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

Room on the Broom  Elementary School English Teaching Resources      Room on the Broom is a colorful, engaging and fun teaching resource for Elementary School based on the popular book by Julia Donaldson. The resource covers numerous elements of the National Curriculum for Elementary School Reading and Writing skills and is colorful, engaging and interactive.      Activities include:   information retrieval  recounting the narrative  exploring the themes and message of the story  talking and writing about characters and key events  considering the use of heroes and villains in the book  looking at language  words that rhyme  making predictions  creating a new book cover  Room on the Broom is a beautifully presented teaching resource containing interactive quizzes and activities.     The resource also contains 27 worksheets and a 6 lesson overview of the unit. 

Based on a Book

Room on the Broom

Music - Key Stage 1 - Music Playtime

<p>This unit contains ideas based on the weather and the seasons, with particular emphasis on the environment.</p>                                    <h3>Elements</h3>                    <ul class="simple elements">                                                    <li><strong>Duration<span>:</span></strong> Long or short notes, RHYTHM.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Timbre<span>:</span></strong> The individual quality of a sound.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Tempo<span>:</span></strong> Fast or slow speed of the PULSE, or BEAT</li>                                                    <li><strong>Structure<span>:</span></strong> The way music is constructed.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Texture<span>:</span></strong> A single sound, or combined sounds.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Pitch<span>:</span></strong> High pitched and low pitched sounds.</li>                                            </ul>                                                    <h3>Resources</h3>                    <ul class="resources">                                                    <li>Tuned and untuned percussion instruments</li>                                                    <li>Floaty scarves</li>                                            </ul>

The Weather & the Seasons Level: Key Stage 1

In this unit on Anti-Bullying from Votes for Schools. Students will explore whether joking can be bullying, cyberbullying, fitting in at school, forgiveness and ways in which they can reduce bullying in school. 

Anti-Bullying

Pre-K unit -  Science Coordinator    This unit contains: How To Use PZAZ, Assessment in K-5 Science, Big Question Map, Book Lists in Science, Certificates , Coordinator Checklist, Curriculum Map for Year Groups, Data Gathering Sheet, Data Ladder Poster, Deep Dive Questions, Evaluation of Investigations Sheet, Evaluation Ladder Poster, Knowledge Progression, Elementary School Teacher Assessment Exemplification, Elementary School Working Scientifically Progress Matrix, Elementary School Teacher Assessment Exemplification, Pzaz Lesson List for Schools, Pzaz Lesson Observation, Long Term Memory Quizzes - Grades 1 - 6, Objective Labels Template, Progress Chart, Pupil voice questions, Pupil Working Scientifically Statement, Resource Plan, Sales Script, Scheme and Types of Scientific Enquiry, Scientists, Staff Meeting Sheet, Statement of Intent, What is a Scientist, Working Scientifically Progression, Working with Big Ideas of Science Education , Development Matters for Pre-K, Intention and Substance Findings paper on K-5 School Science, Elementary School National Curriculum Assessment Statistics 2019, Elementary School National Curriculum Assessment Statistics 2019, Ofsted Science Review - The features of high-quality science education, Ofsted Science Review - The features of high-quality science education

Science Coordinator

Elementary School English Teaching Resources: Traditional Stories; (66-slide PowerPoint presentation with 16 worksheets)     This fun unit of work is designed to cover Traditional Stories and Fairy Tales at Kindergarten / 1st Grade. It includes a planning overview, assessment guidance, detailed lessons and activities, a 66 slide PowerPoint and 16 accompanying worksheets.    'Traditional Stories' includes a range of lessons and activities for Elementary School children of all abilities. The PowerPoint uses bright color, large and attractive fonts, vibrant imagery, sound, video and easy to follow, child-friendly language.     Activities include: Talk for writing and prior learning tasks, Exploring and discussing traditional tales and fairy tales, Using a range of text types - books, videos, cartoons and online storybooks, Individual, pair and group work, Assessment opportunities, Understanding characters - goodies, baddies and magical characters, Story sequencing and storyboarding, How to plan a story using the story mountain, How to begin a narrative - teacher modelling the writing process, Writing assessment task - how to write a traditional tale, Detailed teaching notes for lessons and assessment.

