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It’s British Science Week - an annual celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths. It is a fantastic opportunity to get your children involved in some really practical science activities. Here are some fun activities for you to try this British Science Week.

Teach your children how to describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials with this fun and free practical lesson plan!

Teach your children about the different functions of our bones and muscles with this fun practical lesson!

This week, to celebrate the launch of Switched on Science Second Edition, we're giving away a free topic from Year 1 in which pupils explore their local environment to help them find out more about the plants and animals that live in their locality.

Sue Evans, science coordinator at Phoenix Primary, details a fun outdoor activity for you to try with your pupils. Get them running around neighing like horses or baaing like sheep whilst also learning how to identify a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.

In this blog post Sue Evans, science coordinator at Phoenix Primary, explains how she had fun teaching her class about what's in our blood through a fun practical lesson. 

Martin Waddell's Room for a Little One is the basis of today's free English lesson plan!

The first of the new Key Stage 2 National Tests are fast approaching. If you are planning on a revision programme, or even if you aren’t, it is probably best to be aware of the areas that will be included in the tests that have not been taught in Year 6. Thank to Mathematics Advisor Caroline Clissold for this valuable article on end points.

Behind the door on Day 7 of our advent calendar is a great lesson plan using Rachel Bright's The Lion Inside. 

Our advent calendar is bursting with fantastic lesson plan ideas for you to use in the classroom! Today's is based around The Frog Olympics by Brian Moses.