The phonics screening check: Are your Year 1 pupils ready?

The phonics screening check: Are your Year 1 pupils ready?

Teaching phonics is an essential part of improving both reading and language skills for young pupils. With the phonics screening check on the horizon, we know how important it is to find engaging ways to recap the same content. To help you do that, we’ve chosen a few select phonics activities for your pupils to test their skills out on.

Key Stage 2 History: Teaching about the Romans

Key Stage 2 History: Teaching about the Romans

The Roman Empire was a fascinating civilisation, that quite rightly features within the Key Stage 2 history curriculum. In our blog, we look at some of comprehensive and well-researched activities on Busy Things that support the topic area.

British Science Week 2024: Time

British Science Week 2024: Time

British Science Week 2024 (8-17 March) celebrates science, technology, engineering and maths and has the theme ‘Time’. In this blog, we look at what you could cover as part of this, and highlight Busy Things’ activities that fit well.