Traditional Stories

<p>This topic is about our friends and focuses on name patterns, rhythms and pitches. Please read the ABOUT section before you begin and download the Elementary School sample lesson plans to see how easy it is to make your own plans using Music Playtime!</p>                                    <h3>Elements</h3>                    <ul class="simple elements">                                                    <li><strong>Structure<span>:</span></strong> The way music is constructed.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Duration<span>:</span></strong> Long or short notes, RHYTHM.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Tempo<span>:</span></strong> Fast or slow speed of the PULSE, or BEAT</li>                                                    <li><strong>Timbre<span>:</span></strong> The individual quality of a sound.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Pitch<span>:</span></strong> High pitched and low pitched sounds.</li>                                            </ul>                                                    <h3>Resources</h3>                    <ul class="resources">                                                    <li>Tuned and untuned percussion instruments</li>                                                    <li>Name-clapping cards</li>                                                    <li>Chrome Music Lab</li>                                            </ul>                                                 

Ourselves & Our Friends Level: Key Stage 1

Kindergarten Science unit, Materials from Focus Education. This unit uses an enquiry-approach methodology, lessons are built around a central question in order to build pupil curiosity and motivate learning. Materials has been constructed in accordance with the National Curriculum.

Everyday Materials

Materials

In this unit on LGBTQ+ from Votes for Schools, students will explore the following topics: Hurtful words, Uniform and Identity, Homophobic language, Uniforms and Identity

Identity

Relationships and Sex

LGBTQ+

In this unit on Relationships and Safety from Votes for Schools, students will explore the following topics: Friends, Healthy Relationships, Staying Safe, Boundaries (My Body, My Choice)

Safety and Wellbeing

Relationships and Safety

In this unit on Mistakes and Punishments from Votes for Schools, students will explore the following topics: Making Mistakes, Punishments

World Issues

Mistakes and Punishments

In this unit on Misinformation & Conspiracies from Votes for Schools, students will explore the following topics: Are all lies bad, Is fake news always bad, Vaccines and misinformation, Are conspiracy theories dangerous, Is fake news always bad, Vaccines and misinformation

Online Safety

Misinformation & Conspiracies

In this unit on Safer Internet from Votes for Schools, students will explore the following topics: Cybersecurity, Internet and friends, Lockdown and the internet, Social media, Cybersecurity, Internet and friendships, Lockdown and the internet, Social media

Safer Internet

In this unit on World Issues from Votes for Schools, students will explore the following topics: Kindness Charities, Fairtrade and chocolate, Should the UK do more to help Afghanistan, Ukraine refugee scheme, Is it your job to speak up against racism in other countries, Is school the most important thing in a crisis, Refugees - Do we take home for granted, Fairtrade and chocolate, Is it your job to speak up against racism in other countries, Is the refugee crisis over, Should education be a priority in a crisis, Should the UK do more to support Afghanistan, Ukrainian refugee scheme

In this unit on Mental Health from Votes for Schools, students will explore the following topics: Comparing ourselves to others, Should children keep up with the news, Should schools have pets to help with stress, Do you get enough sleep, Friends and mental health, Is gaming good for you, Nature and mental health, Do you get enough sleep, Should schools have pets to help with stress, Superheroes and body image, Friends and mental health, Is gaming good for you, Nature and mental health, Should children keep up with the news

Mental Health

The Owl and the Pussycat (5-lesson unit of work with a 150-slides in PowerPoint and 16 worksheets)    The Owl and the Pussycat; is a new and innovative unit of work  and bright color Animated film of The Owl and the Pussycat.     This unit of work contains:     Retelling strategies and comprehension questions, Cloze exercise, sequencing and storyboarding activities, Tackling unfamiliar words, using a dictionary and alphabetical order, Rhyming words lesson with interactive game, Identify adjectives in The Owl and the Pussycat, Using adjectives to improve writing, Compound words activities including an interactive game, Create a children's story book based on The Owl and the Pussycat task

The Owl and the Pussycat

Using the Senses includes a range of varied lessons and activities  to stimulate discussion and description, Using words and phrases to describe personal experiences, Describing a special place using a writing frame, How to plan a poem, Writing a poem using the senses (with scaffolding), Writing assessment task - write a simple poem

