These materials, aimed at primary learners, use stories and narrative to explore and understand the environment around us. Designed for use outside the classroom when visiting a wildlife area, they link to the topic areas of plants and animals in the local environment...

This introductory book to the series Teaching Primary Science consists of chapters which show the teacher how to develop science from the interests of children. Some sections deal specifically with methods of teaching, resources etc, and show teachers how to choose...

This resource has been created for mixed age classes working in lower primary years. The two weekly plans support learning about place value, fraction, addition and subtraction and contain differentiated activities for the different year groups, guided tasks and details of resources required for each lesson....

This resource from Hamilton Trust contains two weekly plans, teaching sequences and classroom resources. They cover counting and ordering numbers to 100, place value, pairs to 6, 7 and 10 and counting on and back in ones. The detailed teaching sequences include differentiated activity ideas,suggested resources and...

This resource from Hamilton Trust contains two weekly plans, teaching sequences and classroom resources. They cover counting in tens, place value, pairs to 8, 9 and 10 and add and subtract 10. The detailed teaching sequences include differentiated activity ideas, suggested resources and notes on progression and...

Aimed at primary children from six to seven years of age, this resource supports learning about number, place value, addition and subtraction. Two detailed weekly plans contain differentiated activities, guided and independent tasks and a list of resources required for each lesson. Objectives covered in the lessons...

This resource from Hamilton Trust contains two weekly plans, teaching sequences and classroom resources. They cover counting and ordering to 100, place value, number facts to 20 and counting on and back in tens. The detailed teaching sequences include differentiated activity ideas, suggested resources and notes on...

This resource from Hamilton Trust contains two weekly plans, teaching sequences and classroom resources. They cover ordering numbers to 200, place value of three-digit numbers, number facts and addition and subtraction. The detailed teaching sequences include differentiated activity ideas, suggested resources and...

British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths that will place between 8th and 17th March 2024. The theme for 2024 is ‘Time’.

Time is key to so many discoveries in science, technology, engineering and maths. Evolution looks at how plants and animals changed over a...

This collection of resources have been produced by Hamilton Trust to support science in Year 1. They are split into 6 blocks of 6 sessions, each of which can be completed within a half-term. The materials are designed to encourage a practical approach to primary science and includes key skills and ways of working...

A collection of resources, from the SYCD Primary CD, designed to develop and reinforce primary school pupils' understanding of the living world around them. The major resources are: *Growing pains - a drama script for older primary pupils, which explores what plants need in order to grow. *I scream for ice cream...

This collection contains lists of the key scientific vocabulary encountered at primary level, ready to be printed off and used in class. The lists are divided by year group and topic, however could be adapted for use across the primary phase. Many topics include either word mats or loop cards to help children learn...

Teach Computing is an educational programme provided by the National Centre for Computing Education. It provides high-quality support for the teaching of computing in schools and colleges, from key stage 1 through to A level. The extensive range of training, resources and support covers elements of the curriculum...

A report from the National Curriculum Council (NCC). An initial consultation report in November 1988 proposed an ambitious, broad, integrated approach to a range of design and technology-related subjects explored through a wide variety of contexts. It recognised the complex relationship between the knowledge and...