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!
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 with our outstanding Geography Lesson! Students will learn about different parts of Europe, share their thoughts, and have meaningful discussions about climate, landmarks, culture, and what interests them.
We start with a fun activity to get students thinking about European places they know or want to visit. Then, we dive into the main part of the lesson, using exciting pictures and videos to understand how these places affect our opinions.
In Activity 1, students make collages of their favorite European spots and show them to the class. Activity 2 has small groups talking about their dream European holidays while thinking about what we’ve learned. Finally, in Activity 3, students present their top European pick with facts or stories.
At the end, students walk around to see each other’s work and think about what they’ve learned. During the lesson, students practice sharing ideas, having good conversations, and showing what they think in a clear way. They’ll also learn more about Europe’s geography and culture.
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Delve into Europe’s iconic landmarks with our comprehensive “Europe Geography Lesson - Famous Landmarks” resource. This resource offers a deep exploration of Europe’s cultural heritage through well-known sites like the Eiffel Tower and Big Ben.
Students will develop map skills, historical understanding, and cultural appreciation as they engage in activities such as landmark descriptions, map marking, and travel adventure planning.
The resource includes a PowerPoint presentation, visuals, blank maps, and travel brochures, providing a thorough exploration of Europe’s famous landmarks.
Connect students with Europe’s cultural tapestry through this engaging and informative 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 comprehensive lesson on Equator, Hemispheres, Time Zones, and key areas. This resource covers Europe’s unique characteristics, climate, seasons, and time differences’ impact on travel.
Learn about latitude lines, regions, and key geographical areas globally and in Europe. Activities include labeling maps, analysing climate charts, and a time zone travel challenge to calculate arrival times across Europe.
The lesson wraps up with an interactive trivia game. It includes a lesson plan, PowerPoint, printable maps, climate charts, and trivia cards. Engage students with clear learning objectives and activities, fostering curiosity about geography.
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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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Take your students on an exciting journey through Europe with this outstanding geography lesson! In this comprehensive lesson, students will learn to use compass directions, 4-figure grid references, symbols, and map keys to explore the geography of Europe. Through engaging activities and interactive discussions, students will develop the skills to accurately navigate maps and interpret important geographical information.
The lesson begins with a stimulating starter discussion on the significance of directions and grid references in map exploration. Then, students will be introduced to the 8 points of a compass, understanding their corresponding directions within Europe. A captivating map of Europe will showcase key symbols and a map key, enabling students to grasp the meaning behind these symbols and their representation of various geographical feature.
The lesson continues with three hands-on activities that reinforce learning. In Activity 1, students use small maps of Europe to label the 8 compass points and practice giving directions to specific countries or cities. Activity 2 focuses on 4-figure grid references, where students locate points on their maps and identify corresponding countries or cities. Working individually or in pairs, students enhance their map-reading skills and strengthen their accuracy. In Activity 3, students collaborate in small groups to place symbol cards representing different geographical features on a large map of Europe. Through discussions and referencing the map key, students deepen their understanding of Europe’s geography.
To conclude the lesson, a plenary discussion reviews the concepts covered, allowing students to share their newfound knowledge and showcase their skills by identifying specific countries, cities, or geographical features on a map of Europe. Ongoing assessment throughout the lesson helps monitor students’ participation and understanding.
This outstanding geography lesson comes with a comprehensive set of resources, including a 23-slide PowerPoint presentation, maps of Europe, activity sheets, symbols key, compasses (optional), and answers for convenience. Engage your students’ curiosity and foster their map-reading abilities with this immersive and educational lesson on Europe’s geography.
Immerse your students in the exciting world of exploration with our comprehensive Explorers’ Continuous Provision Plan. This plan is designed to provide a range of engaging and educational activities across various areas, including Reading, Malleable Area, Construction Area, Technology Area, Mark making and Writing Area, Sand Area, Mud Kitchen, Water Area, Small World Area, Wheeled Toys Area, Art Area, and Music Area.
