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: 7 - 11
Type: Quick activity
Subjects: PSHE
Take part in our school kindness calendar to bring the value of kindness to life.
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: 5-11
Type: Lesson plan, teaching package, videos
Subjects: Citizenship, PSHE, Science
Help children to feel confident to help someone who is in need of first aid.
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: 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: 7-11
Type: Teaching package, film
Subjects: History
Help children explore the impact of World War One on those affected through a series of curriculum-linked lesson plans.
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.
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