Primary teaching resources
Our free, easy-to-use teaching resources help children aged 5 to 11 to look at the world from a humanitarian point of view.
These curriculum-linked activities, sessions and teaching packages are ideal for PSHE, Citizenship, English, Art, Geography and informal learning time. They help primary learners develop empathy with others, learn to help others, develop their resilience and gain many other life skills.
Age: 5-19
Type: Teacher briefing
Subjects: PSHE, Citizenship
Create a safe and inclusive learning environment that support your pupils to explore sensitive or challenging content in engaging and safe ways.
Age: 7-14
Type: Quick activity
Subjects: PSHE
A quick and fun PSHE activity to help learners gain awareness of the key aspects of emergencies.
Age: 7-11
Type: Assembly kit
Subjects: PSHE
Primary assembly activities to introduce first aid to children.
Age: 7-11, 11-14
Type: Lesson plan, images
Subjects: PSHE
Activities to help learners consider identity, belonging and the impact stigma can have on refugee and migrant communities.
Age: 7-11
Type: Lesson plan, audio
Subjects: English, History
Look at Princess Elizabeth’s speech from 1940 on kindness and sympathy to explore the topic of refugees.
Age: 5-19
Type:
Key dates and awareness days to help plan your lessons.
Age: 7-19
Type: Quick activity
Subjects: PSHE
Teaching ideas which help learners explore the phonetic alphabet, as used by the International Civil Aviation Authority.
Age: 7-11
Type: Lesson plan, video
Subjects: PSHE
A lesson plan about humanity and what it is that makes us human.
Age: 5-11
Type: Lesson plan
Subjects: PSHE
A guide for primary teachers about how to support and talk to children about distressing events they hear about in the news.
Age: 7-11
Type: Teaching package, images, videos
Subjects: Geography, PSHE
Help children understand, cope with and respond to weather-related emergencies that could take place in their community.
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