The PlanBee Blog

November 21, 2024 Marie Thornby

Designing a Primary School Curriculum
Find out about our curriculum intent, implementation, and assessment, and how our creative, inclusive curriculum framework can make a real impact on your school community.
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July 25, 2024 Marie Thornby

Have you mastered the art of questioning?
Harness the powerful combination of movement and visuals with your class and move your questioning to the next level with these questioning strategies.
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July 23, 2024 Becky Cranham

Optimise your classroom environment
Optimising your classroom environment is a crucial step in planning and preparing for the academic year. So where do you start?
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May 8, 2024 Marie Thornby

The Human Brain
Discover ten Fascinating Facts Facts about the remarkable and complex human brain and use this knowledge to guide and inform your teaching.
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May 2, 2024 Marie Thornby

Take learning outdoors
Outdoor learning isn't just about enjoying the fresh air; it's a powerful opportunity for our children to move, regulate and express themselves away from the confines of the classroom.
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April 4, 2024 Marie Thornby

Five ways to strengthen memory using visualisation
Visualisation serves as a highly effective memory aid as our brains tend to prefer visual input over verbal. Moreover, anchoring new or abstract material to something concrete or familiar through visualisation is particularly beneficial as it can compensate for weaknesses...
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February 21, 2024 Marie Thornby

The Power of Metacognition
Unlock Learning Potential with Metacognition. Teaching children metacognition can help them manage their learning, self-regulate and problem-solve.
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February 19, 2024 Marie Thornby

Active Learning: How to use movement to support effective learning
Learn how to create an effective learning environment using active learning and physical movement with this information packed blog.
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November 30, 2023 Marie Thornby

The Power of Oracy in Primary Classrooms
Read to discover how oracy can improve children's educational outcomes, personal development and future life chances.
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Special Objects

Due to a change of RE curriculum I needed a new free unit. This fitted perfectly with our Y1/2 and 3 curriculum.. What I would have liked to see was each lesson having its own LO as the LO that is given is the same for each lesson, ie The Big Question. I feel that the individual LO would have given the aim of the lesson.

Christmas Cracker Template

Thanks, Alexandria!

Relative clauses

Thank you for this great resource. The activities were varied and suited different styles of learners and abilities. I used it today in Year 5 and it was a success. Thanks again!

You're welcome, Lusine! We're so pleased to hear that this resource was useful for you :-)

Remembrance Activities

This activity for Remembrance is brilliant. It has everything you need for making your own poppies and the young people can’t wait to show off their poppies they have made! 🤩

That is lovely to hear! Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review :-)

Incredible Resources

My boys are loving the lessons at home now. Easy to download, easy to manage all the different lessons. Amazing. Thank you :)

You are very welcome, Stephanie! We are so pleased to hear that you and your boys are enjoying the resources :-)

The PlanBee Blog

Designing a Primary School Curriculum

Have you mastered the art of questioning?

Optimise your classroom environment

The Human Brain

Take learning outdoors

Five ways to strengthen memory using visualisation

The Power of Metacognition

Active Learning: How to use movement to support effective learning

The Power of Oracy in Primary Classrooms

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