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 3 Science unit, Light and Dark 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. Light and Dark has been constructed in accordance with the National Curriculum.

Light

Light and Dark

Year 3 science lesson  - Shadows    This lesson will take approximately 2 weeks of teaching to complete. Year 3 students will learn about shadows as part of their learning about light, 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

Shadows

Year 3 Science lesson from the unit Light and Dark NEW. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why do we need light?'

Why do we need light?

Year 3 Science lesson from the unit Light and Dark NEW. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What is dark?'

What is dark?

Year 3 science lesson  - Darkness, Sunlight and Reflection    This lesson will take approximately 2 weeks of teaching to complete. Year 3 students will learn about darkness, sunlight and reflection as part of their learning about light, as specified by the National Curriculum in England: science programmes of study.    This lesson contains the following resources: Presentation, Teacher Explanation, Results Tables, Objectives Labels, Light Darkness Sunlight and Reflection, Mirror Position Template, Protractor 360, Self Assessment

Darkness, Sunlight and Reflection

The Long-term overview for the unit Light and Dark NEW from Focus Education

Long-term overview - Light and Dark NEW - Year 3

Year 3 Science lesson from the unit Light and Dark NEW. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What happens to light when it hits a shiny object?'

What happens to light when it hits a shiny object?

Light  - Assessment

Year 3 Science lesson from the unit Light and Dark NEW. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why is it dangerous to look into the sun?'

Why is it dangerous to look into the sun?

Shadows - Presentation is part of the lesson Shadows    Students will learn about shadows as part of their learning about light, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

Shadows - Presentation

'What makes light and dark? - Worksheet' is a resource from 'What is dark?', a Year 3 Science lesson from the unit Light and Dark NEW. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What is dark?'

What makes light and dark? - Worksheet

Light - Answers

'What is dark? - Teacher notes' is a resource from 'What is dark?', a Year 3 Science lesson from the unit Light and Dark NEW. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What is dark?'

What is dark? - Teacher notes

'Why do we need light? Order of importance' is a resource from 'Why do we need light?', a Year 3 Science lesson from the unit Light and Dark NEW. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why do we need light?'

Why do we need light? Order of importance

Shadows - Lesson Plan is part of the lesson Shadows    Students will learn about shadows as part of their learning about light, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

Shadows - Lesson Plan

Shadows - Results Tables is part of the lesson Shadows    Students will learn about shadows as part of their learning about light, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

Shadows - Results Tables

'How is a shadow formed and why does it change shape? - Teacher notes' is a resource from 'How is a shadow formed and why does it change shape?', a Year 3 Science lesson from the unit Light and Dark NEW. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How is a shadow formed and why does it change shape?'

How is a shadow formed and why does it change shape? - Teacher notes

'Why is it dangerous to look into the sun? - Presentation' is a resource from 'Why is it dangerous to look into the sun?', a Year 3 Science lesson from the unit Light and Dark NEW. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why is it dangerous to look into the sun?'

Why is it dangerous to look into the sun? - Presentation

'Why is it dangerous to look into the sun? - Writing activity' is a resource from 'Why is it dangerous to look into the sun?', a Year 3 Science lesson from the unit Light and Dark NEW. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why is it dangerous to look into the sun?'

Why is it dangerous to look into the sun? - Writing activity

'How are mirrors used? - Worksheet' is a resource from 'What happens to light when it hits a shiny object?', a Year 3 Science lesson from the unit Light and Dark NEW. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What happens to light when it hits a shiny object?'

How are mirrors used? - Worksheet

'Give me 5 - Examples of reflections being used' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 3 unit, Light and Dark

Give me 5 - Examples of reflections being used

Link it! Prior knowledge is the set of initial activities that should be used to introduce the unit Light and Dark NEW from Focus Education,  it will allow pupils to link the upcoming learning to their existing skills and knowledge

Link it! Prior knowledge - Light and Dark NEW - Year 3

'Reflection challenge' is a resource from 'What happens to light when it hits a shiny object?', a Year 3 Science lesson from the unit Light and Dark NEW. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What happens to light when it hits a shiny object?'

Reflection challenge

'Why is it dangerous to look into the sun? - Teacher notes' is a resource from 'Why is it dangerous to look into the sun?', a Year 3 Science lesson from the unit Light and Dark NEW. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why is it dangerous to look into the sun?'

Why is it dangerous to look into the sun? - Teacher notes

'Make your own periscope - Challenge' is a resource from 'What happens to light when it hits a shiny object?', a Year 3 Science lesson from the unit Light and Dark NEW. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What happens to light when it hits a shiny object?'

Make your own periscope - Challenge

'What questions do you have about reflection?' is a resource from 'What is dark?', a Year 3 Science lesson from the unit Light and Dark NEW. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What is dark?'

What questions do you have about reflection?

'Cops and robbers - What do you know about light and dark?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 3 unit, Light and Dark

Cops and robbers - What do you know about light and dark?

'What is a periscope - Info sheet' is a resource from 'What happens to light when it hits a shiny object?', a Year 3 Science lesson from the unit Light and Dark NEW. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What happens to light when it hits a shiny object?'

What is a periscope - Info sheet

'Mini quiz - Shadows at different times of day' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 3 unit, Light and Dark

Mini quiz - Shadows at different times of day

Light - Keywords

Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)