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Feelings & Friendships 31 ideas

Calm-down breathingSimple breathing and calming techniques
When you feel worriedWhat worry feels like and things that help
Handling angerNoticing anger and safe ways to let it out
Mistakes help us learnA growth mindset, and trying again
Gratitude and happinessNoticing good things and what helps us feel good
Why sleep mattersWhat happens while we sleep and good bedtime habits
Coping with changeMoving house, a new school and other big changes
MindfulnessNoticing the present moment with calm attention
Self-esteem and body image (KS2 / KS3)Feeling good about yourself and seeing past edited images
Loss and grief (KS2 / KS3)Understanding grief and supporting someone who is grieving (handle with care)
Kindness and empathyUnderstanding how others feel and acting kindly
Sorting out argumentsCalm ways to solve disagreements
Respecting differencesCelebrating differences and treating everyone fairly
TeamworkWorking together, taking roles and sharing ideas
Bullying: what to doRecognising bullying, including online bullying, and how to get help
Online friendshipsHow online friends differ from real-life friends, and staying safe
Peer pressure (KS2 / KS3)Saying no, making your own choices and supporting friends
Being more independentTaking on responsibility step by step
Periods explainedWhat periods are, why they happen and how to manage them (handle with care)
Personal hygiene as you growWashing, deodorant and looking after a changing body
Hormones and emotions (KS2 / KS3)How puberty can affect feelings and moods
Being braveTrying new things and facing fears
Honesty and responsibilityOwning our actions and telling the truth
Setting goalsChoosing a goal, making a plan and sticking with it
Making good decisionsThinking through choices and their consequences
ResilienceBouncing back when things are hard
LeadershipWhat makes a good leader and how to lead kindly
Giving clear instructionsExplaining how to do something step by step
Body language and tone (KS2 / KS3)How we say things matters as much as what we say
Phone and video call skills (KS2 / KS3)Calling politely, leaving messages and video-call manners
Prejudice and being an upstander (KS2 / KS3)Spotting prejudice and discrimination and safely speaking up

English 28 ideas

Speedy, neat handwritingWriting legibly, fluently and faster, choosing letter shapes and when to join, and choosing the right writing tool for the task
Using a thesaurusUsing a thesaurus to find more precise words, and the first 3 or 4 letters of a word to check spelling and meaning in a dictionary
Figurative languageSimiles, metaphors and personification, what they mean, and the effect they have on the reader
Prefixes and suffixesSuffixes such as –cious, –tious, –able, –ible, –ant, –ent, –ance and –ence, the rules for adding them, hyphens after some prefixes (co-ordinate, re-e…
HomophonesHomophones and other often-confused words such as advice and advise, practice and practise, and stationary and stationery
Spelling patternsThe Years 5–6 spelling rules from English appendix 1, including silent letters (knight, psalm, solemn), and words whose spelling needs to be learnt s…
Statutory spelling wordsLearning the Years 5 and 6 statutory word list from English appendix 1
Relative clausesAdding information with relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose or that, or with the relative pronoun left out
Modal verbs and possibilityShowing how likely something is with modal verbs (might, should, will, must) and adverbs (perhaps, surely)
ParenthesisAdding extra information in parenthesis with brackets, dashes or commas
Perfect tensesUsing the perfect form of verbs to show time and cause (had seen, has finished), including to link ideas across paragraphs (he had seen her before)
Linking paragraphsBuilding cohesion within a paragraph (then, after that, this, firstly) and linking paragraphs with adverbials of time (later), place (nearby) and num…
Making verbsTurning nouns and adjectives into verbs with –ate, –ise and –ify, and the verb prefixes dis–, de–, mis–, over– and re–
Commas for clarityUsing commas to make meaning clear and avoid ambiguity
Reading detective: inferenceInferring characters' feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and backing up inferences with evidence from the text
RetrievalFinding, recording and presenting information from non-fiction, skimming and scanning to locate it in books structured in different ways
SummarisingSummarising the main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph, identifying the key details that support them, and précising longer passages
Author's word choiceHow authors use language, including figurative language, and the effect on the reader, and how language, structure and presentation contribute to mea…
Themes and comparing booksSpotting themes and conventions in and across books, such as courage or friendship, and making comparisons within and across books
Words in contextChecking a book makes sense, exploring the meaning of words in context, and asking questions to understand it better
Write your own storyDescribing settings, characters and atmosphere, using dialogue to show character and move the action on, and learning from how authors develop charac…
Writing a reportPresenting information with headings, subheadings, bullet points and tables, using expanded noun phrases to give detailed information concisely, and…
Formal letters and emailsChoosing a formal or informal tone for the reader, and writing letters of request, complaint and thanks in the right register
Editing your writingImproving vocabulary, grammar and punctuation, keeping tense consistent, checking subject–verb agreement and register, and proofreading carefully
Planning your writingIdentifying the audience and purpose, choosing the right form, using similar writing as a model, and noting and developing ideas from reading and res…
Writing a playscriptSetting out a script with stage directions and dialogue that shows character and moves the action on
Performing and actingPreparing poems and play scripts to read aloud and perform, using intonation, tone, volume and action to show the meaning
Learning poems by heartLearning a wider range of poems by heart and performing them with intonation, tone and volume so an audience understands

