Direct2U email service and lesson plans

Direct2U activities

This large collection of lesson plans, developed in partnership with Becta during 2005 - 2006, may be browsed in the Naace archive by subject or year group. The Direct2U activities all make use of ICT to support teaching and learning across the curriculum in the primary school.

Browse to the activity that interests you, and select the title link to download a plain text (.rtf) file. Each Direct2U activity sheet follows the same format:
Introduction
Equipment
Lesson plan
Why are we using ICT?
References, including links to useful websites
Where do we go next?
Differentiating the activity
Reflecting on their work

The lesson plans cover a wide range of topics including manipulating text, cloze activities, writing poems, designing posters, research using websites, browsing online dictionaries, sorting and classification activities, number activities, shape and space, exploring databases, materials, healthy eating, science investigations, electricity and magnetism, food chains, Victorians, World War, Romans, Ancient Egypt, Vikings, people and place, maps, weather, coasts, rivers and mountains, music, MFL, manipulating images, exploring signs and symbols.

As well as activities directly linked to the curriculum, there are puzzles, strategic games, problem-solving activities, summer specials and Christmas specials.

A wide range of ICT resources is also used in the activities including email, word processors, spreadsheets, presentation software, multimedia applications, desktop publishing software, digital cameras, logo, printers, image-handling software, control technology . . .

Copyright statement

You may reproduce materials from the Direct2U service free of charge, for educational purposes, in any format or medium without specific permission, provided you are not reproducing it for profit, material or financial gain. You must reproduce the material accurately and not use it in a misleading context. If you are republishing the material or issuing it to others, you must acknowledge its source, copyright status and date of publication.