Week by week, your students will embark on thrilling adventures as they learn about famous explorers, Arctic animals, rainforest exploration, exploring the ocean, and even venturing into space. Our plan includes carefully curated resources, books, playdough, small world materials, interactive apps, games, writing prompts, sensory exploration, and more.
With the Reading Area, your students can dive into captivating books about explorers and learn about their remarkable journeys. In the Malleable Area, they can sculpt famous landmarks using playdough, fostering their creativity and fine motor skills. The Construction Area allows them to build their own explorer forts using blocks and materials. In the Technology Area, they can explore different parts of the world through interactive map apps like “Google Earth” or “National Geographic Kids World Atlas.”
The Mark making and Writing Area encourages students to create their own explorer diaries or journals, while the Sand Area hides small treasures for them to discover, enhancing their sensory experience. Our plan also includes activities for the Mud Kitchen, Water Area, Small World Area, Wheeled Toys Area, Art Area, and Music Area, providing diverse opportunities for learning and exploration.
Engage your students’ imaginations, foster their curiosity, and develop their skills with our comprehensive Explorers’ Continuous Provision Plan. It’s the perfect resource to make learning about explorers a thrilling and educational experience. Explore the world with your students today!
Other explorers themed EYFS units:
EYFS Maths Unit: Explorers - 6 Weeks of Lesson Plans and Resources
EYFS Wider Curriculum Unit: Explorers - 6 Weeks of Lesson Plans & Resources
EYFS Literacy Unit - Explorers: 6 Weeks of Lesson Plans and Resources
Embark on a comprehensive and enriching learning adventure with our EYFS Explorers Curriculum Bundle. This all-inclusive bundle features three essential units for each week: Literacy, Maths, and Wider Curriculum. Aligned with the EYFS framework, each unit offers six weeks of captivating lesson plans and accompanying PDF resources, providing you with a treasure trove of 90 engaging lessons to captivate and educate your young learners.
Week 1: Introduction to Explorers
In the Literacy unit, students will develop communication, language, and literacy skills through interactive activities, storytelling, and writing tasks, while the Maths unit will reinforce numeracy concepts through exploratory and hands-on tasks. The Wider Curriculum unit will introduce students to explorers’ lives, fostering an appreciation for history, geography, art, science, and personal, social, health, and economic (PSHE) education.
Week 2: Famous Explorers
The Literacy unit brings famous explorers to life through captivating reading materials, role-playing exercises, and writing prompts. The Maths unit continues to strengthen numeracy skills, while the Wider Curriculum unit delves deeper into history, geography, art, science, and PSHE topics related to famous explorers.
Week 3: Arctic Animals
Students will explore Arctic animals’ unique characteristics and habitat through engaging Literacy, Maths, and Wider Curriculum units. The Literacy unit incorporates reading comprehension, descriptive writing, and creative activities, while the Maths unit integrates Arctic-themed problem-solving, measurement, and pattern recognition. The Wider Curriculum unit delves into scientific concepts, art exploration, and geographical understanding of the Arctic region.
Week 4: Rainforest Explorers
The Literacy unit immerses students in the wonders of rainforest exploration through reading, writing, and imaginative activities. In the Maths unit, students will encounter rainforest-themed numerical challenges, shape recognition, and data interpretation. The Wider Curriculum unit deepens understanding through rainforest science, geography, art, and PSHE lessons.
Week 5: Exploring the Ocean
Students will dive into oceanic adventures with the Literacy unit, where they will engage in reading, writing, and speaking activities centered around marine life. The Maths unit reinforces numeracy skills through ocean-themed problem-solving and data analysis. The Wider Curriculum unit explores marine biology, geography, art, and PSHE, encouraging a deeper connection with the ocean environment.
Week 6: Exploring Space
The Literacy unit takes students on a cosmic journey through reading, writing, and imaginative tasks related to space exploration. In the Maths unit, students will encounter celestial-themed numeracy challenges, shape recognition, and spatial reasoning. The Wider Curriculum unit delves into astronomy, geography, art, and PSHE lessons, expanding students’ understanding of the vastness of space.
