Awarded an OBE for Services to Education, Clive Davies has designed and built these schemes around progression and enquiry. Focus Education resources are of the highest educational quality.

Focus Education

Pzaz is a specialist, primary science provider, with schemes written for the non-specialist primary teacher. Created by a science education expert, Pzaz covers every statement of the National Curriculum for Reception to Year 6.

Reception - Year 6, Science

Pzaz

VotesforSchools provides award-winning PSHE resources to prompt discussion on challenging issues. Young people learn about everything from politics to climate change to ensure they have an informed opinion of the world, and are equipped with all they need to know when they leave school.

Years 1-6, PSHE

Votes For Schools

Created by primary specialists, Teacher of Primary offers a bank of in-depth, highly specialised lessons so that schools and teachers can focus on the particular learning goals of their setting.

EYFS-Year 6, Maths, English & Science

Teacher of Primary

PE Resources Bank firmly believes in the power of Physical Education and transforming young people’s lives. PE Resources Bank aims to provide high quality teaching materials for staff to use and promote a genuine love for learning. 

PE Resources Bank

Master The Curriculum

Striver

KS2 Gems

Guinea Pig Education

Livello is a specialist literary provider, they offer half-termly units built around highly engaging and exciting books that will inspire a love of reading while teaching comprehension, grammar and composition. Start from the books they love, succeed with strategies from Livello.

Years 1-6, English

Livello

Learning Mole uses fun and engaging animations to capture childrenâ€™s imagination and inspire curiosity. Use Learning Moleâ€™s videos as a perfect jumping off point to start great discussions and stimulate learning.

EYFS-Year 6, Maths, English, Topic & PSHE

Learning Mole

Music Playtime has been created by a Key Stage 1 and Early Years Music education specialist. The schemes are built in recognition of the fact that most primary teachers are not music specialists. Access the knowledge and the ideas you need to feel confident teaching music.

Music Playtime

1Decision

Active Music Digital

All Aboard Learning

Flashcards to add to your GCSE and A-Level revision lessons.

Years 10-13, Various

Quizlet

Sir Linkalot is the award-winning future of spelling. Students learn to spell any word they want from 'was' to 'onomatopoeia' by watching short, funny animations. Never fail a spelling test again!

Sir Linkalot

Get The Buzz! is a specialist in Maths Games for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. Engaging maths games can help to build an enjoyment for maths and can consolidate learning so that all students are benefitting.

Years 1-6, Maths

Get The Buzz

All students can enjoy and improve their achievement in mathematics. It is no longer acceptable to say that only certain types of people can learn mathematics. Can Do Maths provides resources to support teachers and parents to help children and students believe they 'Can Do Maths'.

CanDo Maths

PlanBee is the hive of ready-to-use primary resources for KS1 and KS2, with time-saving resources for busy teachers!

KS1 & KS2

PlanBee

Max Maths is a specialist primary school maths provider that uses the Singapore Mastery Approach to follow the Cambridge Primary maths curriculum framework.

Max Maths

Everyone can do maths: Everyone can! White Rose is used in most UK Primary schools and is the most trusted primary maths provider in the UK. Everything White Rose offers is created by maths experts and directed at teachers using a mastery approach to teaching maths.

White Rose

Elementary School ENGLISH - Romeo and Juliet teaching unit.     This brilliant teaching unit contains a 220 slide PowerPoint presentation, 30 worksheets and a step by step overview of 32 engaging lessons.     Our Romeo and Juliet teaching resource includes a variety of activities for students of all abilities and includes the following:     - A short Shakespeare biography and a guide to the Elizabethan theatre   - Tasks to help children understand the plot   - Analysing the characters of Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio, Tybalt and more   - Exploration of the key themes (love, hate, fate, etc)   - Developing understanding of Shakespeare's stagecraft   - Using evidence when writing about the play Examining Shakespeare's language in key scenes   - Shakespeare's employment of tension and suspense in Romeo and Juliet   - Empathy writing   - Hot seating activities

