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Classroom Resources

Classroom Resources are a series of integrated resources for direct use in the classroom to support deep learning. They cover a range curriculum areas and age groups.

Subscribers to the Creative Teaching and Learning Topic can create their own Classroom Resources, which can cover similar or more limited objectives. You can choose to publish them within your school/Trust network or even to the TeachingTimes network. 

Resources created by us are designed to act as a platform for teachers to deliver effective cross-curriculum projects and project-based-learning strategies. We believe this is a key curriculum approach for the future. However, the resources can be used for any teaching objective. 

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Materials

Pupils need to have experience of as many different materials as possible to make sense of their world. Of course, the idea of studying different types of materials, such as paper, wood or metals might seem a little uninspiring, but the fact remains that materials science (in terms of materials’ properties and usage etc.) is an important part of both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 education.

  • 7 May

Weather

Literacy, numeracy and science through the topic of weather.

  • 30 Apr

World Environments

Literacy, numeracy and science through the topic of World Environments.

  • 23 Apr

The Tudors

The Tudors were a family who ruled over England from 1485 until 1603. They came to the throne as a result of the power struggles between the Dukes of York and Lancaster, which we now know as the Wars of the Roses. The time of The Tudors is a fascinating period to study for children and adults alike. So, this issue of Teaching & Learning looks at The Tudors in some detail and offers lesson plans that can help you teach literacy, numeracy and science through this exciting theme.

  • 6 Apr

The Romans

An estimated 1,800 years ago Rome, in Italy, was the centre of a huge and successful empire. Roman soldiers had conquered large parts of Europe and North Africa, making the Roman Empire very rich and powerful.

  • 31 Mar

The Great War Cross Curriculum Project

The Great War resource packs include instructions, activity sheets, information factsheets, research resources and images to support the lesson plans and activities, plus a series of country resource packs focusing on Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Great Britain, Russia and Serbia and their role in the start of World War I. This cross curricular project plan includes:

  • 25 Mar

World War II

An absorbing investigation into the most devastating conflict in human history and its significance for students today.

  • 22 May

Exploring Africa

What can we learn from Africa’s kaleidoscope of cultures, climates and creatures? Find out in this series of cross-curricular lesson plans and activities for Key Stages 2 and 3.

  • 20 Aug

Mysteries of the Middle Ages

Besiege a castle, examine the evidence for a real-life Robin Hood, and avoid the curse of the Black Death with a range of cross-curricular activities and resources based around life and legend in the Middle Ages.

  • 22 Apr

Myths and Legends

A series of cross curriculum project plans to support the creative teaching of the myths and legends project for Foundation Stage and Key Stages 1, 2 and beyond

  • 6 Mar

The Titanic

Raise the RMS Titanic from the depths of history with a series of cross curricular project plans and resources exploring various aspects of life aboard the most famous ship of all time. Suitable for KS2 and Lower KS3 students.

  • 3 Feb

The Princes in the Tower – A historical investigation

A series of lesson plans and resources based around the Wars of the Roses and one of the most captivating mysteries in British history – the murder of the Princes in the Tower.

  • 12 Dec

Investigating local history

Transport your students back in time with an in-depth investigation into your local area and its history, and discover what made your community the place it is today.

  • 21 Oct

Tutankhamun and the Ancient Egyptians

A range of teaching activities and learning resources based around the life and times of Ancient Egypt’s most famous pharaoh and one of history’s greatest discoveries – Tutankhamun.

  • 5 Dec

The Human Body

A series of cross curriculum project plans to support the creative teaching of the human body topic for Foundation Stage and Key Stages 1, 2 and beyond.

  • 31 Oct

Pole To Pole

A creative cross curriculum project linked to the theme of the North and South Poles. Ideal for Foundation Stage and Key Stages 1, 2 and beyond.

  • 27 Jul