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!
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Ready to step up to the Upper Pay Scale? This comprehensive toolkit provides everything experienced primary teachers need to create a standout UPS application.
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Successful Application Form Template: Model your application after a proven format, ensuring you hit all the key points. Each section has four examples of what can be written in each section
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Create a meaningful and memorable Remembrance Day assembly with this comprehensive 5-page script. Designed for KS1 and KS2 students, this resource provides a sensitive and age-appropriate way to commemorate those who have served and sacrificed.
Features:
★ Complete Script: Includes speaking parts for pupils and teachers, ensuring everyone can participate and contribute.
★ Thought-provoking Content: Explains the significance of Remembrance Day, the poppy symbol, and the two-minute silence.
★ Beautiful Poetry: Features poignant poems to enhance the atmosphere of reflection and remembrance.
★ Wreath-laying Ceremony: Includes a simple yet moving wreath-laying ceremony to honor fallen heroes.
★ Easy to Follow: Clear formatting and instructions make it easy to organize and deliver a successful assembly.
Benefits:
★ Foster Understanding: Help children understand the importance of Remembrance Day and its historical context.
★ Encourage Reflection: Create a space for quiet contemplation and gratitude for those who have served.
★ Promote Values: Instill values of respect, empathy, and peace in young learners.
★ Build Community: Bring your school together in a shared act of remembrance.
★ Save Time: No need to write your own script - everything you need is provided.
Honor the fallen and inspire future generations with this heartfelt Remembrance Day assembly script.
Ideal for: KS1, KS2, Remembrance Day, Veterans Day, whole school assembly, collective worship, British history, World War I, World War II.
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This aspirations assembly is a fantastic way to inspire children to think about their hopes, dreams and create belief in themselves. This is a great assembly to use at any time of the year, particularly at the end of the summer when children are moving on.
You could use these for a primary school, KS1 only, KS2 only or in class.
You will receive a 22-slide PowerPoint.
This assembly is interactive and involves the children to make sure they are engaged and interested.
Key features:
What are your hopes and dreams?
The key to success
What will you be in the future? (Careers)
Perseverance and not giving up
Working hard for success
Inspirational people
Reminders about believing in yourself
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Are you a skilled educator ready to step into a leadership role as a Key Stage One (KS1) Leader? Look no further! Our comprehensive product offers four meticulously crafted job application letters specifically designed for KS1 Leader positions.
With a focus on highlighting your expertise in leading and managing a Key Stage One team, these outstanding job application letters are tailored to showcase your ability to create a supportive and stimulating learning environment. Emphasising your experience in curriculum development, assessment strategies, and fostering student progress, these letters are sure to captivate recruiters and set you apart from other candidates.
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These outstanding application letters showcase your expertise in leading and managing a Key Stage Two team, highlighting your ability to create a dynamic and inclusive learning environment. With a focus on curriculum development, assessment strategies, and fostering academic progress, these letters are designed to captivate recruiters and set you apart from other candidates.
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This World War II Class Assembly is an outstanding opportunity for your class to take a poignant look back in time to one of the most significant events in our world’s history. Through music, dance, poetry, and drama, your class will be able to learn about and remember the bravery of those who fought for our freedom during the war.
The assembly includes four scenes, each highlighting different aspects of life during World War II. The first scene focuses on the impact of the war on daily life, including rationing and evacuations. The second scene features the Battle of Britain and the bravery of the Royal Air Force pilots and ground crew. The third scene highlights the impact of the Blitz on British cities, with a particular focus on London. The fourth scene describes D-Day, the largest seaborne invasion in history.
Throughout the assembly, your class will be able to participate in various activities, such as dancing to “Pack Up Your Troubles” and performing a shadow play set to “Spitfire Prelude and Fugue.” The assembly also includes opportunities for quiet reflection, such as lighting candles and holding hands during Vera Lynn’s “We’ll Meet Again.”
This World War II Class Assembly is an outstanding educational resource that offers a unique and engaging way for your class to learn about this pivotal moment in history. With its range of activities and opportunities for active participation, your class is sure to leave with a deeper understanding and appreciation of the sacrifices made during World War II.
