Nursery, ages 3–5 · Early Level
Pumpkin Fun! Nursery Halloween pack
Ten A4 pages, printable in black and white. Nothing for the children to read or write. Made with AI.
10 pages A4 · free for classroom use
Download freeFor teachers, librarians and NHS, council and community staff
Clarity for schools
Clarity Guides are plain-English, sourced guides that help people spot disinformation. Each one sets out what people claim, what the evidence actually shows and where it runs out, so readers can check things for themselves.
- Plain English, written to be read by pupils and adults alike.
- Sourced: every guide lists its sources at the back, with the date the facts were checked.
- Fact-checked: two separate proofreads before any guide is published.
- Free guides need no email or sign-up. Download, print and share them. They come as an A4 edition for printing and a phone edition.
Free Halloween pack: nursery to S2
Printable Halloween resources for three age groups. The new nursery pack is gentle and not scary: a picture story, a song, counting to 5, shadow matching, sorting and play ideas, with practitioner notes linked to Early Level.
Ages 7–11 · Ages 11–14
Halloween worksheets
Six sheets for P3 to S2 with a Scottish twist: word search, maths code-breaker, myth or fact, pumpkin maths, creative writing and safe guising. Answer key included.
See all three age groups, or get everything in one PDF
See the Halloween packFree guides that suit the classroom
Free this week, with a new free guide every week. Greyed guides show the date they go free, and you can read a preview of each one now. The subject labels are just a rough guide to which lessons each one might suit.
Parents & carers · Senior Phase
A Parent’s Guide to the Exam Years
How Scottish secondary school and the exams work from S1 to S6, for parents and carers. Read it before an options evening, or share it with your school’s parent council.
33 pages A4 · phone edition 67 pages
Download free
Numeracy & money · Social studies
Where Did My Money Go?
Inflation, prices and how money is made, in plain English. Useful for money education and economics discussion.
65 pages A4 · phone edition 133 pages
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Health & wellbeing · Food
Cooking on a Budget
30 genuinely cheap family recipes with “Kids can help” boxes, food safety and money-saving tips. Suits home economics and healthy-eating work.
76 pages A4 · phone edition 101 pages
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Science · Astronomy vs folklore
Mercury Retrograde
Explains the real astronomy behind Mercury “going backwards” and checks the popular claims against the evidence. A good lesson in science versus folklore.
44 pages A4 · phone edition 94 pages
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Numeracy & money · Health
Keep Warm for Less
Staying warm in a Scottish winter for less, with the payments, grants and helplines checked. Good for family learning and community work.
Free from Wed 4 Nov
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Literacy · Social studies · Research skills
Check Your Sources
Judging sources, finding good Scottish ones, notes and referencing, with classroom activities for S1 to S6 (LIT 3/4-14a, 3/4-18a).
Free from Wed 18 Nov
Read a previewHow every guide is checked
- Research from reputable sources: official bodies such as NHS inform, GOV.UK and Historic Environment Scotland, national archives and museums, and published research.
- Claims are labelled as claims. Where sources disagree we give the range; where a story is tradition, we say so.
- Two proofreads check the facts, figures, links and wording, plus a page-by-page layout check.
- Sources are listed at the back of every guide, so pupils can follow them up.
- Corrections: every guide page has a “Spotted an error?” form. We check every report and update the guide.
What you won’t find here
Topics only for adults are not on this site, and a few guides note when they are not suitable for children. Every guide carries a clear disclaimer (not medical, financial or legal advice) and points to proper help, such as NHS 24 on 111.
Not every guide on the site is written for pupils. Some explain beliefs, such as astrology or tarot, always as claims and never as fact, and some cover adult life admin like wills and tax. The guides above are the ones we suggest for classrooms.
Classroom packs
Classroom packs: now being added
Each classroom pack is a free-standing, 10-page A4 lesson pack made for Scottish classrooms. Every pack has a clear age label, a lesson plan, teacher notes, a pupil worksheet, a quiz and the answers, ready to photocopy. Packs for our free guides are free to download, copy and use in your school, with no email or sign-up. The other packs are available with a school licence: ask us and we’ll reply with the details. Whole-school licence: £129. One price covers every teacher in your school.
- Where Did My Money Go? · Ages 14+ · S3–S6
Inflation, real terms and who makes our money, with a price detective activity and a quiz.
Free · Download the pack (A4 PDF, 10 pages) - Cooking on a Budget · Ages 11+ · S1–S3
Eating well for less: plan the week, shop smart, scale recipes for 1 to 6 and use every leftover.
Free · Download the pack (A4 PDF, 10 pages) - Money: From Shells to Scams · Ages 14+ · S3–S6
Spot, stop and report scams: how scammers pull your strings, six fake messages to pick apart and a quiz.
Available · Whole-school licence: £129 · Ask about a school licence - Check Your Sources · Ages 11+ · S1–S6
Who made it, when, why and what’s missing: four questions, a source detective activity and referencing.
Free from Wed 18 Nov · Ask about a school licence now - Keep Warm for Less · Ages 14+ · S3–S6
Scottish winters: heating myths checked, draught hunting, cheap fixes, staying safe and where help comes from.
Free from Wed 4 Nov · Ask about a school licence now - Batch Cooking: Plant-Based Meals · Ages 11+ · S1–S3
Cook once, eat all week: the 2-hour cooling rule, freezing and reheating safely, reading allergen labels and planning a batch session.
Available · Whole-school licence: £129 · Ask about a school licence - Slavery: Did It Ever End? · Ages 14+ · S3–S6
Slavery past and present, and how to spot and report it today.
Available · Whole-school licence: £129 · Ask about a school licence - Money Clarity: Build a Budget · Ages 14+ · S3–S6
Budgets, needs and wants, bills and where to get help.
Available · Whole-school licence: £129 · Ask about a school licence - Higher Politics: Power, Authority and Legitimacy · Ages 15+ · S5–S6
Why people obey: Lukes’ three faces of power and Weber’s three types of authority.
Available · Whole-school licence: £129 · Ask about a school licence - Higher Sociology: Research Methods · Ages 15+ · S5–S6
The research process, the nine methods and how to evaluate any study.
Available · Whole-school licence: £129 · Ask about a school licence - Higher Economics: Who Pays, Who Decides? · S5–S6
Taxation, government spending and Scotland’s economic powers.
Available · Whole-school licence: £129 · Ask about a school licence - Everyday AI Tools: Ask It, Check It · S1–S6
Using everyday AI tools wisely, safely and honestly.
Available · Whole-school licence: £129 · Ask about a school licence
Questions? Email [email protected] with “Classroom packs” in the subject, and tell us which ones your class needs.
Contact
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