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Great Primary Lesson Ideas

There are 58 videos in this series of which 54 are currently available.

Lots of ideas for creating fun and engaging lessons for primary aged children. You can also watch Great Secondary Lesson Ideas.

4 mins Character Detectives

A look at literacy and characterisation for KS2 pupils

4 mins Using Archive Film

A KS2 English and media lesson looking at narrative and setting

4 mins Problem-Solving Language

Learning about problem-solving in Key Stage 2 maths

4 mins Dance - Four Body Shapes

Dance techniques are used to improve cross curricular learning

4 mins Modelling Light

A creative KS2 science lesson idea on how light travels

4 mins Chessboard Algebra

A KS2 maths lesson on algebra teaches pupils about using formulas

3 mins Literacy - How to Make Tea

A resource to help teach instructions in primary literacy

4 mins History - Theatre Boxes

A practical and fun lesson for KS2 history

4 mins The Apprentice Electrician

A Year 4 science lesson-planning idea on electricity

5 mins Primary Music - Create a Rondo

A Key Stage 2 class use percussion in an active music lesson

5 mins Primary Music - Three Notes

A KS2 class use an African song to learn about pitch and notation

5 mins Primary Music - Tudor Fanfare

A KS2 class create their own music compostition in one lesson

5 mins Primary Music - Sing a Song

A lesson-planning idea for a KS2 music and singing lesson

5 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Primary Art - Abstract Art - My Journey

Creating and discussing abstract art at Key Stage 2 level

5 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Primary Art - Through the Hedge

Using the outdoors as artistic inspiration for primary KS2 pupils

5 mins Great Lesson Ideas - KS2 MfL - Birthday Presents

A game of pass-the-parcel helps with KS2 French learning

5 mins Great Lesson Ideas - KS2 MFL - Story Writing

How story writing benefits KS2 pupils learning French vocabulary

5 mins Great Lesson Ideas - KS2 MfL - Weather Vocabulary

Making a game out of learning weather vocabulary in French

5 mins Great Lesson Ideas - KS2 MfL - Role-play Games

Role-play games help pupils learn French greetings at KS2

5 mins Great Lesson Ideas - KS2 MFL - Reading and Writing Games

A fun way of learning to read and write in French at KS2

5 mins Great Lesson Ideas - KS2 MfL - Making a Cake

Using baking to learn French vocabulary in a fun Year 4 lesson

5 mins Great Lesson Ideas - KS2 MfL - A Nationality Song

Teaching French using national flags and songs with Year 4 pupils

5 mins Great Lesson Ideas - KS1 Art - Pop-up Puppets

Emma Myers takes a class in making pop-up puppets

5 mins Great Lesson Ideas - KS1 Art - Peacock Masks

An artist shows a KS1 art class how to make peacock masks

5 mins Great Lesson Ideas - KS1 Art - Indian Block Printing

A KS1 art lesson on Indian block printing

5 mins Great Lesson Ideas - KS2 MFL - Football Fun

Combining football with learning French vocabulary in Year 6

5 mins Great Lesson Ideas - KS2 MfL - Story Activities

Using storytelling in a fun French literacy lesson for Year 3

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Combating Cyberbullying

Creative approaches to tackling the issue of cyberbullying

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Primary French

Four fun ideas for teaching French at primary

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Primary History

Artefacts are used in these three lesson ideas for history

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Primary History - Enquiry Skills

Lesson ideas for developing enquiry skills

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Learning Outside the Classroom: Primary Environment

Making science fun with day trips to four well known destinations

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Learning Outside the Classroom: Primary History

How to make KS2 history fun with class trips

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Primary History - Vicious Vikings

Teachers share engaging ideas for primary lessons on the Vikings

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Primary PE

Three lively lesson ideas for KS1 and KS2 PE lessons

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Primary Arts: Scrap Art

Lesson ideas for primary art and design using scrap materials

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Primary Creative Curriculum: Human Body, Reading and Tessellation

A creative approach to teaching maths, science and literacy

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Primary Maths - Data Handling

Two primary schools find fun ways to teach data handling

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Primary Maths - Calculation

Primary pupils engage in maths calculations through playing games

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Primary Maths - Numbers

Three fun maths activities help pupils engage with numbers

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Primary Maths - Measures

Primary pupils learn about measures in three fun ways

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Primary Maths - Shape and Space

Three activities for pupils focusing on shape and space in maths

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Primary Cross Curriculum: Making Bags

Teachers show how making bags can be a cross-curriculum project

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Primary Geography: Overseas Localities

Activities for teaching primary geography overseas localities

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Primary English - Speaking and Listening Activities

Tried and tested speaking and listening activities for primary

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Primary English - Reading Community

Three teachers demonstrate reading activities for KS2

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Primary English - Writing Activities

Three teachers demonstrate writing activities for KS1 and KS2

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Primary Cross Curriculum: World War II

Cross-curricular Year 5 lessons about WW2

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Primary Creative Curriculum: Science, Data Logging and Poetry

Using the creative curriculum in primary literacy, science, ICT

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Primary Science: Materials Activities

Engaging ideas for teaching materials in primary science lessons

15 mins Primary Science: Forces and Motion Activities

Ideas for teaching forces and motion for KS1and KS2 pupils

15 mins Primary Science: Electricity Activities

Introductory lesson ideas for teaching the topic of electricity

15 mins Primary Science: Light and Sound Activities

Lesson ideas for teaching light and sound at KS1 and KS2

15 mins Great Lesson Ideas - Primary Geography - On Location

Lesson ideas for teaching primary geography