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This fantastic phonics assessment system has been created by experienced KS1 specialists to make baseline and following assessments simple and easy to communicate with other staff.
This assessment starts at Phase 2 and tests through to Phase 6. Teachers just need to point at each sound and word and get children to read each one. If a child gets it right, it can be checked off.
Previously, I have created one of these booklets for each child and placed in a folder for TAs to ‘pick up and go’ as interventions or early morning work.
This allows teachers to immediately show progression for pupil progress interviews and can then be passed on to the next teacher to see what gaps children have.
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Prepare for Ofsted inspections with confidence using this comprehensive and adaptable lesson planner template! Designed to meet the rigorous standards of Ofsted inspections, this resource empowers teachers across KS1-KS4 to create well-structured, engaging, and impactful lessons that showcase outstanding teaching and learning.
Key Features:
★ Ofsted-Focused Structure: The template aligns seamlessly with Ofsted's key inspection criteria, ensuring your lesson plans demonstrate effective teaching practices and promote student progress.
★ Clear and Concise Layout: The user-friendly format allows for easy navigation and efficient lesson planning, saving you valuable time.
★ Key Sections: Includes essential sections for learning objectives, key questions, assessment strategies, differentiation, resources, and more, ensuring a thorough and well-rounded lesson plan.
★ Adaptable for All Subjects: Suitable for all subjects and key stages, making it a versatile tool for any teacher.
★ Promotes Reflection and Improvement: Encourages teachers to reflect on their practice and identify areas for further development.
Benefits:
★ Boost Confidence: Approach Ofsted inspections with peace of mind, knowing your lesson plans are well-structured and demonstrate effective teaching practices.
★ Save Time: Streamline your lesson planning process with this ready-to-use template.
★ Enhance Student Learning: Create engaging and impactful lessons that cater to diverse learning needs and promote student progress.
★ Demonstrate Professionalism: Showcase your commitment to high-quality teaching and continuous improvement.
Invest in your teaching success and impress Ofsted inspectors with this indispensable lesson planner template!
Ideal for: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4 teachers, NQTs, supply teachers, and anyone looking to improve their lesson planning and teaching practice.
Do you want to assess your year 1 pupils’ skills in writing, maths, reading and science? Do you want to see how they are progressing towards the expected standards or beyond? If so, you will love these handy and comprehensive checklists!
These checklists are based on the KS1 writing, maths, reading and science frameworks, and are a great way of tracking your children’s achievements and areas for improvement. They cover all the key objectives and skills for each subject, and use clear and simple language to describe the levels of attainment: emerging, secure, or exceeding.
With one page per child, an easy tick-box system, and a summary section, these checklists make assessment quick and easy. You can use them to inform your planning, feedback, and reporting, as well as to identify gaps and strengths in your children’s learning.
These checklists are ideal for teachers, teaching assistants, and parents who want to support their children’s learning and development at home. They will help you to provide effective and personalised teaching and learning for your year 1 pupils, as well as to celebrate and showcase their amazing progress.
These super PowerPoints are brilliant to teach children all about tolerance, diversity and differences.
Containing 30 slides altogether, children will learn about the British Value of tolerance through discussing their likes and dislikes and how our differences make us interesting. They will also learn about differences through a poem and a pretend scenario that will help children to understand what intolerance is.
These assemblies are great for Key Stage One or Key Stage Two and makes it easy to understand and reflect upon the value of tolerance.
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These two responsibilities assemblies are a fantastic way to introduce children to the value of being responsible, trusted and looking after the planet.
You could use these for a primary school, KS1 only, KS2 only or in class.
You will receive a 21-slide PowerPoint and a 10-slide PowerPoint that can easily be edited to be made shorter or divided into another assembly.
There is also a Christian prayer at the end of each PowerPoint for those who have collective worship.
Key features of Assembly 1:
✸ What does ‘responsibility’ mean?
✸ Different types of responsibility
✸ What the Earth provides us with
✸ Air pollution
✸ Water pollution
✸ What can we do?
✸ Waste
✸ Littering
✸ Our responsibility in our school / local community
✸ Reflection: making the world a better place
✸ Prayer
Key features of Assembly 2:
✸ Being responsible and consequences
✸ What is a responsibility? Expectations
✸ What is a responsibility? Behaviour
✸ What is a consequence?
