We asked some leading Early Years practitioners to cut-through the confusion surrounding British Values and to come up with practical ways to help you demonstrate how they link to the EYFS – it’s not as scary as it sounds! Whether that involves understanding democracy by learning about turn-taking and making decisions together; or learning about respect for other cultures by understanding similarities and differences – these practical tips should make life easier. Read more

Are your potions and concoctions mixtures bubbling out of control? Do your children have appetites that a small spoon just won’t satisfy? Take this giant spoon outside to reinvigorate your messy play activities on a grand scale! We have three, worth £39.95 each, to giveaway.   Read more

Have Literacy, Numeracy and Science squeezed your thinking time for everything else to the margins? Maybe you’re a Geography Co-ordinator trying to get your head around the rather disjointed statements in National Curriculum 2014? Here are a few questions to get your head whirring during precious PPA time, or to talk over while planning with colleagues. How can we make Geography work for the children? Build on their natural curiosity? Make it manageable but challenging? Read more

Win a class pack of 30 mini recordable Talk-Time Cards. Here we show how they can be used as a great gift for Father's Day with a presonalised picture and message for dad. Read more

Stone Tools and other artefacts offer us a valuable insight about how early human civilisation developed, hunted and evolved through time. Read more

Messy play is a broad term and is often used to describe a very wide range of activities. Practitioners plan diverse experiences from scooping up shaving foam, soap flakes and gloop in the water tray to painting with hands and feet. There’s such a vast array of creative activities related to the mud kitchen and concoction making. Learning opportunities can be small or large scale, both indoors and out. It can be a calm or boisterous activity. It can be collaborative or solitary and it can involve huge pieces of equipment or the tiniest of bowls and spoons. Read more

Are you an RE co-ordinator, or passionate about bringing high quality RE into your classroom? Here are some quick, simple and very effective ways to introduce Ramadan to your class at this topical time of year. Good quality RE should broaden your pupils' knowledge and deepen their understanding, while still being just as fun and engaging as any other lesson. Read more

A den is a child’s chance to create a home away from home that is secret, safe and special. That unique feeling of being semi-enclosed and snug in your own individual space is one that every child will relish. Read more

Is tennis a popular sport in your school? We have a few top tips for getting started with your class. Read more

Birdwatching isn't necessarily something you'd think to do with your class but can provide an engaging theme for a whole host of cross-curricular activities including science, maths and technology. The RSPB have provided us with these bird-watching tips to help give nature a home in your school. And don't worry if you're not feeling too confident in your bird identification skills - there's a free common garden birds poster to download too! Read more

Story boxes create special opportunities to revisit children's favourite books. Children can use their box to explore characters, settings or even create their own adventure! Read more

The UK Literacy Association share a list of 13 top ideas that will help to raise the profile of reading in your school. Read more

The idea for Fraction Action was born when experienced Maths Advisor, Hazel Large, saw the first draft of the new 2014 National Curriculum for Mathematics. Working with fractions, especially addition and subtraction of fractions, was appearing much earlier in the curriculum, and many teachers had expressed concern over how they would teach this. Read more

12 outdoor art projects to inspire creativity and to encourage taking art outdoors. Read more

The beginning of a new school year is exciting but can also be a little bit nerve-racking for children and teachers alike! The first days need to fulfil several objectives including allowing everybody to settle in, to begin to re-connect/make new connections and to be filled with enthusiasm for the year ahead. Whole school or class projects are a great way to start the year with a bang, so here are 16 ideas to inspire and make everybody feel part of the team. Read more

Shiver me timbers! We love this pirate themed tray full of ideas to engage children as they investigate and explore. So avast ye, weigh the anchor, leave them landlubbers behind, plunder the treasure and become a sea dog for the day...arrr! Read more