Classroom Ideas
Children’s mental health and wellbeing has always been an important part of school life. Teachers play a vital role in supporting their pupils’ social and emotional development. Creating a nurturing classroom environment can help children to feel confident, secure, safe and therefore ready to learn. Here are 5 ideas for […]
Resources needed: Sound clips Corresponding pictures Tissue paper Glass bowl Speaker/sound system Cling film Ask the children to close their eyes and listen carefully to the sounds around them for one minute. When the minute is up, ask for a list of sounds which the children heard. These […]
Resources needed: List of common prefixes and suffixes One dictionary per child Give each group of four children a common prefix such as ‘re’, ‘bi’, ‘dis’, ‘mis’, ‘pre’, ‘over’ and ‘un’. Ask them to list as many words containing that prefix as they can in 5 minutes. No dictionaries […]
Resources needed: Flash cards saying ‘bonjour’ and ‘au revoir’ and ‘Comment t’appelles-tu? Have the children seated on the carpet or altogether in an area. Leave the room, calling ‘Au revoir!’ as you do so. Re-enter the room, calling ‘Bonjour!’ Do this a couple of times (use a […]
Resources needed: Large amount of multilink cubes Whiteboards and pens Give the children 9 multilink cubes each, or per pair if they are in short supply. Ask the children to make any arrangement of cubes they like, providing they use all the 9 cubes available. When everyone has completed […]
Resources needed: Whiteboards and pens Fractions, decimals and picture fractions Fraction bingo Ask each child within a pair to write a fraction or decimal in tenths on their whiteboard. Their partner should then say the fraction or decimal and convert it into the opposite, so 1/10 would become 0.1 […]
Resources needed: Pictures of a platypus, a kangaroo and a rabbit Mammal cards (one per child) Pictures of mammals Separate pictures of their young. Begin with a discussion about what kind of creatures are mammals and then move onto the different ways mammals reproduce – for example, a platypus […]
Resources needed: Laptops or computers Books about Sir Isaac Newton Paper Feather Tissue paper Plastic bags Cotton Scissors Small figure/toy Ask the class to use the laptops/books research Sir Isaac Newton. What was he famous for? What did he discover? What were some of his other ideas? Make a […]
Resources needed: Scenario cards Small ball or marble Tubes and ramps Sandpaper Fabric Plastic. Ask the children to discuss with each other what they know (or think they know) about friction. Gather some of the ideas together on the board and then challenge any misconceptions. Give each child a […]
