Walk into any classroom prepared.

Most supply teaching advice is generic — "be firm," "establish your authority," "don't smile until Christmas." It's also mostly wrong.

The supply teachers who get called back aren't the strictest. They're the ones who walk in 30 minutes early, greet every child by name, run a calm productive day, and write a useful handover note before they leave.

LessonKind has the deepest supply-and-cover library on the open web — built for that second kind of supply teacher.

What's in the supply pack

• Self-contained KS1 maths lesson — number bonds and addition. Full script, three differentiation levels, answer key. 50-60 minutes.
• Self-contained KS2 maths lesson — four operations practice. Y3-Y6 differentiation, answer key.
• Self-contained KS1 English lesson — story prediction with a complete original short story.
• Self-contained KS2 English lesson — comprehension and inference around an original story ("The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter").
• Any-year art lesson — observational self-portrait, scales from Reception to Year 6.
• 25 quick fillers for any class — 30-second to 15-minute activities for the dead time between lessons.
• Behavior strategies for unfamiliar classes — what works without relationship, what doesn't, what to do when something goes wrong.

Plus the templates that make the day work:

• Emergency cover pack — what every class teacher should keep in their drawer for the day a supply walks in.
• Classroom info template — the "about your class" page for the cover folder.
• End-of-day handover template — what supply teachers fill in for the returning class teacher.
• First day as supply — survival guide — field-tested guidance for walking into an unfamiliar room.

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Free for supply teachers

Five of the supply resources are completely free with no sign-up required:

• Emergency Cover Pack — For the Class Teacher to Leave
• First Day as Supply — A Survival Guide
• Classroom Info Template — For the Cover Folder
• Cover Day End-of-Day Handover Template
• 25 Quick Fillers for Any Class

The self-contained lessons (maths, English, art) are member-only — but they're substantial: full scripts, three differentiation levels, original stories where relevant, and complete answer keys. The kind of thing that pays for the membership in one cover day.

Why a supply membership is worth it

If you do supply work regularly, three things tend to be true:

1. You walk into rooms without cover plans more often than the agency makes out.
2. Your reputation is built on the days when nothing's prepared and you still ran a useful lesson.
3. Schools that find good supply teachers keep booking them — sometimes paying more, sometimes offering permanent posts.

A $4.99/month membership pays for itself the first day you avoid the "we'll just watch a film" trap. Plus full access to the rest of the catalog: 1028 resources across 28 subjects, useful when the class teacher leaves you a vague brief and you need something proper to deliver.

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For class teachers leaving cover

If you're a class teacher who has ever come back from sick leave to find your class did "free choice" all day — this is also for you. The emergency cover pack shows you exactly what to leave in your classroom drawer so any supply who walks in can run a productive day.

90 minutes of prep at the start of the year, replacing what gets used. Saves the school dozens of headaches and your class many lost lessons.

The article

If you've got 7 minutes, our long-form piece "The Supply Teacher Who Makes Them Want to Listen" is the article we wish someone had given us when we started doing supply work. It's about what actually separates the supply teachers schools call back from the ones they don't — and it's not what most supply training tells you.

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18 of our best resources — including key supply heroes — sent as a single PDF. No spam, no sales calls.

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