Free Resources for Key Stage 2 (KS2)/ 7-11 Year Olds
Tried and tested ‘brilliant’ free resources for Key Stage 2 (KS2). These great teaching resources for 7-11 year olds have been taken from books published by Brilliant Publications. We hope you will enjoy our easy to use resources and that they will inspire and motivate you and your pupils. Click on one of the categories below to find great free resources for teaching: English/language and literacy; science; personal, social and health education (PSHE); art; assembly stories; and Modern Foreign Languages (French, Spanish, German and Italian).
We are always adding to this list, so if you are looking for something in particular, please let us know.
Art
These high-quality free teaching resources for art and design at Key Stage 2 (KS2) have been tried and tested in the classroom, so that you can be sure that they’ll work. They have all been taken from books published by Brilliant Publications.
We will be adding additional free resources to this page on a regular basis. If there are any subjects you would like us to cover, please let us know.
Assembly stories
These high-quality free assembly stories for Key Stage 1 (KS1) / 5–7 year olds and Key Stage 2 (KS2) / 7-11 year olds have been tried and tested in primary schools, so that you can be sure that they will work. Why not try them for yourself and if they grab your pupils’ attention and improve behaviour, buy the book. They are extracts from books published by Brilliant Publications: Brilliant Stories for Assemblies, More Brilliant Stories for Assemblies, Brilliant Class-led Assemblies. 50 Fantastic Assembly Stories for KS2, Modern Christian Assembly Stories.
Please click each book cover to find out more about the book’s contents, and click each resource title to download a pdf. If you like any of these free resources for assemblies at Key Stage 1 (KS1) and Key Stage 2 (KS2), why not buy the books where you will find many more resources designed and produced to the same high standard. The books can be bought online form Brilliant Publications secure website – www.brilliantpublications.co.uk
English/language and literacy KS2
These high-quality teaching resources for English/language and literacy at Key Stage 2 (KS2) have been tried and tested in the classroom, so that you can be sure that they’ll work. They have all been taken from books published by Brilliant Publications.
We will be adding additional free resources to this page on a regular basis. If there are any subjects you would like us to cover, please let us know.
Modern foreign languages (MFL)
French
These high-quality teaching resources for French at Key Stage 2 (KS2) have been tried and tested in the classroom, so that you can be sure that they’ll work.
We will be adding additional free resources to this page on a regular basis. If there are any subjects you would like us to cover, please let us know.
Cross-curricular links
- Discussing nutrition – Science (from 100+ Fun Ideas for Teaching French across the Curriculum)
- Exploring feeding relationships – Science (from 100+ Fun Ideas for Teaching French across the Curriculum)
- Formal vs informal language choices – English (from 100+ Fun Ideas for Teaching French across the Curriculum)
Drama/Plays
Lotto cards
Festivals and traditions
- Fete du Travail (from French Festivals and Traditions)
- Mardi gras (from French Festivals and Traditions)
- Poisson d’Avril (from French Festivals and Traditions)
Lesson plans, games and teaching ideas
- As-tu un animal? (from Bonne Idée)
- Hands under the table (from 100+ Fun Ideas for Practising Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom)
- Je me présente (from French Pen Pals Made Easy)
- La récréation (from French Speaking Activities)
- Les animaux – a survey (from French Speaking Activities)
- Les couleurs – a quiz (from French Speaking Activities)
- Les pays du monde (from C’est Français)
- Rhyming pairs (from Jouons Tous Ensemble)
- Secret signal game (from 100+ Fun Ideas for Practising Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom)
- Throw and mime (from 100+ Fun Ideas for Practising Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom)
- Wanted! (from 100+ Fun Ideas for Practising Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom)
- Weather reporters (from Jouons Tous Ensemble)
Memory tricks
- Faire (from Unforgettable French)
- French accents – story from the land of Hexagonie (from Unforgettable French)
- Le Roi Être – story from the land of Hexagonie (from Hexagonie, Part 1)
- Passé composé with être (from Unforgettable French)
- Questions (from Unforgettable French)
- Verbs ending in ‘er’ (from Unforgettable French)
Sample hexagonie units
- Introduction (from Hexagonie, Part 1)
- Things-around-me, Unit 1 (from Hexagonie, Part 1)
- Things in my life, Unit 2 (from Hexagonie, Part 2)
- Flashcard vocabulary list and memory tricks (from Hexagonie Flashcards)
- Rooms in the house (from Hexagonie Flashcards)
Songs
German
These high-quality teaching resources for German at Key Stage 2 (KS2) have been tried and tested in the classroom, so that you can be sure that they’ll work.