With our EYFS Explorers Curriculum Bundle, you will have a wealth of resources at your fingertips to create an immersive and well-rounded learning experience for your young explorers. From literacy and maths to a wide range of subjects in the wider curriculum, this bundle provides a comprehensive foundation for their educational journey.
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.
Don’t miss out on this captivating resource! Purchase the EYFS Maths Unit: Explorers today and ignite a lifelong passion for mathematics in your yo
Embark on an exciting journey of discovery with our comprehensive EYFS Wider Curriculum Unit: Explorers. This engaging and immersive resource pack is designed to introduce young learners to the wonders of exploration through a variety of subjects, including science, art, history/geography, PE, and PSHE. Aligned with the EYFS framework, this 6-week unit provides a rich and diverse learning experience for early years children.
Week 1 sets the stage with an Introduction to Explorers, igniting curiosity and setting the foundation for the weeks to come. In Week 2, children will dive into the captivating world of Famous Explorers, learning about their remarkable journeys and contributions. Week 3 takes an Arctic twist, as children explore Arctic Animals and their habitats, fostering an appreciation for biodiversity and the natural world.
As the adventure continues, Week 4 invites children to become Rainforest Explorers, delving into the lush greenery and diverse ecosystems of the rainforests. Week 5 takes a plunge into the depths of the ocean, as children embark on an exploration of marine life and its fascinating wonders. Finally, in Week 6, children will reach for the stars as they venture into the vastness of space, learning about planets and the mysteries beyond Earth.
Each week’s lesson plans and accompanying resources are provided in PDF format, ensuring easy access and convenience. With a focus on interactive and hands-on activities, our unit cultivates critical thinking, creativity, and physical development. Children will engage in experiments, create artwork inspired by explorers, embark on virtual field trips, and participate in team-building physical activities.
Prepare to inspire and ignite the spirit of exploration in your early years classroom with our EYFS Wider Curriculum Unit: Explorers. Watch as children’s imaginations soar and their understanding of the world expands through this immersive, cross-curricular learning experience.
Embark on an exciting literacy journey with our EYFS Literacy Unit - Explorers! Packed with six weeks’ worth of engaging lesson plans and accompanying resources, this unit is perfectly aligned to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework, ensuring seamless integration into your curriculum.
Week 1: Introduction to Explorers
Ignite curiosity and spark imagination as you introduce your little learners to the captivating world of explorers. Dive into interactive activities that promote early literacy skills, imaginative play and critical thinking. From discovering maps and compasses to exploring different types of exploration, this week sets the foundation for an adventurous learning experience.
Week 2: Famous Explorers
Bring history to life as your students explore the journeys of famous explorers from the past. Engage their imaginations through captivating stories and interactive tasks that encourage reading, writing and communication skills. Discover the expeditions of renowned figures such as Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo, Amelia Earhart and more.
Week 3: Arctic Animals
Take a chilly plunge into the Arctic region and explore the wonders of its unique wildlife. Through literacy-rich lessons, your students will encounter polar bears, penguins, seals and other fascinating creatures. Encourage their reading comprehension, vocabulary development and creative expression as they engage in activities centered around these captivating Arctic animals.
Week 4: Rainforest Explorers
Venture into the lush green rainforests and uncover its hidden treasures. From colourful toucans to slithering snakes, this week delves into the rich biodiversity found in rainforest habitats. Engage your students in literacy-focused tasks that enhance their understanding of descriptive language, storytelling and research skills.
Week 5: Exploring the Ocean
Dive deep into the enchanting world beneath the waves as your students explore the ocean. Through literacy-based activities, they will encounter fascinating marine life, learn about ocean ecosystems and develop a deeper appreciation for our planet’s vast oceans. Enhance their literacy skills through captivating tasks centered around ocean exploration.
