Homophones: There, Their and They're Worksheets
Krazikas

Homophones: There, Their and They're Worksheets

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This resource contains an information sheet and a set of eight worksheets on the homophones - their, there and they're. Tasks include selecting the correct spelling of there / they're/ their homophones, composing sentences using the correct homophones and correcting sentences. This resource is appr...
Multiplication printables
TeachersTimeTurner

Multiplication printables

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These printables are suitable for children just learning about multiplication. There are: 9 - printables working on grouping from 2 to 10 objects. 9 - printables working on making groups (children will benefit from using counters for these) 5 - printables looking at skip counting for 2...
Number Bonds Practice - Arithmetic Worksheets Set
D_A_Wilson

Number Bonds Practice - Arithmetic Worksheets Set

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This number bonds collection consists of ten worksheets covering number bonds to ten, twenty, one hundred, one thousand plus two bonus extension sheets covering decimal number bonds to one. Perfect for practising this important arithmetic skill, the ten sheets cover all abilities within your class a...
KS1 Maths Games Worksheets
claire1580

KS1 Maths Games Worksheets

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The resource includes 8 printable maths games/worksheets targeted at KS1. This includes: Wordsearch Battleships Codebreaker Pyramid Sudoku Cross Number Puzzle Corners Magic Square Answers are included.

Resources for older learners

French numbers worksheet
shropshire14

French numbers worksheet

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Worksheet to practise numbers. Mostly 1-31, with a short exercise on higher numbers. Made for a one-off lesson I had to cover, might be useful for a quick practice/revision.
Translation worksheets
funky_blues

Translation worksheets

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There are three worksheets here. The first sheet asks the children to identify how the shape has been translated. The second requires them to translate easier shapes, whereas the third is more challenging. In addition, the third includes a SAT style question which requires the children to use all th...
Science Comprehensions Year 3
davlae

Science Comprehensions Year 3

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These differentiated comprehensions cover **ALL** the **Year 3** topics and each one comes complete with a separate answer sheet. 1. Parts of a Plant x2 2. Seed Dispersal x2 3. Food and Nutrition x2 4. Skeletons and Muscles x2 5. Rocks and Soils x2 6. Light and Shadows x2 7. Magnetism x2 Each com...
Spring Comprehensions
hollyjack1

Spring Comprehensions

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Spring reading comprehensions Suitable for KS1 and northern hemisphere Each comprehension is differentiated a minimum of 3 ways. Each comprehension is linked to the topic of spring and begins with easy multiple choice questions. Subjects included in this product - Signs of spring - x 4 differentia...
Year 6 SPAG Game:  The Unfair Game
Donna Upton

Year 6 SPAG Game: The Unfair Game

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Introducing The Unfair Game - the ultimate twist on SPAG revision for Year 6 Grammar SATs paper 1! Say goodbye to boring practice papers and standing at photocopiers and hello to thrilling competition that keeps your class on their toes. With The Unfair Game, your students will dive into grammar rev...
Round & Colour
Amy Wood

Round & Colour

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A great activity for practising rounding numbers. Round the numbers, colour the boxes using the key to reveal a picture. Rounding to tens or hundreds.