✸ Why is being responsible important?
✸ Reflection: What does a trusted person look like?
✸ Prayer
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Immerse yourself in the brilliance and joy of Diwali, the Festival of Lights, with our captivating 23-slide PowerPoint presentation. Delve into the rich traditions and cultural significance of this popular Hindu festival, celebrated with great enthusiasm and happiness across India and around the world.
Learn about the origins of Diwali, which commemorates the triumphant return of Rama and Sita to their kingdom after a 14-year exile, symbolizing the victory of good over evil. Discover how this joyous occasion brought the light of knowledge and truth back into the lives of mankind.
Explore the preparations for Diwali, including the traditional lighting of small Diva lamps to welcome the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi, into Hindu homes. Experience the Hindu New Year celebration, also known as the Festival of Light, which spans one to five days and culminates on the third day of Diwali with mesmerizing fireworks displays.
Discover the heartwarming customs of exchanging Diwali gifts with family and friends, spreading love and joy during this festive season. Uncover the deep symbolism behind the rows of lamps that illuminate homes, signifying the triumph of light and goodness over darkness and evil. Witness the vibrant display of beautifully adorned oil lamps, candles, and decorative lights that fill houses and windows, creating a magical ambiance.
Experience the delightful traditions of Diwali, from indulging in delicious foods and enjoying family gatherings to participating in pooja ceremonies. Learn about the significance of keeping houses clean and adorning doorsteps with intricate Rangoli patterns to welcome the goddess Lakshmi, the embodiment of wealth and prosperity.
Witness the artistic beauty of Rangoli, a traditional Indian art form created during festivals, as vibrant two-dimensional designs come to life on the floor. Marvel at the intricate geometrical patterns adorned with oil lamps (Divas) placed between them, adding a touch of radiance to the celebrations.
Expand your knowledge of Diwali with our comprehensive PowerPoint presentation, providing valuable insights into the festival’s traditions, rituals, and cultural significance. Let the spirit of Diwali illuminate your learning and embrace the joyous celebration of light and prosperity.
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Empower your Year 3 and 4 students to become confident and independent writers with this essential double-sided mat! Packed with helpful reminders and prompts, this versatile resource supports writing across the curriculum and can be used on tabletops or in workbooks.
Side 1: Writing Process & Sentence Enhancement
★ The Writing Process: A step-by-step guide to crafting well-structured sentences, from brainstorming to revision.
★ Superior Connectives: A list of sophisticated conjunctions (if, so, while, though, since) to elevate sentence complexity.
★ Super Sentence Starters: A variety of engaging sentence openers to inspire creativity and variety.
★ Detail, Detail, Detail!: Prompts to encourage adding rich descriptions and expanding sentences.
Side 2: Grammar, Punctuation & Vocabulary
★ Apostrophes: Rules for contractions and possessives, with examples.
★ The Amazing Flying Comma: Guidance on comma usage in lists and clauses.
★ Punctuation Job Descriptions: Clear explanations of the functions of capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, commas, and speech marks.
★ Paragraphs: Rules for starting new paragraphs.
★ Word Banks: Lists of amazing adjectives, astounding adverbs, powerful verbs, and neat nouns to enrich vocabulary.
Why Choose This Resource?
★ Promotes Independence: Students can refer to the mat for guidance, reducing reliance on teacher support.
★ Reinforces Key Skills: Regular exposure to writing conventions and vocabulary strengthens learning.
★ Versatile and Practical: Suitable for writing tasks across all subjects.
★ Durable and Reusable: Laminate for tabletop use or stick into books for easy reference.
★ Builds Confidence: Empowers children to take ownership of their writing and experiment with language.
Also available for Years 1/2 and 5/6!
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Are you teaching year 5 or 6 children (UKS2) about obtuse, acute, and right angles and how to use protractors to measure angles in math? This outstanding interview lesson plan is perfect for you!
This outstanding interview lesson teaches year 5 and year 6 children about obtuse, acute and right angles and using protractors to measure angles in maths is designed to showcase your mastery of subject knowledge and effective teaching techniques, impressing any Ofsted inspector.
