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

Year 6 English Teaching Resources; Holes by Louis Sachar; a medium term plan overview, 23 lesson plans and 20 worksheets along with 161 slides of PowerPoint presentations.     Our Holes teaching resource is made up of an extensive assortment of activities for upper KS2 students.  It explores the following in detail:    Youth detention in the USA and boot camps, The historical context of the American South (racial segregation, civil rights, Jim Crow laws), Analysis of the characters of Stanley Yelnats, Mr Sir, Mr Pendanski, The Warden, Kate Barlow, Sam and Zero, Exploring key themes - crime and punishment, friendship, redemption, Key features of a novel - narrative hooks, building tension, setting the scene, Writing about the book using Point/Evidence/Explain, Louis Sachar's purpose and viewpoint, Activities to consolidate understanding of the plot, Language study in key scenes, Hot seating activities, Empathy writing tasks - diary and letter writing - to show understanding of plot, character and themes, Links to online games, quizzes and more lesson ideas.   

Based on a Book

Holes

Do you need high-quality materials to supplement your year 5 English lessons? Choose our Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-themed medium-term plan in Pango. The goal of this unit is to help your pupils learn more about and have a deeper appreciation for Roald Dahl's timeless work. This lesson is great for students of all skill levels because of the variety of activities and materials provided. You'll find the following items in this section: <ul> <li>Eleven lessons broken down into four sections.</li> <li>Includes story prediction using the title, blurb, and front cover; story analysis of characters and settings; storyboarding, sequencing, and close exercises; and more.</li> <li>There are 97 slides on the PowerPoint and 15 handouts to help you bring this subject to life in the classroom, while covering the English National Curriculum.</li> </ul> Charlie Bucket, a little boy, is the protagonist of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which tells the story of his adventures in the fantastical factory owned by a man named Willy Wonka. The golden tickets and a chocolate bar from Mr. Wonka set the whole thing in motion. Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde, Mike Teavee, and Augustus Gloop are just a few of the other children he encounters along the journey who share his desire to win a golden ticket and a lifetime supply of chocolate. Charlie, with the assistance of the Oompa Loompas and a kind Willy Wonka, overcomes the challenges posed by the chocolate river, the great big greedy nincompoop, and the spoiled brat. Finally, he understands the significance of effort and the peril of greed. Your children will have great fun engaging with this story in a number of ways. Pango's mission is to assist educators like you in providing a world-class education for your children. We provide everything you need to be a successful educator, including a complete primary curriculum for Math, English, Science, History, Geography, Music and PSHE as well as tools for lesson preparation. Why hold off? If you're looking to improve your Year 5 English lessons, add this Charlie and the Chocolate Factory unit to your teaching arsenal right now.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Room on the Broom  KS1 English Teaching Resources      Room on the Broom is a colourful, engaging and fun teaching resource for KS1 based on the popular book by Julia Donaldson. The resource covers numerous elements of the National Curriculum for KS1 Reading and Writing skills and is colourful, 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. 

Room on the Broom - Lesson 1

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 colour 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 - Lesson 1

25 slide PowerPoint presentation with 25 accompanying worksheets;    Jack and the Beanstalk is a fantastic reading resource from the makers of Storytime magazine. Teaching resources include a copy of the beautifully illustrated short story, a 25 slide PowerPoint presentation and a pack of 25 worksheets chock-a-block with fun teaching activities.     This resource is ideal for KS1 pupils and reluctant readers and ESL students at lower KS2. Activities include: Word Watch ; Understanding homophones and discussing tricky words Who's who? ; Matching characters from the story Character Masks ; Opportunities for drama and role play And more; Maths, Science, P.E., Design and Tech and Art teaching ideas      Year 2 English Teaching Resources: Jack and the Beanstalk  Related Resources KS1 Reading Resources All KS1 Resources

Jack and the Beanstalk

KS2 English Teaching Resources: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White (Unit of work, 15 lessons, 147-slide PowerPoint and 20 worksheets)     This Year 4/5 teaching resource explores the children's novel Charlotte's Web in detail and covers the following areas of study:    - Developing inference and deduction skills  - Developing debate and discussion skills  - Character study and creating character profiles  - How to use quotations when answering questions  - Exploring plot, themes and language  - Individual, pair and group activities as well as think, pair, share activities  - Storyboards and hot seating  - Making a quiz  - Make a newspaper front page story  - Writing a book review

Charlotte's Web - Lesson 1: Infer and Deduce

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.     KS2 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 Lesson 1: Making Predictions

The unit is made up of 8 lessons, each created using the 4-part lesson structure and all of which can be personalised and differentiated to fit into your individual teaching requirements.     Our A Christmas Carol teaching resource covers a range of tasks and activities:   - Christmas today and in Victorian Britain  - The use of time and structure in A Christmas Carol  - Developing key inference and deduction skills  - Scrooge on a TV talk show  - Exploring character  - Charles Dickens' use of language  - How to write about A Christmas Carol using Point, Evidence, Explain.