Poetry

Using the Senses

<p>This unit is about dinosaurs and other extinct animals, focusing on high and low pitch, clapping rhythms and keeping a steady pulse.</p>                                    <h3>Elements</h3>                    <ul class="simple elements">                                                    <li><strong>Duration<span>:</span></strong> Long or short notes, RHYTHM.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Tempo<span>:</span></strong> Fast or slow speed of the PULSE, or BEAT</li>                                                    <li><strong>Pitch<span>:</span></strong> High pitched and low pitched sounds.</li>                                            </ul>                                                    <h3>Resources</h3>                    <ul class="resources">                                                    <li>Book: Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs â€“ Mo Willems ISBN: 9780062104182 Publisher: Harper Collins</li>                                                    <li>Tuned and untuned percussion instruments</li>                                            </ul>

Dinosaurs Level: Key Stage 1

<p>This unit covers using music technology and keyboards in relation to more Maestro the Music Dog stories</p>                                    <h3>Elements</h3>                    <ul class="simple elements">                                                    <li><strong>Duration<span>:</span></strong> Long or short notes, RHYTHM.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Dynamics<span>:</span></strong> Louder or quieter sounds.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Tempo<span>:</span></strong> Fast or slow speed of the PULSE, or BEAT</li>                                                    <li><strong>Pitch<span>:</span></strong> High pitched and low pitched sounds.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Pentatonic<span>:</span></strong> A five note scale, or set of notes in order, such as C, D, E, G and A. The black keys of a piano or keyboard make a natural pentatonic scale - notice that each black key has at least one white key between it and the next one, which gives a distinctive &#039;pentatonic&#039; sound.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Silence<span>:</span></strong> The quiet spaces between musical sounds.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Sing-song voice<span>:</span></strong> Two sung pitches, higher then lower like G - E, as if calling a name in the playground</li>                                            </ul>                                                    <h3>Resources</h3>                    <ul class="resources">                                                    <li>Keyboards or a piano, an iPad or computer</li>                                            </ul>                                                    

Minibeasts Level: Key Stage 1

<p>A delicious mixture of activities about food</p>                                    <h3>Elements</h3>                    <ul class="simple elements">                                                    <li><strong>Timbre<span>:</span></strong> The individual quality of a sound.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Tempo<span>:</span></strong> Fast or slow speed of the PULSE, or BEAT</li>                                                    <li><strong>Duration<span>:</span></strong> Long or short notes, RHYTHM.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Structure<span>:</span></strong> The way music is constructed.</li>                                            </ul>

Food & Eating Level: Key Stage 1

Twas the Night Before Christmas - 1st Grade and 3 is a unit of work that includes a PowerPoint presentation, 6 worksheets and a five-lesson overview.     This detailed and engaging English teaching resource covers a number of the English curriculum objectives in the English programme of study.    Content includes: Unit overview with 5 lessons, Making predictions, A version of the poem with colorful animations, Animated video telling of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas', Recount and comprehension activities with worksheets, Storyboarding comic strip creation task and accompanying worksheets, Unfamiliar words and using a dictionary task and worksheets, Rhyming words activities and worksheets, Identifying adjectives in 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' and using adjectives to improve writing and worksheets, Spotting similes and using similes to develop a description and accompanying worksheets.

Twas the Night Before Christmas

Rudolph Saves Christmas - Elementary School is a cute English teaching resource where pupils practise re-telling and sequencing events in a story.

Rudolph Saves Christmas

<p>This unit is about animals we love and includes expressing feelings and moods in music. Download your Record of Activities &amp; Progress chart here.</p>                                    <h3>Elements</h3>                    <ul class="simple elements">                                                    <li><strong>Pitch<span>:</span></strong> High pitched and low pitched sounds.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Dynamics<span>:</span></strong> Louder or quieter sounds.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Tempo<span>:</span></strong> Fast or slow speed of the PULSE, or BEAT</li>                                                    <li><strong>Structure<span>:</span></strong> The way music is constructed.</li>                                            </ul>                                                    <h3>Resources</h3>                    <ul class="resources">                                                    <li>Plush beanie animal toys</li>                                                    <li>Book - Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons: HarperCollins ISBN 1579823106</li>                                                    <li>Four frisbees</li>                                            </ul>                                                    

