Resources by Teachers TV

Algebra - What's the Pattern?

This is a Teachers TV Key Stage Two algebra lesson starter based around how many people can sit at a birthday party table. The birthday boy and girl must sit at opposite ends of the table with all their guests sitting down either side. A single table can seat six children, one at each end and two on either side....

Algebra Carousel

This video resource from Teachers TV features Keith Walker, director of learning for mathematics at Hailsham Community College, as he delivers a Key Stage Four algebra revision lesson, which targets grades B to D. Using matching cards containing different formulae, word statements and diagrams, teams of students...

Algebra In Action

This Teachers TV video is suitable for use as a Key Stage Two mathematics lesson starter on algebra. It uses a story of a cold apple seller who cannot afford to buy a scarf. The apple seller manages to exchange some apples for a scarf. The scarf seller then exchanges some of her scarves for a coat. The story...

Angles - Pirate's Lost Treasure

This video from Teachers TV is ideal for use in Key Stage Two mathematics lessons. It presents a short drama in which Pirate Kate has lost her map and needs to find her hidden treasure. She reads out a series of directions, each of which involves using her compass to face north, turning a set number of degrees...

APP for Primary Science - Counting Caterpillars with Deborah Herridge

This programme from Teachers TV demonstrates a fun, low-cost and practical science investigation which will help cover the Assessing Pupil's Progress criteria for pattern-seeking and collecting and representing data at Key Stages One and Two.

CPD trainer Deborah Herridge shows a group of primary science...

APP for Primary Science - Introducing Deborah Herridge

In this Teachers TV programme trainer Deborah Herridge reveals her passion for practical science to Key Stage One and Key Stage Two teachers. Starting with a testable question she challenges the teachers to find out which hands grab the most sweets, an exciting exercise which encourages children to carry out a...

APP for Primary Science - Mummification with Deborah Herridge

This Teachers TV programme shows CPD trainer Deborah Herridge introducing a practical mummification exercise for Key Stage One and Two which links science and history. Talking to a group of primary science teachers, Deborah shows how a tomato can be mummified using similar techniques to the method employed by...

APP for Primary Science - the Big Stink with Deborah Herridge

This Teachers TV programme shows how to use Victorian London as a topic to combine science and history at Key Stage Two. In 1858, the smell of untreated sewage from the polluted Thames in London, known as The Big Stink, led to the development of the drainage system. In her CPD workshop, Deborah Herridge shows the...

Areas of Circles and Composite Shapes

This video resource from Teachers TV is presented by Fran and Dave, who demonstrate practical applications of mathematics as they investigate the surface area of different shapes and the cost of tiling a bathroom.

Different methods for calculating the area of the bathroom walls are explained, while...

As Easy as CPD 1

In this Teachers TV programme, primary teachers Claire Duncan and Sukhbinder Bachra work alongside primary science consultant Rosemary Feasey to plan two science lessons on light. Rosemary offers some inspirational advice on how to approach the subject more creatively...