Teach Primary Issue 18.6

Handwriting practice sheets Do your learners need to practise forming letters correctly? Are you looking for ways to ensure they develop fully legible handwriting? This resource pack provides simple and attractive pre-cursive and print handwriting worksheets; a set for each letter of the alphabet, using a pre-cursive font. Take a look at bit.ly/PlazoomPreCursive Breaktime News | Interviews | Ideas | Resources | Research 8 | www.teachwire.net DISCUSSING RACE In light of the recent unrest in the UK, Save the Children have put together 12 tips to help you talk with children about race, belonging and how current events might be worrying or impacting them and their peers. Find out more at tinyurl.com/ tp-STC-Racism KS2 WRITING ADVICE One of the areas of creative fiction writing that children consistently fail to incorporate into their work is the technique of building suspense. Show pupils how to ramp up the tension and craft suspenseful narratives with this selection of lesson and activity ideas . Visit tinyurl.com/ tp-Suspense S EPT EMBER 3 INSTANT LESSONS... (You’re welcome) Season’s bleatings Shaun the Sheep has been announced as Save the Children’s newHead ofWool! He is colla-baa-rating with the charity to make the world better with a sweater – and wants children across the UK to join the flock. Shaun will be encouraging schools and youth groups up and down the country to take part in Christmas Jumper Day on Thursday 12 December. Children don’t have to buy a new jumper to take part – it’s muchmore fun to decorate an old jumper, after all. Or they could pick up a tree-mendous pre-loved festive jumper from a Save the Children shop. Visit ChristmasJumperDay.org to receive a free fundraising pack with lesson plans, festive activities and all the information you need to plan the merriest day ever. TOPICAL TUESDAYS Unlock the power of news-based learning with free, weekly resources based on stories from First News. Designed to get children thinking, talking and writing about what really matters to them, all the activities are created by experienced teachers. Visit tinyurl.com/tp- TopicalTuesdays RESOURCES TODAY’S TOP ©Aardman Animations