Pets & Other Animals Level: Key Stage 1

<p>A unit based on the (non-religious) story off how Maestro the Music Dog came on Christmas Day to live on Hannah&#039;s piano.</p>                                                    <h3>Resources</h3>                    <ul class="resources">                                                    <li>Book: Maestro the Dog and the Christmas Tree  by Sandy Holland &amp; Peter Noke Publisher E-MusicMaestroPublishing ISBN 9781999863524 Available at  https://www.e-musicmaestro.com/shop/books/childrens-picture-books</li>                                            </ul>                                                    

Maestro & the Christmas Tree Level: Key Stage 1

<p>This unit is loosely based on gardening and growing with a special emphasis on the planet.</p>                                    <h3>Elements</h3>                    <ul class="simple elements">                                                    <li><strong>Structure<span>:</span></strong> The way music is constructed.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Timbre<span>:</span></strong> The individual quality of a sound.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Texture<span>:</span></strong> A single sound, or combined sounds.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Tempo<span>:</span></strong> Fast or slow speed of the PULSE, or BEAT</li>                                            </ul>                                                    <h3>Resources</h3>                    <ul class="resources">                                                    <li>Re-cycling cards from the Garden Organic website</li>                                            </ul>                                                    

Gardens & Growing Level: Key Stage 1

<p>This unit, all about seaside holidays, focuses on body sounds, found sounds, using instruments and actions in time with music.</p>                                    <h3>Elements</h3>                    <ul class="simple elements">                                                    <li><strong>Texture<span>:</span></strong> A single sound, or combined sounds.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Timbre<span>:</span></strong> The individual quality of a sound.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Duration<span>:</span></strong> Long or short notes, RHYTHM.</li>                                            </ul>                                                    <h3>Resources</h3>                    <ul class="resources">                                                    <li>Tuned and untuned percussion instruments</li>                                                    <li>Peppa Pig Goes on Holiday ISBN 9780723297819 Publisher Ladybird</li>                                                    <li>Maisie Goes on Holiday ISBN 9781406329513 Publisher Walker Books</li>                                                    <li>Floaty scarves</li>                                                    <li>A real parachute and &#039;treasures&#039; in a &#039;treasure chest&#039;</li>                                            </ul>                                                    

Seaside & Under the Sea Level: Key Stage 1

<p>Activities and songs based on people who help us and on helping others.</p>                                    <h3>Elements</h3>                    <ul class="simple elements">                                                    <li><strong>Tempo<span>:</span></strong> Fast or slow speed of the PULSE, or BEAT</li>                                                    <li><strong>Duration<span>:</span></strong> Long or short notes, RHYTHM.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Timbre<span>:</span></strong> The individual quality of a sound.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Pitch<span>:</span></strong> High pitched and low pitched sounds.</li>                                            </ul>                                                    <h3>Resources</h3>                    <ul class="resources">                                                    <li>Out of the Ark People Who Help Us songbook (optional)</li>                                            </ul>

People Who Help Us Level: Key Stage 1

<p>The activities are based on Chinese New Year celebrations and traditions. This unit particularly focuses on pitch, and introduces the pentatonic.</p>                                    <h3>Elements</h3>                    <ul class="simple elements">                                                    <li><strong>Pentatonic<span>:</span></strong> A five note scale, or set of notes in order, such as C, D, E, G and A. The black keys of a piano or keyboard make a natural pentatonic scale - notice that each black key has at least one white key between it and the next one, which gives a distinctive &#039;pentatonic&#039; sound.</li>                                            </ul>                                                    <h3>Resources</h3>                    <ul class="resources">                                                    <li>Floaty scarves</li>                                            </ul>

Chinese New Year Level: Key Stage 1

<p>This unit celebrates different types of families and especially includes grandparents.</p>                                    <h3>Elements</h3>                    <ul class="simple elements">                                                    <li><strong>Timbre<span>:</span></strong> The individual quality of a sound.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Pitch<span>:</span></strong> High pitched and low pitched sounds.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Dynamics<span>:</span></strong> Louder or quieter sounds.</li>                                                    <li><strong>Duration<span>:</span></strong> Long or short notes, RHYTHM.</li>                                            </ul>                                                    <h3>Resources</h3>                    <ul class="resources">                                                    <li>All about Families by Felicity Brooks &amp; Mar Ferrero Usborne ISBN 147494907X</li>                                            </ul>