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Team Building Activities for Kids | Get Your Students Working Together!
Your students will absolutely love this team building activity - get them working together in a fun and exciting way!
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6 Paddle Pop Maths Activities (Hands-on Learning)
Are you looking for engaging hands-on maths activities? Paddle Pop Maths is the way to go! Take a look at these simple and effective ideas to bring your Maths rotations to life!
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How to Make a Space-themed Invitation to Play (Sensory Play)
This space-themed invitation to play is super easy to set up and will have little hands and little minds entertained for hours!
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Maths Warm-up Ideas for the Classroom (Easy to Set Up)
Are you looking for some fresh new and easy maths warm-up ideas for your classroom? Look no further...
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10 Text Types for Upper Years | Teaching Resources
Find out how reading a wide range of text types can improve reading comprehension and nurture a love of reading and writing.
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Cute Ways To Use a Class Mascot in the Classroom
Check out the fun ways you can utilise a class mascot in the classroom, more than just a take-home writing task.
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10 Simple Ways to Encourage Students to Ask Questions in Class
Do you have students that don't ask questions in the classroom? Check out this list of ideas from an early years teacher in the know.
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The Ultimate Parts of Speech Flip Book
Don't miss this parts of speech resource that will make teaching and learning grammar easy.
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Teacher Hacks That Will Blow Your Mind
This selection of amazing Kmart teacher hacks are so Instagram worthy, you'll be jumping in your car and driving to your nearest shop in no time.
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8 Powerful Student-Led Discussion Strategies
Encourage creativity and collaboration in your classroom! These student-led discussion strategies will have your students engaged and thinking.
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Phonics Games Part 1 | Blend and Digraph Resources
Don't miss out on these engaging and effective phonics games that your students will love. Plus an essential download for teaching consonant digraphs and blends.
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Engaging Procedural Text Activities for Older Students
When teaching procedural text activities for older students, don't go for the rushed and boring! Give these exciting activities a try!
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Expanding Sentences | How To Improve Student Writing
Hints, tips and resources to help improve your students' writing by encouraging them to expand their sentences with descriptive language.
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20 Google Earth Activities for Students | Bringing the Wow Factor to Your Lessons
Check out these fascinating ways to utilise Google Earth in your classroom with 20 engaging Google Earth activities for students.
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How to Set Up a Homework Club
Homework is a hot topic. It can be time-consuming for both students and teachers. Find out how homework clubs can help.
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Sensory Play Ideas | Using Tray Activities in the Early Years
Read all about ways to incorporate learning trays and sensory play ideas in your classroom to engage your students' curiosity.
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11 Easy Ideas for Teaching with Technology
Interactives, podcasts and iPads, oh my! Have you used these in your lessons? Take a look at these super-easy ideas for teaching with technology!
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Maths Investigation - Let's Play Mini Golf Financial Mathematics
Tee off some fun learning with this mathematics investigation all about financial maths and measurement.
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Tips for Teaching Place Value: Teachers' Favourite Strategies + Activities
Check out some teacher-tested strategies and activities to make place value stick for your students!
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10 Autumn Activities Your Class Will Fall For
Autumn activities your class will just love! From sensory experiences to poetry and mathematics, our collection of this season's activities will excite and delight!
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Fun With Literature: Novel Study Activities for Any Story
There's nothing quite like dissecting a juicy novel with your class! Have fun with literature with our novel study activities pack!
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Word of the Week | Expanding Vocabulary in the Classroom
Words! Words! Words! Vocabulary is critical to listening, speaking, reading and writing success! Everything that you need to set up Word of the Week and to make a huge impact it right here.
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7 Tips for Teaching Curiosity in the Classroom
Do you want students thirsty for knowledge? Let learning grow in your classroom with our 7 Tips for Teaching Curiosity!
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Would You Rather Questions | 10 Uses In the Classroom
Would you rather have a boring class or an exciting one? Make every lesson exciting with these wonderful uses for our Would You Rather questions for kids!
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How to Encourage and Support Independent Learning
Read all about our new resources and how they can help foster independent learners in your classroom.
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Tips and Ideas for Creating a Makerspace in the Classroom
A guide to creating a Makerspace in your classroom with helpful tips and ideas to help you to get started.
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English Planning in the Classroom | Tips by an Experienced Teacher
Are you struggling to work out the planning of English in your classroom? Read this easy to follow planning strategy for some fantastic tips.
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Real World Mathematics | Exploring Maths with an End of Term Party
Planning an end of term party for your class? It's the perfect occasion to explore mathematics in a real world context!
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World Hello Day | 11 Activities to Promote Positive Communication
November 21st is World Hello Day! Choose from one of these enriching activities to promote communication in the classroom and help resolve global conflict.
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Developing Number Sense | Counting Beyond 100
An insight into the importance of number sense and counting beyond 100, plus brilliant teaching ideas and resources to make it happen.
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Subitising Activities for Kids | The Importance of Teaching Subitising
Read about the importance of subitising and check out our printable subitising activities for the classroom.
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36 Tricks to Make Learning Stick! Teaching with Sticky Notes
36 Tricks with Sticky Notes - easy and helpful tips that will help you make learning "stick" in your classroom!