Science 27 ideas

Planning enquiries and controlling variablesPlanning different types of enquiry, recognising and controlling variables, measuring accurately and repeating readings, using results to plan furthe…
Recording results: graphs and keysRecording data with scientific diagrams, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs, and reporting conclusions and how much to…
Growing olderThe changes as humans develop from babies to old age
How the brain worksNerves, the brain, and how we learn, remember and react
Germs and the immune systemHow germs spread, how the body fights them and how vaccines help
Ocean lifeCreatures of the ocean zones and how they survive
Endangered animalsWhy animals become endangered and how people protect them
Bees and pollinatorsHow bees and other pollinators help plants make seeds and food
Birds around usCommon garden birds, how to identify them and what they need
Dissolving and separatingDissolving to make a solution, getting a substance back from a solution, and separating mixtures by filtering, sieving and evaporating
Reversible and irreversible changesDissolving, mixing and changes of state as reversible changes, and changes such as burning or acid on bicarbonate of soda that make new materials and…
Properties of materialsComparing and grouping materials by hardness, solubility, transparency, electrical and thermal conductivity and magnetism, and giving reasons from fa…
Colours of lightRainbows, prisms and how white light splits into colours
GravityWhy unsupported objects fall towards the Earth: the force of gravity between the Earth and the falling object
Air and water resistanceThe effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction on moving objects
Levers, pulleys and gearsHow mechanisms such as levers, pulleys and gears let a smaller force have a greater effect
Floating and sinkingWhy some things float, upthrust and density
How electricity reaches our homesPower stations, the national grid and renewable energy
The solar systemThe Sun and planets, how the Earth and other planets move around the Sun, and the Sun, Earth and Moon as roughly spherical bodies
Day and nightHow the Earth's rotation causes day and night and makes the Sun appear to move across the sky
Earth and SunA year as one orbit of the Earth around the Sun and a day as one spin of the Earth, and why the Sun appears to move across the sky
Phases of the MoonHow the Moon orbits the Earth about once a month, and why we see different amounts of its sunlit half, so it seems to change shape (not because of th…
Stars and constellationsWhat stars are, how they shine and how to find constellations
How rockets workThrust, gravity and how rockets reach space
Life on the space stationHow astronauts live, eat, sleep and work in orbit
Exploring MarsRovers, the planet's features and what a mission to Mars needs
Using a microscopeHow microscopes work and how to observe tiny things

Technology 26 ideas

Inside a computerWhat the main parts of a computer do: input, output, processing, memory and storage
VariablesWorking with variables in programs, such as scores and timers, with inputs and outputs
Make your own gameDesigning, writing and debugging a simple game with blocks, breaking it into smaller parts, using sequence, selection, repetition and variables
How the internet worksComputer networks including the internet, services such as the world wide web, and how they help people communicate and work together
Kindness onlineBeing kind online, cyberbullying and what to do
Healthy screen timeBalancing screens with sleep, play and people, and avoiding harmful content online
Online gaming safetyChat, strangers, in-game purchases and taking breaks
Your digital footprint (KS2 / KS3)How what we post stays online and shapes our reputation
Cyberbullying: spot it, stop it, report it (KS2 / KS3)Recognising online bullying, responding and getting help
How planes flyLift, thrust, drag and weight
Who owns that picture? Copyright online (KS2 / KS3)Respecting other people's work and giving credit
How bridges stand upBeams, arches, suspension bridges and strong shapes
How a bicycle worksGears, brakes, and how pedalling moves you
How clocks workPendulums, gears and keeping time
How phones and wifi workRadio waves, signals and connecting to networks
How electric cars workBatteries, motors and charging
How a fridge keeps food coldHow cooling works
Cams, pulleys and gearsMechanical systems such as gears, pulleys, cams, levers and linkages, and using them in products
Inventors and designers who changed the worldHow key events and individuals in design and technology have helped shape the world, and analysing existing products
What is AI?How AI learns from examples, and what it can and cannot do
RobotsHow robots sense, decide and move
3D printingHow 3D printers build objects layer by layer
Solar panels and wind turbinesHow renewable energy technology works
How chatbots work (KS2 / KS3)How AI chatbots predict words and why they sound clever
AI makes mistakes (KS2 / KS3)Why AI can be confidently wrong and how to check its answers
Spotting AI images and deepfakes (KS2–KS4)Clues that a picture, video or voice was made by AI

