The PlanBee Blog

Creating the ultimate lesson plan is an art. To help, here's our ultimate lesson planning checklist!

So... you’re probably all busy getting ready to go back to work and wondering what back to school essential jobs you should be doing. Are you feeling like you have missed something off your list? Have you prepared all you can for the coming academic year?

I have had several trainees in my classes and I’ve learnt from and reflected on the experiences my colleagues and I have had when supporting a trainee teacher and thrown a few tips and pieces of advice into this list.

The number of children being homeschooled in the UK has doubled in the last four years. If you are thinking of removing your child or children from formal education, this handy guide will answer some of the most frequently-asked questions about homeschooling requirements.

Many primary teachers feel overwhelmed when it comes to teaching the brief curriculum statements and objectives Geography National Curriculum. To help you get started, we’ve compiled some of our favourite hands-on Geography lesson ideas to inspire you. 

For a number of reasons which are now becoming increasingly apparent, we, as educators, are concerned about the world that the children we teach will inherit. So what can schools do to teach children about these world issues?

Here at PlanBee, we’ve tried several strategies for organising and prioritising tasks, and honestly – there’s no single strategy that suits everyone. Here is a collection of some of our favourite strategies to help you prioritise your teaching tasks, and personal life.

Marking can be difficult, however ensuring that you do so effectively and in a way that gives pupils the most effective feedback, is incredibly important. So what can teachers do to ensure that they mark pupils work effectively while also saving time?

Deciding to give gifts to your class at Christmas can be a tricky decision. To help our primary teachers, at PlanBee we have come up with a list of festive present ideas that work really well for primary school children across all ages. These won’t take too much time to create and they won’t break the bank either!