Teaching and learning is crucial to the success of a primary school and the delivery of the curriculum plays a key role. Here we look at a range of best practice for teaching and learning across a range of different subjects.

World Wildlife Fund: Resources and materials

The WWF – World Wildlife Fund – offers a range of age-appropriate resources focused on sustainability and helping pupils to “care for our beautiful planet”.

Schools offered ideas to get pupils gardening this autumn term

Schools are being offered ideas, tips and support to get pupils out of the classroom and working in school gardens this term.

Let's Go Zero: Zero carbon schools by 2030

Sixty per cent of energy used by schools is wasted out-of-hours and schools in England alone spend £600 million per year on energy. The Let’s Go Zero campaign is helping schools to pledge to go zero carbon within a decade

Tackling fake news: The Happy News Project

?The Happy News Project – set up to tackle the scourge of fake news seen during the Covid-19 pandemic – has been made available free to all UK primary schools this year.

Key stage 2: Environmental design challenge

The final deadline in Headteacher Update's environmental design challenge for key stage 2 has been extended until August 7 to allow pupils to work up their entries during the summer holidays.

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Weekly puppet workshops until July 12

A series of puppetry workshops are being made available by the Beverley Puppet Festival, which is being held online this year amid the coronavirus lockdown.

Home education: Resources for schools, teachers and parents: Part 3

This is the third edition of the SecEd compendium of home schooling and remote education resources for schools, teachers and parents. We cover a range of subjects, as well as exercise and keeping fit, mental health and wellbeing, cultural and arts activities, and whole-school support

Subject association directory offers home schooling support

A new directory is helping teachers to access a wide range of home education support and guidance on offer from the UK’s subject associations.

Home education: Resources for schools, teachers and parents: Part 2

A range of resources and education services are being offered to schools and parents to help support home education. SecEd's second compendium lists more than 65 resources, many of which of free or open access...

BBC to publish daily lessons and materials to support home-schooling

The BBC is to publish 14 weeks' worth of curriculum-related learning resources to support the education of the nation’s children during the coronavirus lockdown.

Home education: Resources for schools, teachers and parents: Part 1

A range of resources and education services are being offered to schools and parents to help support the home education of students during the coronavirus crisis. Dorothy Lepkowska looks at some of what is out there, including a number of free-access resources

Other subjects

World Wildlife Fund: Resources and materials

Schools offered ideas to get pupils gardening this autumn term

Let's Go Zero: Zero carbon schools by 2030

Tackling fake news: The Happy News Project

Key stage 2: Environmental design challenge

Weekly puppet workshops until July 12

Home education: Resources for schools, teachers and parents: Part 3

Subject association directory offers home schooling support

Home education: Resources for schools, teachers and parents: Part 2

BBC to publish daily lessons and materials to support home-schooling

Home education: Resources for schools, teachers and parents: Part 1

Empowering pupils to campaign for change

Weather and climate resources

Into Film Festival 2018

Arts and Minds 2018

Symposium to share impact of Royal Shakespeare Company’s approach to teaching Shakespeare

The Big Vote

Into Film Festival 2017

Theatre of Law project opens up the legal system