It’s time to celebrate the great British holiday! Our themed activities and topic ideas will capture the holiday season and keep learning alive until the end of term. Plus, discover how to differentiate for mixed-year groups, explore our new safari park themed punctuation series, and check out our brilliant creative topic on Archaeology and the Saxons – just some of the resourceful ideas that will help keep you inspired! Read more.
Cross-curricular activities: Hello campers!
Celebrate the great British holiday camp with a collection of cross-curricular activities – a spectacular finale to your summer term
By Rosie Huckle — Year 4 teacher at St Andrew’s CE Primary School, Leasingham
Interactive maths: Number skills
Boost number confidence with some entertaining maths games
By John Dabell — Year 6 teacher and maths coordinator at Forest Fields Primary and Nursery School
Mixed-year groups: A right good mix
Teaching a mixed-year class presents many challenges but it can also boast huge rewards
By Sue Cowley — educational author and trainer
Punctuation practice
Use our poster to help boost punctuation purpose and effect
By Eileen Jones — education journalist, author and literacy specialist
Also this month
More great articles published this month.
- Creative topic: A Saxon mission (Sutton Hoo)
- Case study: The holiday show
- Teacher MOT: Question-friendly classrooms
- Teacher MOT: Question-friendly classrooms
- Case study (creativity): Setting the wheels in motion
- Science investigations: Animals
- Assembly: Introducing archaeology
- History/interactive: 1950s semi-detached house
- Punctuation practice
- Teacher Talk: Targets and job hunting
- Book reviews: Books for boys
This month's resources
Interactive literacy: Animal punctuation
Use a safari-park context to improve children’s knowledge of punctuation marks
Interactive 1950s semi-detached house: Who lived in a house like this?
Explore an interactive 1950s semi-detached house
Poster: Sutton Hoo
A stunning poster of archaeologists working at the Saxon burial site of Sutton Hoo
Cross-curricular activities: Hello campers!
Celebrate the great British holiday camp with a range of cross-curricular activities
Interactive punctuation dice game
An interactive punctuation dice game. Challenge the children to click on one or all of the dice, and to create a piece of writing using all the marks rolled.
Other resources this month
This month's calendar
| Calendar for Jul 2009 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Independence Day | Newfoundland | Rabies vaccine |
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