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 2 unit on Uses of Everyday Materials from Pzaz. This unit contains 4 lessons: Changing Materials, Material Strength, Ship Building, Materials in History    This unit also contains the following resources: Forces - Knowledge Organisers, Uses of Everyday Materials - Knowledge Organisers, Uses of Everyday Materials - Answers, Uses of Everyday Materials - Assessment, Uses of Everyday Materials - Risk Assessment, Materials - Keywords, Materials - Vocab Assessment

Everyday Materials

Uses of Everyday Materials

Year 2 science lesson  - Changing Materials    This lesson will take approximately 2 weeks of teaching to complete. Year 2 students will learn about changing materials as part of their learning about uses of everyday materials, as specified by the National Curriculum in England: science programmes of study.    This lesson contains the following resources: Presentation, Lesson Plan, Teacher Explanation, Results Tables, Objectives Labels, Self Assessment

Changing Materials

Year 1 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.

Materials

Year 2 science lesson  - Material Strength    This lesson will take approximately 2 weeks of teaching to complete. Year 2 students will learn about material strength as part of their learning about uses of everyday materials, as specified by the National Curriculum in England: science programmes of study.    This lesson contains the following resources: Presentation, Lesson Plan, Teacher Explanation, Results Tables, Objectives Labels, Self Assessment

Material Strength

Year 2 Science lesson from the unit Materials. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why are some materials more suitable than others for making our toys? '

Why are some materials more suitable than others for making our toys?

Changing Materials - Lesson Plan is part of the lesson Changing Materials    Students will learn about changing materials as part of their learning about uses of everyday materials, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

Changing Materials - Lesson Plan

Changing Materials - Presentation is part of the lesson Changing Materials    Students will learn about changing materials as part of their learning about uses of everyday materials, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

Changing Materials - Presentation

Year 2 science lesson  - Materials in History    This lesson will take approximately 2 weeks of teaching to complete. Year 2 students will learn about materials in history as part of their learning about uses of everyday materials, as specified by the National Curriculum in England: science programmes of study.    This lesson contains the following resources: Presentation, Lesson Plan, Teacher Explanation, Results Tables, Objectives Labels, Self Assessment

Materials in History

Year 2 science lesson  - Ship Building    This lesson will take approximately 2 weeks of teaching to complete. Year 2 students will learn about ship building as part of their learning about uses of everyday materials, as specified by the National Curriculum in England: science programmes of study.    This lesson contains the following resources: Presentation, Lesson Plan, Teacher Explanation, Results Tables, Objectives Labels, Self Assessment

Ship Building

'Which materials were used to build the school? - Worksheet' is a resource from 'Why glass, wood, plastic, brick or metal would be used for certain jobs', a Year 2 Science lesson from the unit Materials. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why glass, wood, plastic, brick or metal would be used for certain jobs'

Which materials were used to build the school? - Worksheet

Year 2 Science lesson from the unit Materials. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why are certain materials suitable for many different uses?'

Why are certain materials suitable for many different uses?

Material Strength - Lesson Plan is part of the lesson Material Strength    Students will learn about material strength as part of their learning about uses of everyday materials, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

Material Strength - Lesson Plan

'Which materials can be squashed, twisted or bent according to need? - Presentation' is a resource from 'Which materials can be squashed, twisted or bent according to need?', a Year 2 Science lesson from the unit Materials. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Which materials can be squashed, twisted or bent according to need?'

Which materials can be squashed, twisted or bent according to need? - Presentation

'What and why? These toys' materials - Worksheet' is a resource from 'Why are some materials more suitable than others for making our toys? ', a Year 2 Science lesson from the unit Materials. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why are some materials more suitable than others for making our toys? '

What and why? These toys' materials - Worksheet

'Which materials can be squashed, twisted or bent according to need? - Teacher notes' is a resource from 'Which materials can be squashed, twisted or bent according to need?', a Year 2 Science lesson from the unit Materials. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Which materials can be squashed, twisted or bent according to need?'

Which materials can be squashed, twisted or bent according to need? - Teacher notes

'What are everyone's toys made of? - Worksheet' is a resource from 'Why are some materials more suitable than others for making our toys? ', a Year 2 Science lesson from the unit Materials. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why are some materials more suitable than others for making our toys? '

What are everyone's toys made of? - Worksheet

Year 2 Science lesson from the unit Materials. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why glass, wood, plastic, brick or metal would be used for certain jobs'

Why glass, wood, plastic, brick or metal would be used for certain jobs

'Why are certain materials suitable for many different uses? - Presentation' is a resource from 'Why are certain materials suitable for many different uses?', a Year 2 Science lesson from the unit Materials. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why are certain materials suitable for many different uses?'

Why are certain materials suitable for many different uses? - Presentation

'Who are the important people that have developed useful, new materials? - Teacher notes' is a resource from 'Who are the important people that have developed useful, new materials?', a Year 2 Science lesson from the unit Materials. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Who are the important people that have developed useful, new materials?'

Who are the important people that have developed useful, new materials? - Teacher notes

Year 2 Science lesson from the unit Materials. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Who are the important people that have developed useful, new materials?'

Who are the important people that have developed useful, new materials?

Changing Materials - Teacher Explanation is part of the lesson Changing Materials    Students will learn about changing materials as part of their learning about uses of everyday materials, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

Changing Materials - Teacher Explanation

'Charles Mackintosh fact file - Worksheet' is a resource from 'Who are the important people that have developed useful, new materials?', a Year 2 Science lesson from the unit Materials. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Who are the important people that have developed useful, new materials?'

Charles Mackintosh fact file - Worksheet

'Why are some materials more suitable than others for making our toys?  - Presentation' is a resource from 'Why are some materials more suitable than others for making our toys? ', a Year 2 Science lesson from the unit Materials. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why are some materials more suitable than others for making our toys? '

Why are some materials more suitable than others for making our toys?  - Presentation

Materials in History - Lesson Plan is part of the lesson Materials in History    Students will learn about materials in history as part of their learning about uses of everyday materials, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

Materials in History - Lesson Plan

'Twists and stays twisted? - Worksheet' is a resource from 'Which materials can be squashed, twisted or bent according to need?', a Year 2 Science lesson from the unit Materials. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Which materials can be squashed, twisted or bent according to need?'

Twists and stays twisted? - Worksheet

'Toy materials: What do you already know? - Worksheet' is a resource from 'Why are some materials more suitable than others for making our toys? ', a Year 2 Science lesson from the unit Materials. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why are some materials more suitable than others for making our toys? '

Toy materials: What do you already know? - Worksheet

Year 2 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.

Material Strength - Teacher Explanation is part of the lesson Material Strength    Students will learn about material strength as part of their learning about uses of everyday materials, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

Material Strength - Teacher Explanation

Materials in History - Presentation is part of the lesson Materials in History    Students will learn about materials in history as part of their learning about uses of everyday materials, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

Materials in History - Presentation

Material Strength - Results Tables is part of the lesson Material Strength    Students will learn about material strength as part of their learning about uses of everyday materials, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

Material Strength - Results Tables

Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)

Everyday materials