We will be adding additional free resources to this page on a regular basis. If there are any subjects you would like us to cover, please let us know.
Lotto cards
Festivals and traditions
- Die Berlinale (from German Festivals and Traditions)
- Erster (from German Festivals and Traditions)
- Sommersonnenwende (from German Festivals and Traditions)
Lesson plans, games and teaching ideas
- Der Sport (from German Speaking Activities)
- Hands under the table (from 100+ Fun Ideas for Practising Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom)
- Ich stelle mich vor! (from German Pen Pals Made Easy)
- In der Stadt (from Gute Idee)
- Secret signal game (from 100+ Fun Ideas for Practising Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom)
- Super Sporty Week (from Wir Spielen Zusammen)
- Throw and mime (from 100+ Fun Ideas for Practising Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom)
- Wanted! (from 100+ Fun Ideas for Practising Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom)
- Zu Hause (from Das ist Deutsch)
Songs
Italian KS1/KS2
These high-quality teaching resources for Italian at Key Stages 1 and 2 (KS1 and KS2) have been tried and tested in the classroom, so that you can be sure that they’ll work.
We will be adding additional free resources to this page on a regular basis. If there are any subjects you would like us to cover, please let us know.
Lotto cards
Lesson plans, games and teaching ideas
- Hands under the table (from 100+ Fun Ideas for Practising Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom)
- Secret signal game (from 100+ Fun Ideas for Practising Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom)
- Throw and mime (from 100+ Fun Ideas for Practising Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom)
- Wanted! (from 100+ Fun Ideas for Practising Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom
Spanish KS2
These high-quality teaching resources for Spanish at Key Stage 2 (KS2) have been tried and tested in the classroom, so that you can be sure that they’ll work.
We will be adding additional free resources to this page on a regular basis. If there are any subjects you would like us to cover, please let us know.
Lotto cards
Festivals and traditions
- La Tomatina (from Spanish Festivals and Traditions)
- Las Cruces de mayo (from Spanish Festivals and Traditions)
- Las Fallas de San José (from Spanish Festivals and Traditions)
Lesson plans, games and teaching ideas
- ¡Déjame presentarme! (from Spanish Pen Pals Made Easy)
- Domino months (from Juguemos Todos Juntos)
- Hands under the table (from 100+ Fun Ideas for Practising Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom)
- La comida (from Spanish Speaking Activities)
- Las estaciones y el tiempo (from Es Español)
- Los colores (from Buena Idea)
- Secret signal game (from 100+ Fun Ideas for Practising Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom)
- Throw and mime (from 100+ Fun Ideas for Practising Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom)
- Wanted! (from 100+ Fun Ideas for Practising Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom)
Songs
- Animales (lyrics and score) (from ¡Vamos a Cantar!)
- Animales (Song)
- Buenos Días! (from ¡Vamos a Cantar!)
- Buenos Días! (Song)
- ¿Donde està Juanita? (lyrics and score) (from ¡Vamos a Cantar!)
- ¿Donde està Juanita? (Song)
- ¡Qué llueva, qué llueva! (lyrics) (from ¡Es Español!)
- ¡Qué llueva, qué llueva! (Song)