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 5 Science unit, Space 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. Space has been constructed in accordance with the National Curriculum.

Earth and Space

Space

<p>In this lesson, pupils will learn about the movement of the Earth and other planets relative to the Sun in the solar system. The students will classify planets as either rocky or gas giants and describe the orbits of the planets as elliptical. </p> <h2>Previous Learning</h2> <p>Pupils in EYFS and KS1 may not have prior knowledge of Space in the National Curriculum, but they may know the names of some of the planets and that an asteroid caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. In Yr. 3, students have learned about light and forces, and in Yr. 6, they learned about how light travels in straight lines to explain shadows. </p> <h2>Cross-Curricular Links</h2> <ul> <li>RE: Pupils could find out about the creation myths of different cultures</li> <li>Maths: Pupils will draw a graph of distance v surface temperature of the planets</li> <li>Art: Pupils will make a model of planets and the solar system</li> <li>English: Pupils could come up with their own mnemonic to remember the order of the planets</li> </ul> <h2>Misconceptions and Corrections</h2> <ul> <li>The Earth is not the center of the solar system, but the Sun is.</li> <li>The Sun does not move across the sky, it remains in the same place and it is the Earth's movement that makes the Sun appear to move.</li> <li>Planets orbit the Sun in an elliptical shape, not a circular one.</li> <li>Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune also have ring systems, not just Saturn.</li> </ul> <p>The lesson will cover influential scientists such as Galileo Galilei, Nicolas Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, and others. Pupils will also participate in activities like the Orbits of Planets and Planet Top Trumps. They will also complete a table to find the relationship between distance from the Sun and surface temperature of the planet. </p>

The Solar System

Year 5 Science lesson from the unit Space. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How can you explain the movement of the Earth and other planets relative to the sun?'

How can you explain the movement of the Earth and other planets relative to the sun?

The Solar System - Lesson Plan is part of the lesson The Solar System    Students will learn about the solar system as part of their learning about space, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

The Solar System - Lesson Plan

Year 5 unit on Space from Pzaz. This unit contains 2 lessons: The Solar System, The Earth and the Moon    This unit also contains the following resources: Space - Assessment, Space - Answers, Space Vocab - Assessment, Earth and Space - Knowledge Organisers, Space - Keywords, Space - Risk Assessments

Models of the Solar System - Year 5     Year 5 science programme of study - Earth and space     In this teaching resource, pupils will learn how ideas about the solar system have changed over time and look at the geocentric and heliocentric models.     Content includes:   Class discussion about what they think geocentric and heliocentric mean   The geocentric model of the solar system explanation   The heliocentric model of the solar system explanation   External links to explanatory videos   Models of the solar system quiz with an accompanying worksheet   Models of the solar system research worksheet 

Models of the Solar System - PowerPoint

The Solar System - Planet Cards is part of the lesson The Solar System    Students will learn about the solar system as part of their learning about space, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

The Solar System - Planet Cards

The Solar System - Presentation is part of the lesson The Solar System    Students will learn about the solar system as part of their learning about space, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

The Solar System - Presentation

'Why do we have night and day? - Investigation instructions' is a resource from 'How can you explain the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth?', a Year 5 Science lesson from the unit Space. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How can you explain the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth?'

Why do we have night and day? - Investigation instructions

Year 5 Science lesson from the unit Space. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What do you know about the planets?'

What do you know about the planets?

Day and Night - Year 5     Year 5 science programme of study - Earth and space: use the idea of the Earth's rotation to explain day and night and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky     In this science teaching resource pupils discover why the Earth has day and night and why it appears that the Sun moves across the sky. It is an ideal resource to use when delivering a lesson covering the year 5 curriculum objective above.     Content includes:   An explanation of the rotation of the Earth   An explanation of why the rotation of the Earth causes day and night   A suggested science activity to illustrate the causes of day and night   An explanation of how the rotation of the Earth causes the sun to appear to move across the sky with activity worksheet   A link to an explanatory video   Day and night quiz   1 worksheet 