Money & Life Skills 22 ideas

Budgeting pocket moneyPlanning how to spend, save and share money with a simple budget
Spotting scamsCommon scams, too-good-to-be-true offers, fake accounts and AI voice scams, and keeping money safe online
How adverts persuade usThe tricks adverts use and thinking before we buy
Value for moneyComparing prices, unit prices and deals to make smart choices
Giving and charityHow charities work and ways to help with money and time
Inflation explainedWhy prices rise over time and what that means for what money buys
Paying by card and onlineHow cards, phones and online payments work, and staying safe
Money and emotions (KS2–KS4)How feelings affect spending, and making calm money choices
Run a lemonade standCosts, prices, customers, profit and loss from running a small business
Where things are madeEconomic activity and trade links: how products are made in different countries and travel to our shops
Team roles (KS2 / KS3)The different roles in a team and playing to strengths
Job stereotypes (KS1–KS3)Why any job can be for anyone
Skills employers want (KS2 / KS3)Teamwork, communication, problem-solving and reliability
Planning my dayMaking a simple plan, to-do lists and managing time
Kitchen safety and simple cookingCooking safely and hygienically: clean hands, using tools safely and following a recipe step by step
Reading a recipe and measuringMeasuring ingredients in g, kg, ml and l on scales and jugs, adding and subtracting amounts, and scaling a recipe up or down for more or fewer people
Growing your own foodPlanting seeds, caring for plants and growing vegetables
Using public transportReading timetables, planning a journey and travelling safely
Asking for helpAsking clearly for help, including making an emergency call
Fixing things safelySimple tools, using them safely and mending everyday things
Doing the laundry (KS2 / KS3)Sorting, washing and caring for clothes
Sewing on a button (KS2 / KS3)Simple repairs with a needle and thread

Maths 20 ideas

Roman numeralsReading Roman numerals to 1,000 (M) and recognising years written in Roman numerals
RoundingRounding any number up to 1,000,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000, and using rounding to check answers and decide how accurate an…
Negative numbersNegative numbers in context, such as temperatures, and counting forwards and backwards through zero
Factors and multiplesMultiples and factors, finding all the factor pairs of a number and the common factors of two numbers, and solving problems with them
Adding and subtractingColumn addition and subtraction with numbers of more than four digits, and solving multi-step problems in context by choosing the operations and meth…
Multiplication and divisionMultiplying numbers up to four digits by a one- or two-digit number (including long multiplication by two digits), short division of numbers up to fo…
Mental maths strategiesAdding and subtracting increasingly large numbers in your head, and multiplying and dividing mentally using known facts
Multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1,000Multiplying and dividing whole numbers and decimals by 10, 100 and 1,000, and how the digits move between places
FractionsComparing and ordering fractions whose denominators are multiples of the same number; equivalent fractions, including tenths and hundredths; mixed nu…
DecimalsWriting decimals as fractions (e.g. 0.71 = 71/100); thousandths; rounding decimals with two places to the nearest whole number and to one decimal pla…
PercentagesThe per cent sign as "parts per hundred", writing percentages as fractions out of 100 and as decimals, and knowing the percentage and decimal equival…
Area and perimeterThe perimeter of composite rectilinear shapes in cm and m, calculating and comparing the area of rectangles and squares in cm² and m², and estimating…
VolumeEstimating volume by building cuboids from 1 cm³ cubes, and estimating capacity
AnglesMeasuring angles in degrees, estimating and comparing acute, obtuse and reflex angles, drawing and measuring angles with a protractor, and angles at…
CoordinatesShowing and describing where a shape ends up after a reflection or a translation, and knowing the shape itself has not changed
Converting unitsConverting between metric units (km and m, cm and m, cm and mm, g and kg, l and ml), and solving measure problems with all four operations using deci…
Properties of shapesRecognising 3D shapes, including cubes and cuboids, from 2D drawings, using the properties of rectangles to find missing lengths and angles, and tell…
Time and timetablesConverting between units of time to solve problems, and completing, reading and interpreting tables, including timetables
Imperial unitsCommon imperial units such as inches, pounds and pints, and their approximate metric equivalents
Line graphsReading line graphs and using them to solve comparison, sum and difference problems