A Christmas Carol - Lesson 1 - First Impressions

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.     KS2 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

Charlotte's Web

The Twits by Roald Dahl is a nine lesson teaching unit which consists of a 87 slide PowerPoint presentation and a 13 worksheets.     The Twits (Roald Dahl) is a brilliant scheme of work for low ability learners featuring a series of detailed four part lessons designed to enhance and develop pupils' reading and understanding skills.     English Teaching Resources: The Twits (Roald Dahl) covers the key areas required by the National Curriculum at level 2/3 and includes a wide range of activities and lessons for pupils.     - A brief biography of The Twits author Roald Dahl with a short film about his life narrated by Michael Rosen   - A nine lesson scheme of work overview/plan using the four part lesson structure   - Exploring the text - making predictions using the title, blurb and front cover   - Descriptive writing study - creating character portraits using description from the text   - Analysis of key characters Mr Twit and Mrs Twit   - How Roald Dahl creates sympathy in the novel   - Storyboarding, comprehension questions and cloze exercises to consolidate understanding   - Writing empathetically as Muggle Wump the monkey   - Studying Roald Dahl's use of language - effective adjectives and verbs   - Understanding unfamiliar words - using a dictionary     Complete scheme of work overview - 87 slide PowerPoint - 13 pages of worksheets 

The Twits

KS1 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 Year 1 / Year 2. 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 KS1 children of all abilities. The PowerPoint uses bright colour, 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

Wonder teaching resource is a unit of work for the novel 'Wonder' by R J Palacio. The unit begins with an introduction to the author and book before closely focusing on the text. It contains 47 lessons which explore the text from Chapter One, 'August' to the end of the novel. The unit contains a range of teaching and learning activities including:     - Developing reading and vocabulary skills and building a personal dictionary   - Differentiated tasks (Gold, Silver and Bronze) to provide appropriate learning for all abilities   - Reading and comprehension tasks   - GPS activities that cover contractions, time adverbials, pronouns, homophones, synonyms and word classes   - Language study - comparing American English with British English   - Class discussion of key themes   - Character analysis   - Formal and informal writing   - Drama activities and ze framing.

Wonder

The little old man collects bundles of junk as he tidies up his environment. Compare living and non-living things as you watch the forest grow. This beautiful book, in true Helen Ward style, will hook your children in and motivate them to find out more.    Livello adopts a thematic approach by using picture books and texts as an exciting springboard for learning. "Livello Modules' innovative and proven approach will help teachers to take their teaching from good to great by giving them a secure and supportive starting point from which to build exciting lessons."

Comprehension

Composition

Module 1 - Inspired by: The Tin Forest by Helen Ward - Reading

A very hungry badger in the local park spots a sandwich, but before he can get to it a squirrel runs off with it. This gorgeously yucky tale takes us on a tour of the creatures and environments in the local park, as the sandwich passes from one creature to another. Imagine the state of the sandwich at the end!    Livello adopts a thematic approach by using picture books and texts as an exciting springboard for learning. "Livello Modules' innovative and proven approach will help teachers to take their teaching from good to great by giving them a secure and supportive starting point from which to build exciting lessons."

Module 5 - Inspired by: The Disgusting Sandwich by Gareth Edwards - Reading

KS2 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

Romeo and Juliet

A Year 2 unit based on the book Little Evie in the Wild Wood created by Focus Education. Students use the focus text as a basis to develop their reading, writing and SPaG skills and engage with a range of comprehension and discussion based activities. This unit is fully aligned with the National Curriculum and uses an enquiry-approach to develop student progression.

Writing

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar

Little Evie in the Wild Wood

A Year 3 unit based on the book The Firework Maker's Daughter  created by Focus Education. Students use the focus text as a basis to develop their reading, writing and SPaG skills and engage with a range of comprehension and discussion based activities. This unit is fully aligned with the National Curriculum and uses an enquiry-approach to develop student progression.

The Firework Maker's Daughter

A Year 5 unit based on the book The Nowhere Emporium created by Focus Education. Students use the focus text as a basis to develop their reading, writing and SPaG skills and engage with a range of comprehension and discussion based activities. This unit is fully aligned with the National Curriculum and uses an enquiry-approach to develop student progression.

The Nowhere Emporium

A Year 4 unit based on the book The Wind in the Willows created by Focus Education. Students use the focus text as a basis to develop their reading, writing and SPaG skills and engage with a range of comprehension and discussion based activities. This unit is fully aligned with the National Curriculum and uses an enquiry-approach to develop student progression.

The Wind in the Willows

Traditional Stories - Lesson 1

This beautifully illustrated book provides a fantastic starting point for Year 1 learners. Dragons arrive, bringing their eggs with them. More and more dragons appear, polluting the environment and throwing loud parties. The ice caps start to melt so the other animals get together to persuade the dragons to be more considerate.     The activities in the English module are clearly linked to objectives for composition, comprehension, grammar and punctuation using the book as the stimulus to learning. The engaging ideas provide super starting points for learning and are driven by probing questions.    Livello adopts a thematic approach by using picture books and texts as an exciting springboard for learning. "Livello Modules' innovative and proven approach will help teachers to take their teaching from good to great by giving them a secure and supportive starting point from which to build exciting lessons."

Module 1 - Inspired by: The Trouble With Dragons by Debbie Gliori - Reading

Wonder Lesson 1: Investigating the Text

A Year 6 unit based on the book Tales from the Arabian Nights created by Focus Education. Students use the focus text as a basis to develop their reading, writing and SPaG skills and engage with a range of comprehension and discussion based activities. This unit is fully aligned with the National Curriculum and uses an enquiry-approach to develop student progression.