Day and Night - PowerPoint

<p>This lesson focuses on understanding the relationship between the Earth, Sun, and Moon, as well as the apparent movement of the Sun across the sky and the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth. The lesson begins with a review of the previous learning in early years foundation stage and Key Stage 1, as well as Key Stage 2 (KS2) curriculum links in year 3 light and year 3 forces, year 6 light. The lesson also has cross-curricular links to History, English, Maths, and Geography.</p> <p>The misconceptions associated with the topic are also highlighted, such as the idea that the Sun is yellow, the Moon doesn’t spin, the shadow of the Earth causes phases of the Moon, and the Moon shines. Some influential scientists in this field are also mentioned, such as Aristarchos of Samos, Eratosthenes, Ptolemy, Carolyn Porco, Tycho Brahe, and Nancy Grace Norman.</p> <h2>Activities</h2> <h3>Day and Night</h3> <p>In this activity, students use a torch and a globe to observe the change in light and shadow as the globe rotates. The objective is to understand why we have day and night on Earth and why this is cyclical.</p> <h3>The Sun’s Movement Across the Sky</h3> <p>In this activity, students use learning pads to compare the geocentric and heliocentric theories and explain the apparent movement of the Sun across the sky.</p> <h3>The Orbiting Moon Model</h3> <p>In this activity, students use the orbits card from a previous lesson, a large marble, a small marble, and a ruler to make a model of the Earth and Moon’s orbit.</p> <p>Possible questions that students may encounter include: why is the Earth slightly on its side, what direction does the Earth spin, and why is sunrise at different times in different locations.</p>

The Earth and the Moon

Day and Night

'Mini quiz - Earth, Moon and Sun' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 5 unit, Space

Mini quiz - Earth, Moon and Sun

Year 5 Science lesson from the unit Space. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How can you demonstrate how night and day are created?'

How can you demonstrate how night and day are created?

The Long-term overview for the unit Space from Focus Education

Long-term overview - Space - Year 5

'How can you explain the movement of the Earth and other planets relative to the sun? - Presentation' is a resource from 'How has the science related to irreversible changes helped with crime work?', a Year 5 Science lesson from the unit Reversible and Irreversible Changes. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How has the science related to irreversible changes helped with crime work?'

How can you explain the movement of the Earth and other planets relative to the sun? - Presentation

Year 5 Science lesson from the unit Space. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What do we know about the dimensions associated with the Sun, Earth and Moon?'

What do we know about the dimensions associated with the Sun, Earth and Moon?

The Solar System - Self Assessment is part of the lesson The Solar System    Students will learn about the solar system as part of their learning about space, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

The Solar System - Self Assessment

The Earth and the Moon - Lesson Plan is part of the lesson The Earth and the Moon    Students will learn about the earth and the moon as part of their learning about space, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

The Earth and the Moon - Lesson Plan

'Time trial - Name all the planets' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 5 unit, Space

Time trial - Name all the planets

Year 5 Science lesson from the unit Space. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How can you explain the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth?'

How can you explain the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth?

Show it! Group presentation is a group task that should be used to solidify student learning and should be run after the teaching of the lessons contained in the unit Space from Focus Education

Show it! Group presentation - Space - Year 5

Models of the Solar System

'What do you know about the planets? - Teacher notes' is a resource from 'What do we know about the dimensions associated with the Sun, Earth and Moon?', a Year 5 Science lesson from the unit Space. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What do we know about the dimensions associated with the Sun, Earth and Moon?'

What do you know about the planets? - Teacher notes

Check it! is a set of assessment for learning tasks and assessments that should be used to check pupils' understanding of the learning during the course of the unit Space from Focus Education.

Check it! - Space - Year 5

The Solar System - Year 5     Year 5 science programme of study - Earth and space     In this science teaching resource, pupils are introduced to the Solar System. It is an ideal teaching aid to use in a lesson introducing the Year 5 science curriculum topic listed above. Content includes:   An introduction to the Solar System with a video link   An explanation of the Sun   The order of the 8 planets in our Solar System and a mnemonic activity with an accompanying worksheet   Facts about each planet with 3-D models of each one (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)   An ordering the planets class activity with flashcards   An explanation of rings, Pluto, moons, asteroids and comets with accompanying video links   A Solar System quiz with an accompanying worksheet   A research task with an accompanying worksheet 

The Solar System - Objectives Labels is part of the lesson The Solar System    Students will learn about the solar system as part of their learning about space, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

The Solar System - Objectives Labels

'Cops and robbers - What do you know about the planets?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 5 unit, Space

Cops and robbers - What do you know about the planets?

'What do we know about the dimensions associated with the Sun, Earth and Moon? - Presentation' is a resource from 'How can you demonstrate how night and day are created?', a Year 5 Science lesson from the unit Space. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How can you demonstrate how night and day are created?'

What do we know about the dimensions associated with the Sun, Earth and Moon? - Presentation

Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)