Healthy Me 19 ideas

Why exercise mattersHow moving keeps the heart, muscles and mind healthy
Reading food labelsUsing food labels to apply the principles of a healthy and varied diet: sugar, salt and fat
Vaping: the facts (KS2–KS4)What vapes contain, the risks and the law
Knife skills: bridge and clawCutting food safely with the bridge and claw grips
Water safetyStaying safe near water and performing safe self-rescue in different water situations
Cycling safelyHelmets, hand signals and road rules for cyclists
Float to Live (KS2 / KS3)What to do if you fall into cold water
Basic first aidCuts, burns, nosebleeds and when to get help
Burns and scaldsCooling a burn and when to get help
Choking (KS2 / KS3)How to help someone who is choking
Asthma and allergic reactions (KS2 / KS3)Spotting an asthma attack or anaphylaxis and how to help
111 or 999? (KS2 / KS3)Choosing the right help for different emergencies
Warming up and stretchingWhy and how to warm up before exercise
Fair playWinning, losing and playing fairly
Rules of the gameHow rules make sports fair, from football to netball and cricket
The Olympic GamesThe history of the Olympics and its sports
Net and wall gamesRules, skills and tactics in games like tennis, badminton and volleyball
AthleticsRunning, jumping and throwing in athletics, and comparing performances to beat your personal best
Dance: creating and performingPerforming dances using a range of movement patterns, and improving your own performance

World & Society 19 ideas

Festivals around the worldHow people celebrate festivals such as Diwali, Eid, Christmas, Hanukkah and Lunar New Year
Food around the worldTraditional dishes and where they come from
Games from around the worldTraditional children's games from many countries
ChristianityWhat Christians believe, their special places, books and celebrations
IslamWhat Muslims believe, their special places, books and celebrations
JudaismWhat Jewish people believe, their special places, books and celebrations
HinduismWhat Hindus believe, their special places, books and celebrations
SikhismWhat Sikhs believe, their special places, books and celebrations
BuddhismWhat Buddhists believe, their special places and celebrations
Different ways of seeing the worldReligious and non-religious worldviews, and living together respectfully
Rites of passageHow different faiths mark birth, growing up, marriage and death
PilgrimageWhy people of different faiths make special journeys
Children's rightsThe rights every child has and why they matter
Voting and electionsWhy we vote and how elections work
Volunteering and communityWays to help your community
What makes a good friend?Exploring friendship through questions and stories
What is fair?Thinking about fairness with puzzles and stories
Right or wrong?Simple moral dilemmas and giving reasons
What is happiness?Different ideas about what makes a good life

Thinking Skills 18 ideas

Logic puzzlesReasoning step by step to solve puzzles
Patterns and codesSpotting patterns and cracking simple codes
Shape puzzlesRecognising 3D shapes in different orientations and from 2D drawings, building shapes from nets, and sorting and fitting 2D shapes together in tangra…
Strategy gamesThinking ahead and planning moves
Asking good questionsCuriosity, and questions that help us learn
Fact or opinion?Telling statements of fact from opinions, and giving reasons for your views
Think like a scientistAsking questions, choosing the right type of enquiry, fair tests, making predictions, and drawing conclusions from results
Spotting fake newsChecking sources and spotting misleading stories
Who made this and why? (KS2 / KS3)Thinking about who made a post, advert or article, and what they want
Memory tricksWays to remember things better
Focus and concentrationHow attention works and how to focus
Mind maps and notesOrganising ideas on paper
Retrieval practice (KS2–KS4)Testing yourself to make memories stronger
Solve it step by stepBreaking big problems into small steps
Brainstorming ideasWays to come up with lots of ideas
Be an inventorSpotting problems and inventing solutions
Design thinking (KS2–KS4)Understanding a problem, generating ideas and testing solutions
Creative thinking challengesComing up with many original ideas and improving them

