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Secondary / sixth form

Keats: Poems Published in 1820

John Keats

Keats’s odes and narrative poems connect richly imagined sensations with questions about change and limits. Read a short passage aloud before analysing it,...

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Secondary / sixth form

King John

William Shakespeare

Claims to the throne collide with diplomacy, war and family vulnerability. Examine how loyalties shift when advantage changes, and compare speeches about n...

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Secondary / sixth form

King Lear

William Shakespeare

An ageing king divides his kingdom after a public test of love. Follow the distance between flattering speech and dependable care, then consider how exposu...

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Secondary / sixth form

Leave Taking

Winsome Pinnock

Family conversations place inherited expectations beside the daughters’ experiences of belonging in Britain. Examine the differences between what character...

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Secondary / sixth form

Les Misérables

Victor Hugo

Interwoven lives test the relationship between law, care and the possibility of change. Read selected sections with attention to narrative digressions and...

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Primary / family

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

The March sisters develop different ambitions within shared family responsibilities. Compare their choices without treating one sister’s path as the only m...

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Secondary / sixth form

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

A group of boys attempts to organise life on an island while fear and competing leadership reshape their rules. Trace the changing significance of objects...

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Secondary / sixth form

Love’s Labour’s Lost

William Shakespeare

A vow to pursue study without ordinary pleasures encounters people who will not fit the plan. Verbal display becomes both entertainment and an obstacle to...

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Cross-stage / teacher selected

Lumni French Educational Collections

France Télévisions and INA

French educational videos and activities can support language immersion and subject exploration together. Choose a suitable school stage and manageable pas...

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Secondary

Macbeth

William Shakespeare

Macbeth follows a celebrated soldier whose desire for the crown turns loyalty into violence. Prophecy offers possibilities, but the decisions made by Macbe...

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Upper primary / early secondary

Matilda

Roald Dahl

Matilda’s love of reading meets adults who use authority in sharply different ways. Compare the exaggerated cruelty of some scenes with quiet acts of encou...

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Secondary / sixth form

Measure for Measure

William Shakespeare

The enforcement of sexual law exposes the distance between public virtue and private conduct. Follow the Duke’s hidden interventions and Isabella’s difficu...

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Sixth form / stretch

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

Personal reflections use repeated reminders to examine judgement, duty and the distinction between events and responses. Choose a short passage, reconstruc...

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Sixth form / stretch

Microbiology

OpenStax

The study of microorganisms connects cell structures, environments and interactions with larger biological questions. Read a manageable section, compare ca...

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Secondary

Much Ado About Nothing

William Shakespeare

Conversation becomes a contest in Much Ado About Nothing, but playful misunderstanding can turn into damaging accusation. The play places lively exchanges...

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Secondary / sixth form

My Name Is Leon

Kit de Waal

Leon’s efforts to understand separation and care are shaped by what adults explain and what they leave unsaid. Follow the narrative’s attention to ordinary...

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Natural History Museum Learning

Natural History Museum

Natural history resources offer routes into fossils, living things and scientific investigation. Begin with careful observation and a selected question, th...

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Secondary / sixth form

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen

Catherine Morland brings the expectations of Gothic fiction into unfamiliar social situations. Compare the pleasure of imagining dramatic explanations with...

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Cross-stage / teacher selected

NRICH Mathematical Thinking

University of Cambridge

Problem-solving tasks invite learners to investigate rather than simply copy a method. Select primary or secondary material as appropriate, record unsucces...

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Oak National Academy Learning

Oak National Academy

Curriculum resources offer structured routes through topics alongside teacher guidance. Choose a suitable phase and unit, connect the material with what yo...

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