Based on a Book

Romeo and Juliet

War Horse is a complete 14 lesson scheme of work with a 138 slide PowerPoint presentation, 14 structured lessons and a 7 page booklet of worksheets.     Elementary School English Teaching Resources: War Horse by Michael Morpurgo contains a range of lessons, tasks and activities designed to develop pupil knowledge and understanding of the historical context, plot, characters, language and themes of this wonderful novel.     Our War Horse teaching resources include a collection of activities for pupils of all abilities:     - A scheme of work overview with 14 four part lessons covering historical context, plot, character, themes and language   - Analysis of the characters of Joey, Albert, Father, Captain Nicholls and others  - Extension activities - 4 part lessons with starter activity, introduction, development and plenary   - Historical context understanding research activity   - Developing inference and deduction skills   - Empathetic writing - Joey's diary   - Hot seating to develop character knowledge and understanding   - Analysing Michael Morpurgo's use of language and narrative structure in War Horse   - Writing a newspaper story   - 14 lesson scheme of work with overview/teacher notes   - A 138 slide PowerPoint presentation  - 7 worksheets to accompany the PowerPoint slideshow 

War Horse

This ready to teach 4th Grade/6 resource contains a series of progressive lessons that explore the play's plot, characters, themes and language. As with all our resources, the PowerPoint slides can be tweaked and differentiated to fit your teaching needs perfectly. Lessons cover a range of activities for students of all abilities and include:  An introduction to the Elizabethan theatre and Shakespeare, analysis of the aristocrats, the labourers and the fairies, Shakespeare's use of structure, language and imagery, non-fiction writing and empathetic writing, discussion of the play's main themes, the comedy of Shakespeare - creating and resolving conflict, links to external resources, video and audio to help the teaching and learning of key scenes  

A Midsummer Night's Dream

This teaching unit is made up of a series of progressive lessons designed to teach the features of autobiographical writing. All lessons have been put together using the four-part structure and all slides can be edited and differentiated to suit your teaching requirements. 

Composition

Autobiography

Descriptive Writing - 4th Grade/6 is made up of six lesson overview, an 82 slide PowerPoint presentation and a 9-page booklet of worksheets.     The PowerPoint contains stage by stage lessons specifically designed to teach writing to describe at upper Elementary School. The resource contains a number of lessons which can be tweaked, personalised and differentiated to suit your teaching needs.    Descriptive Writing - 4th Grade/6 uses color, imagery and engaging activities to create a vibrant and stimulating learning experience. It is a comprehensive and detailed resource.     The lessons are made up of a range of activities for learners of all abilities, including:   - The features of writing to describe   - Using adjectives effectively to create descriptive imagery   - How to use verbs effectively in descriptive writing   - Planning, structuring and organising writing   - Using similes to bring writing alive on the page   - Developing a wider vocabulary   - How to draft and redraft when writing to describe

Descriptive Writing

This upper Elementary School teaching unit uses the topic of climate change to help develop key non-fiction reading and writing skills. It introduces climate change through text, video and graphics and contains a variety of differentiated reading and writing tasks.     Contents include:   - Differentiated reading comprehension tasks (Gold, Silver and Bronze - high, mid and lower ability)   - Exploring the features of non-chronological reports (layout, language, facts and statistics)   - Planning, editing and writing a non-chronological report   - Writing a letter (formal and non-formal writing, layout and language, audience and purpose)   - Developing key spelling skills within the context of the unit   - Creating a news report (layout, language, audience, etc) about climate change.

Comprehension

Climate Change

4th Grade / 5th Grade English Teaching Resources: Writing to Persuade is an 81 slide PowerPoint unit of work with stage by stage lessons specifically designed to teach writing to persuade.    The resource contains seven lessons, each structured using the four part lesson format (starter activity, introduction, development and plenary) all of which can be edited, personalised and differentiated it to suit your teaching needs.     Elementary School English Teaching Resources: Writing to Persuade is a comprehensive and exhaustive resource with lessons covering a range of activities:   - What is writing to persuade?   - Exploring purpose and form   - How audience affects writing to persuade   - Planning, structuring and organising persuasive writing   - Using fact and opinion, emotive language and flattery when writing to persuade   - Developing use of rhetorical techniques (rhetorical questions, rule of 3, etc)   - How to do well in the exam when writing to persuade 

Writing to Persuade

This 4th Grade / 5th Grade teaching unit will develop learners knowledge of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius through several English reading and writing activities.     The PowerPoints includes a range of individual, paired and group activities which will encourage discussion and focus on vocabulary and language choices for writing.     Learning outcomes include:   - Find and retrieve comprehension skills   - Dictionary activities  - First person recounts

Volcanoes

The Demon Headmaster - Elementary School English (146-slide PowerPoint-based unit of work with 28 worksheets).    This 4th Grade/6 Unit of Work explores the novel 'The Demon Headmaster' by Gillian Cross and is designed to help 4th Grade/6 learners develop key English reading skills.     Contents include: Reading and comprehension activities (answers included), Analysing characters and writing about them in detail using quotations, Developing inference and deduction skills, Exploring the author's use of language, Developing descriptive writing skills, Quizzes to assess understanding informally, crossword, word search and quiz, Using constructive criticism to improve key skills, Exploring and discussing the novel's themes, Examining how the author builds tension, Writing empathetically in character to show understanding, Post-reading review writing and lots more! 