Earth & Geography 17 ideas

Using atlases, globes and digital mapsUsing maps, atlases, globes and digital mapping to find countries and describe the features studied
Latitude, longitude and time zonesThe position and significance of latitude, longitude, the Equator, the hemispheres, the Tropics, the Arctic and Antarctic Circles, the Prime Meridian…
North and South AmericaLocating countries of North and South America on maps, their environmental regions, key human and physical features and major cities
Famous landmarksLandmarks around the world and the stories behind them
Flags of the worldWhat flags show and how their designs tell stories
Comparing regions: UK, Europe and the AmericasSimilarities and differences in the human and physical geography of a UK region, a region in a European country and a region in North or South America
MountainsHow mountains form, mountain ranges around the world, and life in the mountains
TsunamisHow tsunamis form and how warning systems help
CloudsTypes of cloud and what they tell us about the weather
Climate zones and biomesThe world's climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, from rainforests to tundra
Crystals and mineralsCrystals, gems and how minerals form
Plastic and the oceanHow plastic reaches the sea and what we can do
Saving energy and water at home (KS1 / KS2)Simple ways families can use less energy and water
My carbon footprint (KS2 / KS3)How everyday choices add up and small changes that help
StargazingSpotting planets, the Moon and constellations
Camping and outdoor skillsShelters, finding your way, staying safe and leaving no trace
Be a wildlife scientist (KS1–KS3)Surveying plants and animals in your school grounds or park

History 15 ideas

Ancient GreeceGreek life and achievements, such as the first Olympics, democracy and Greek ideas, and their influence on the western world
Greek gods and mythsThe stories the ancient Greeks told about gods and heroes, and what they tell us about Greek life and beliefs
Anglo-Saxons and ScotsWho the Anglo-Saxons and Scots were, why they came, and how they settled and lived in Britain
The VikingsViking raids and settlement, longships and daily life, and the struggle with the Anglo-Saxons for the Kingdom of England
The VictoriansHow childhood, work and school changed in Victorian Britain, and the new inventions of the time, as a theme that extends knowledge of British history…
Alfred the Great and the VikingsThe Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for England: Viking invasions, Alfred and Athelstan, Danegeld and Anglo-Saxon laws, up to Edward the Confessor
The first railwaysHow the first railways changed Britain in the 19th century, as a significant turning point
How we know about the pastHow historians find out about the past from different sources, asking good questions about change, cause and significance, and noting connections and…
The AztecsAztec cities, farming and daily life
The Silk RoadHow traders linked Europe and Asia and shared goods and ideas
Isaac NewtonGravity, light and the laws of motion
Marie CurieRadioactivity and the first woman to win a Nobel Prize
Ada LovelaceThe first computer programmer
The printing pressHow printing changed how ideas spread
From telephone to smartphoneHow talking at a distance developed

Arts & Music 12 ideas

Listening and remembering soundsListening with attention to detail and recalling sounds and patterns from memory
Compose a tuneComposing and changing your own melody using pitch, rhythm and the other dimensions of music
Music around the worldMusic from different traditions around the world, its instruments and styles
Improvising musicImprovising music on the spot using rhythm, melody and the other dimensions of music
SculptureImproving sculpture techniques with materials such as clay, and great sculptors in history
OrigamiFolding paper into shapes and animals
Build a model townPlanning and building a model from recycled materials
Weaving and knotsSimple weaving and useful knots
How animation worksFrames, flipbooks and stop motion
Making a comicPanels, speech bubbles and telling a story in pictures
Taking great photosFraming, light and telling a story with a picture
How films are madeScripts, filming, editing and sound

Languages 10 ideas

At a French caféFood words and ordering politely in French: asking and answering questions in a short conversation
Describing people and places in FrenchAdjectives, masculine and feminine forms, and describing people, places and things in French, aloud and in writing
Stories and poems in FrenchEnjoying simple stories, songs and poems in French, understanding new words with help from a dictionary
French verbs: I, you, he, sheConjugating high-frequency verbs such as être, avoir and aller, and how French grammar is like and unlike English
Shopping in SpanishFood words and buying things politely in Spanish: asking and answering questions in a short conversation
Describing people and places in SpanishAdjectives, masculine and feminine forms, and describing people, places and things in Spanish, aloud and in writing
Stories and poems in SpanishEnjoying simple stories, songs and poems in Spanish, understanding new words with help from a dictionary
Spanish verbs: I, you, he, sheConjugating high-frequency verbs such as ser, tener and ir, and how Spanish grammar is like and unlike English
British Sign Language basicsFingerspelling and first signs in BSL
Writing systems of the worldAlphabets, characters and scripts from different cultures

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