These short documents provide an overview of the resources developed as learning projects during the Covid 19 outbreak in the UK. One is for parents supporting home learning through the projects, the other is for teachers using them. 

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The activities provided in the Little Inventors collection aim to inspire children to use their imaginations to help them to think up, and draw original, funny, fantastical or practical invention ideas with no limits, to solve a range of perceived problems from food waste to those experienced in the Victorian Era....

This activity  supports children to make a simple dish using basic food preparation and hygiene skills and to explain the skills and ingredients they use to prepare a recipe. Although this resource is designed for EYFS, it could easily be adapted to work across the primary phase.

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Number Day is an opportunity for pupils to apply their maths skills to everyday scenarios, whilst raising money for the NSPCC.

Using data to identify low attainment, weak progress and gaps in attainment has long been a focus of schools. This National Strategies booklet, published in 2009, aims to...

The National Association for Environmental Education promotes environmental education and helps educators improve the quality of their teaching and their students' learning, in relation to environmental and sustainability issues.

This collection of resources looks at how environmental education can be...

In our national awareness day collection you will find resources relating to up and coming awareness days which highlight suitable ideas and activities that could be used in lessons or STEM clubs. The resources selected cover all STEM age groups and related subjects and include one off activities for students to...

Ideas and resources for STEM activities for National Tree Week for primary and secondary pupils.

A study published in 2012 showed that possessing greater general knowledge about the brain does not appear to protect teachers from believing in “neuromyths” – misconceptions about neuroscience research in education. A study in Frontiers in Psychology found that teachers who are interested in the application of...

Outdoor classroom day is part of a campaign to ensure that children spend some time outdoors every day. So that schools can participate on a day that fits with their term dates, the UK and Ireland campaign celebrates Outdoor classroom cay twice each year, in May and November.

The resources compiled in this...

From the British Nutrition Foundation, in partnership with the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB...

This activity aims to help children understand the range of foods eaten in other cultures and communities, to try new foods and to perform simple food skills safely such as spreading, cutting with scissors, tearing and grating to make their own pizza. This session contains a lesson plan, an advice sheet to support...

From the British Nutrition Foundation, in partnership with the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), these activities help to enhance the Listening and Attention and Understanding the World areas of the EYFS curriculum. These activities will help children to discuss where food comes from and have a...

From the British Nutrition Foundation, in partnership with the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB...

Global CREST challenges are based around Practical Action’s work, which uses science and technology to address global issues such as energy, water and food.  They give students a real insight into how science and technology can be used to tackle challenges faced by communities in the developing world, and how they...