The Demon Headmaster

This unit of work contains a series of progressive lessons designed to help teach Writing to Entertain. Resources include eleven complete lessons, each created using the four part lesson plan structure (starter activity, introduction, development and plenary) and all of which can be fully edited and differentiated to fit your teaching requirements.     Writing to Entertain is a thorough and detailed resource with lessons covering a number of activities:   - What makes a good opening, narrative hooks Improving vocabulary   - How to structure a story and set the scene  - The five stage narrative plan when writing to entertain   - Using similes, metaphors, verbs, adjectives and adverbs in your writing   - Drafting and redrafting writing. 

Writing to Entertain

Writing a Formal Letter - 4th Grade and 6 is a mini unit of work containing 3 lessons which teach pupils how to write a formal letter and covers many of the curriculum objectives in the year 5 and 6 English programme of study (Writing - composition).     Content includes:   - The difference between formal and informal writing  - How to write formally  - How to lay out a formal letter  - The dos and don'ts of writing a formal letter  - How to draft and redraft.

Writing a Formal Letter

This unit of work is based on the 1842 version of the poem The Lady of Shalott and covers many key areas required by the National Curriculum. It includes a range of activities for students of all abilities.     Contents include:   - Activities to develop general knowledge and understanding of the poems and narrative  - Studying the use of setting and descriptive language   - Analysing the characters of the Lady of Shalott and Sir Lancelot   - Comprehension questions (with answers) to assess children's understanding as you go   - Studying metaphors, onomatopoeia and pathetic fallacy and lots more. 

The Lady of Shalott - Poem (1 page) Worksheet

Onomatopoeia' is a 4th Grade / 5th Grade English Teaching resource focusing on writing skills. It explores how authors use onomatopoeia to create aural imagery and teaches pupils how to use onomatopoeia in their own writing.     'Onomatopoeia' is a handy 11 slide PowerPoint presentation with 2 worksheets that includes:   - Learning objectives   - Definition of onomatopoeia and examples using images and sound effects   - Question and answer slides to enable peer assessment in the classroom   - Matching activity   - Using onomatopoeia to improve sentences task   - Descriptive writing activity   - Links to a video and matching game and an onomatopoeia Hangman interactive game     'Onomatopoeia' can be used as a starter activity, incorporated into a lesson or developed into a wider lesson on language, grammar and word choices.

Word Work

Onomatopoeia - Worksheet

Climate Change - Unit 2 - Mind Map Worksheet

Limericks - 4th Grade / 5th Grade     This Elementary School teaching resource explores limericks in a fun and engaging way. To begin with, it provides examples of limericks and explains the 'rules' of limericks. It then provides a task that asks children to explore the examples and discuss the poems regarding structure and language.     The second half of the lesson explains how to write a limerick. Children are given a scaffolded approach and an example to help them construct a class and then an individual limerick.     The resource is differentiated using 'Gold', 'Silver' and 'Bronze' activities to help all children achieve.

Poetry

Limericks

Boy (Roald Dahl) is a brilliant scheme of work featuring a series of 10 lessons designed to enhance and develop pupil knowledge and understanding of the book Boy by Roald Dahl.     Our Boy (Roald Dahl) resource includes a wide range of activities and lessons for pupils of all abilities:   - A brief biography of Boy author Roald Dahl with a short film about his life narrated by Michael Rosen   - Exploring the difference between biographical and autobiographical writing   - Create a Roald Dahl family tree - to develop knowledge of the early chapters of Boy... and lots more! 

Boy - Lesson 5 - The Great Mouse Plot

Climate Change - Unit 4 - News Report

This Elementary School English teaching resource uses the collection of short stories by David Walliams to examine plot, character, theme, language and grammar at 4th Grade and 5th Grade pupils. Many of the activities explore the stories in an active and kinaesthetic way with numerous tasks requiring children to get out of their seats to interact with other children, carry out physical activities and to use the space around them.     There are a number of cross curricular activities which cover Science, Geography and Design Technology in varying degrees. 

