Published in 2015, a working paper from the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia investigated the persistence of effects of early childhood interventions and asked whether these effects fade systematically. The study found that “by the end of kindergarten [Year 1] children who attended preschool...

This activity has been designed to help pupils understand the effects of water pressure on animals that live in the deep sea.

To complete the activity, pupils simply need to put a mini marshmallow into a plastic syringe and cover the tip with their finger. Air pressure inside can be decreased by pulling the...

Teachers TV was originally a television channel which aimed to provide professional development support for teachers, school leaders, support staff and governors. Many of the programmes were filmed inside real classrooms, with teachers sharing good practice and ideas for lessons.

The videos in this...

Teachers TV was originally a television channel which aimed to provide professional development support for teachers, school leaders, support staff and governors. Many of the programmes were filmed inside real classrooms, with teachers sharing good practice and ideas for lessons.

The videos in this...

Produced by Becta, these materials consider five major opportunities for children to use ICT in learning mathematics: learning from feedback; observing patterns and seeing connections; exploring data; teaching the computer, and developing visual imagery.

These materials look at how primary children can learn...

Polydron is a system of strong, colourful shapes capable of being fitted together to make nets of shapes that can be folded to make 3D models. Primary Mathematics with Polydron describes forty six activities, in eight themed chapters, designed to promote exploration and creativity as a vehicle for understanding....

This resource, from Politeia, responds to the developments in the educational reform of mathematics, published in 2012. It contains a curriculum, drawn up by Professor David Burghes, Director of the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching (CIMT) at the University of Plymouth. Particular attention is paid to...

This suite of videos look at progression in multiplication across the primary school. They show:

Multiple representations of multiplication  and the Commutative Law for multiplication in KS1 lessons and grid multiplication as an interim step, moving onto a mre formal method in KS2.

Watching the videos...

This suite of videos, from the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM), looks at elements of progression in multiplication across the primary school. The videos are:

Multiple representations of multiplication In the context of children practising table facts and...

The Association of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) promotes the study of animal behaviour. One of their aims is to encourage the teaching of animal behaviour in schools. This collection of resources focuses on various animals and looks at certain behaviours and what we can learn from them. The teachers' notes provide an...

The Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council (BBSRC) commissioned a collection of resources for primary students and their teachers which cover a range of biology topics.

A range of resources, produced by Farming & Countryside Education (FACE), which link curriculum topics to farming and outdoor learning and give a context for investigations. All activities link directly to curriculum objectives and provide detailed teachers' notes and worksheets.

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This report summarises the discussions from a seminar held at the Nuffield Foundation on 18th September 2012. It was held in response to the publication in July 2012 of a report written by a working group of primary science specialists entitled ...