Children learn the seven continents and key geographical terms through a fun, musical Geography video that supports movement and global awareness.
year: Year 2
Pupil video: Song – Compass directions
This Geography video helps pupils memorise and understand compass directions through a catchy and energetic song. Using repetition and movement, the video reinforces the key directional terms — north, east, south, and west — as well as the combinations of northeast and southwest. It supports pupils in building early locational skills and spatial awareness in an engaging and accessible way.
This video is part of Kapow Primary’s Geography Key stage 1 resources. It provides a musical and kinaesthetic approach to embedding fundamental geographical vocabulary and concepts in Year 1.
Knowledge organiser – Science Y2: Uses of everyday materials
A Knowledge organiser that captures the essential knowledge and skills learnt throughout the unit Science, Year 2, Materials: Uses of everyday materials.
This resource is designed to support the children as they explore the uses of everyday materials. It highlights key vocabulary and examines how different materials, such as metal, wood and plastic, are chosen for specific purposes. The resource also explores how some materials can change shape through stretching, twisting, bending or squashing. It is perfect for consolidating essential knowledge and fostering an understanding of how materials are used in the world around us.
Kapow Primary timeline resource
Webinar: An Introduction To Teaching Science
This webinar is hosted by our primary Science specialists, Leone Webster, George Simmonds and Romaine Butler.
They cover:
- The progression of knowledge, skills and vocabulary in Science
- How scientific enquiry, especially the enquiry cycle, is embedded throughout all of our units
- How the skills for working scientifically are integrated into the lesson
- An overview of the strands, key areas and Kapow Primary’s Science scheme of work
Webinar: An Introduction To Religion & Worldviews (RE)
Hosted by our subject specialists, Jayne Galvin, Laura Driscoll and Zoe Higgins.
This webinar covers:
- Religion & Worldviews in the classroom: how to develop a Worldviews approach
- How to implement more diversity in your Religion & Worldviews curriculum
- The big questions to be addressed in a Religion & Worldviews curriculum
- The difference between substantive, disciplinary and personal knowledge in Religion& Worldviews
- An overview of Kapow Primary’s Religion & Worldviews scheme
Teacher skills video: Attachment and development
Discover some of the behaviours children with different attachment styles display and why.
This video is part of the original Wellbeing scheme. Explore the revised Wellbeing scheme.
Teacher skills video: What is attachment?
Attachment refers to the relationship that a child has with their caregiver and this influences how the child then relates to others and feels about themselves. Learn how attachments are formed and find out about the different attachment styles.
This video is part of the original Wellbeing scheme. Explore the revised Wellbeing scheme.
Teacher skills video: Asperger’s Syndrome
The symptoms of Asperger’s can vary from mild to severe and, as the video explains, there are some significant differences between this and autism.
This video is part of the original Wellbeing scheme. Explore the revised Wellbeing scheme.