Using the principles of mastery learning and reasoning, this lesson is differentiated to meet the needs of all learners. The learning objective is to accurately use a protractor, with success criteria that include lining up the bottom of the protractor with one of the lines, making sure the corner (vertex) of the angle is in the middle of the protractor, and looking at where the 0 is on the line to use the correct set of numbers.
The starter activity invites the children to look at the success criteria and complete a cold task on the screen, while the main activity provides teacher input on what angles are, as well as a discussion of real-life examples and different types of angles, such as right angles, obtuse angles, and acute angles. Children also have the opportunity to play “Simon Says” to identify whole turns, half turns, and 90-degree turns, shouting out the degrees of each angle as they do it.
To engage higher ability children, they can complete the Hot Task (input) silently and independently while the rest of the class receives input. Differentiated activities include using angle eaters to measure and identify different types of angles, estimating and measuring angles on worksheets, and exploring the patterns and relationships between angles in different shapes.
In the plenary, students will review the success criteria and reflect on their learning, sharing which part of the lesson was the easiest or hardest. The resources for this lesson include a PowerPoint, protractors, angle eaters, cold task, show it tasks, table display, and challenge tasks.
Overall, this lesson is a strong example of how to teach a complex mathematical concept while promoting mastery and reasoning skills, making it an excellent choice for showcasing your teaching abilities during an interview or impressing an Ofsted inspector or SLT observer.
Ideal for a 30 minute-1 hour lesson.
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Celebrate and learn from the stories of famous disabled people in history and today with this engaging and inclusive lesson for disability history month. This lesson covers the following learning objective and success criteria:
Learning objective: To learn about the lives and achievements of some famous disabled people in history and today, and how they overcame the challenges and barriers they faced.
Success criteria: By the end of the lesson, you will be able to:
★ Name some famous disabled people in history and today and describe their disabilities and accomplishments.
★ Compare and contrast the experiences and opportunities of disabled people in different historical periods and contexts.
★ Express your opinions and feelings about the stories of famous disabled people and how they inspire you.
This resource pack includes:
★ A detailed lesson plan with clear instructions.
★ A PowerPoint presentation with slides for the starter, main teacher input, main activity, and plenary.
★ Eight famous disabled people cards with information and images of Helen Keller, Stephen Hawking, Frida Kahlo, Ludwig van Beethoven, Stevie Wonder, Alex Zanardi, Aaron Fortheringham, and Warwick Davis.
★ A presentation criteria sheet with a checklist.
This lesson is designed to develop the students’ knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of disability as a natural and diverse part of human life, and to inspire them to pursue their goals and dreams, and to support disability equality and inclusion in their school and community. It also supports the development of the students’ research, presentation, and communication skills, as well as their critical thinking and creativity.
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This perseverance assembly is a fantastic way to inspire children to think about their challenges in life and create belief in themselves. This is a great assembly to use at any time of the year, particularly at the end of the summer when children are moving on.
You could use these for a primary school, KS1 only, KS2 only or in class.
You will receive a 16-slide PowerPoint.
This assembly is interactive and involves the children to make sure they are engaged and interested.
Key features:
★ Thinking about challenges
★ A story about a persevering ant - Andy the Ant
★ Sharing challenges
★ Making a perseverance pledge
★ Singing with music link
★ Reflection time
★ Prayer
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Discover the enchanting tale of ‘People of the Rainbow’ a heartwarming story that teaches children the importance of embracing diversity and celebrating individuality. In the magical town of Harmonyville, each unique Rainbow Person represents a different color, coming together to create a vibrant tapestry of unity. Follow Ruby, a little Rainbow Girl, as she learns that change is a beautiful part of life and that, just like the colors of the rainbow, every person is special in their own way. This engaging and uplifting story encourages children aged 8 and above to appreciate differences, fostering a message of love, acceptance, and harmony. Perfect for promoting inclusivity in the classroom!
Class Dojo reward chart where children can exchange their dojos for lots of different prizes! Really motivational and not expensive to fund. Editable so you can change the font or prizes/number of dojos.
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