Week 6: Exploring Space
Blast off into a cosmic adventure as your students set their sights on the wonders of space. From astronauts to rockets, planets to constellations, this week will spark their imagination and curiosity about the universe. Engage them in literacy activities that promote scientific vocabulary, comprehension skills and creative expression.
Each week’s lesson plans and accompanying resources are meticulously crafted to support and enhance literacy development, communication skills and overall engagement. All materials are provided in PDF format, ensuring ease of use and compatibility across different devices.
Buy now and unlock a treasure trove of resources that will inspire, educate and ignite a lifelong love of learning.
Introducing a fun and educational free resource for children to learn all about the planets in our solar system! This pack includes two sheets of beautifully designed fact cards that provide key information about the moon, sun, earth, mercury, venus, mars, neptune, uranus, saturn, and jupiter. Each card features an eye-catching illustration of the planet along with interesting facts such as its size, distance from the sun, number of moons, and more. These cards are perfect for classroom displays, science projects, or even as flashcards to help kids memorize important planetary information. Download now for a fun and engaging way to learn about the wonders of our solar system!
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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These three PowerPoint presentations are great for the run up to Easter.
Included in this bundle:
✸ Easter Story - the Christianity story of Easter and Jesus on a cross. (19 slides)
✸ Lent - what is Lent and what does it mean to Christians? (19 slides)
✸ Losing a friend - how did the disciples feel when Jesus left and returned to heaven? (14 slides)
Suitable for Key Stage One or Key Stage Two and could be used in the classroom or as an assembly.
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This 14 slide PowerPoint explains the Easter story and how the disciples felt when they lost their friend, Jesus, as he went to heaven.
Children will talk about how it feels to lose a friend and what could happen. They will then learn about how the disciples lost Jesus as part of the Easter story.
Children will then have reflection time to think about what makes their friends special to them and what they have that could remind them of a friend if they went away.
There is also a prayer and notes at the bottom of the slide for a song recommendation.
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This 19 slide PowerPoint explains what Lent is and what it means to Christians.
Children will talk about preparing for an event and describes the journey of Jesus through the desert. It also talks about resisting temptation and gives examples of what people give up for Lent.
Children will then have reflection time to think about what they could do for Lent to help others.
There is also a prayer and notes at the bottom of the slide for a song recommendation and any props that are needed.
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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.
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Bring some Christmas joy to your classroom with these 3 Christmas Poetry Lessons! Perfect for the last week of term or spread out across the Autumn term, these lessons are perfect to bring excitement to your classroom.
Children will create their own Christmas poems - starting with learning all about rhyming words and creating rhyming phrases to creating an acrostic poem to writing a free verse poem all about the five senses (see, hear, touch, smell, taste) at Christmas.
Each PowerPoint is easy to follow and guides the teacher through from starter, main input to task and plenary.
Resources included:
x3 lesson plans
x3 PowerPoints (one for each lesson)
Christmas Poem Template (for support)
The Magic of Christmas poem
x3 Acrostic poem templates (with and without lines)
Christmas Acrostic poem example (for modelling)
Christmas Senses Pictures
Senses Inside and Outside at Christmas worksheet
Lesson 1: L.O. I can use rhyming words to create a Christmas poem.
Success Criteria: I can recognise rhyming words when saying them out loud.
I can create a rhyming poem about Christmas
I can create excitement through poetry.
I can add other literary features (e.g. conjunctions, adjectives, similes).
Lesson 2: L.O. I can use rhyming techniques to write an acrostic poem.
Success Criteria: I understand different poem genres.
I can use rhyming to create a poem.
I can use techniques to create rhyming phrases with key words.
I can use neat presentation and handwriting.
Lesson 3: L.O. I can use my five senses to describe Christmas.
Success Criteria: I understand different poem genres.
I can use rhyming to create a poem.
I can use techniques to create rhyming phrases with key words.
I can use effective adjectives to describe the senses at Christmas time.
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