The Worlds Worst Children - Lesson 5 - Sofia Sofa

Opposites and Antonyms: English Teaching Resource    4th Grade/6 English programme of study - Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation:    Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English appendix 2 by introducing:    How words are related by meaning as synonyms and antonyms (e.g. big, large, little)  'Opposites and Antonyms' is an English teaching resource focusing on how to use antonyms to create better sentences and improve writing.  'Opposites and Antonyms' is a handy 9 slide PowerPoint presentation that includes:    Definition of antonyms with examples  Matching antonyms task  How to use antonyms to create better sentences activity  Consolidation of understanding  Antonyms interactive game link

Opposites and Antonyms

Romeo & Juliet Lesson 21: Got the Plot?

The Worlds Worst Children - Lesson 1 - Dribbling Drew

English Poetry Writing Teaching Resource Summer Haiku Poetry - 4th Grade and 6 Resources include: 38 slide PowerPoint and 2 Worksheets.    This unit of work is designed to cover creative writing and poetry.     Summer Haiku includes a range of lessons and activities for pupils of all abilities. The PowerPoint uses bright color, large and attractive fonts, vibrant imagery and easy to follow, child-friendly language.    English Teaching Resources: Summer Haiku includes:   - Discussion - what is a haiku?   - Exploring and discussing haiku poetry - reading, listening to and talking about haiku poems   - Create a class haiku activity Individual, pair and group work opportunities   - Reflecting on learning through constructive criticism   - Writing an individual haiku about summer   - Using color photographs of summer scenes as writing stimulus   - Drafting - how and why we redraft   - How to plan and structure a haiku Exemplar poems   - Writing assessment opportunity - write a simple haiku poem about summer

Summer Haiku Poetry

The Silver Sword is a complete 17 lesson 4th Grade / 5th Grade teaching unit. The resource contains a range of lessons, tasks and activities designed to develop knowledge and understanding of the historical context, plot, characters, language and themes of Ian Serraillier's The Silver Sword.     Resources include:   - A unit overview with 17 four part lessons covering historical context, plot, character, themes and language,   - Analysis of the characters of Joseph, Ruth, Edek and Bronia Balicki and Jana   - Varied extension activities.

The Silver Sword - Lesson 9 - Ivan and Posen

Romeo & Juliet Lesson 29: Got the Plot?

Descriptive Writing - Lesson 4 - Similes

4th Grade/6 English Teaching Resources: Winter Haiku Resources includes: 38 slide PowerPoint and 2 Worksheet.     This unit of work is designed to cover creative writing and poetry. English Teaching Resources: 'Winter Haiku' includes a range of lessons and activities for pupils of all abilities.     The PowerPoint uses bright color, large and attractive fonts, vibrant imagery and easy to follow, child-friendly language.     English Teaching Resources: Winter Haiku includes:   Discussion - what is a haiku?  Exploring and discussing haiku poetry - reading, listening to and talking about haiku poems  Create a class haiku activity   Individual, pair and group work opportunities  Reflecting on learning through constructive criticism  Writing an individual haiku about winter  Using color photographs of wintery scenes as writing stimulus  Drafting - how and why we redraft  How to plan and structure a haiku  Exemplar poems  Writing assessment opportunity - write a simple haiku poem about winter.

Winter Haiku Poetry

War Horse is a complete 14 lesson scheme of work with a 138 slide PowerPoint presentation, 14 structured lessons and  a 7 page booklet of worksheets.     Elementary School English Teaching Resources: War Horse by Michael Morpurgo contains a range of lessons, tasks and activities designed to develop pupil knowledge and understanding of the historical context, plot, characters, language and themes of this wonderful novel.     Our War Horse teaching resources include a collection of activities for pupils of all abilities:     - A scheme of work overview with 14 four part lessons covering historical context, plot, character, themes and language   - Analysis of the characters of Joey, Albert, Father, Captain Nicholls and others  - Extension activities - 4 part lessons with starter activity, introduction, development and plenary   - Historical context understanding research activity   - Developing inference and deduction skills   - Empathetic writing - Joey's diary   - Hot seating to develop character knowledge and understanding   - Analysing Michael Morpurgo's use of language and narrative structure in War Horse   - Writing a newspaper story   - 14 lesson scheme of work with overview/teacher notes   - A 138 slide PowerPoint presentation  - 7 worksheets to accompany the PowerPoint slideshow 