Hero image

397Uploads

10045k+Views

11646k+Downloads

Our right to vote in Britain
HamiltonTrustHamiltonTrust

Our right to vote in Britain

(1)
Examine voting in the UK, recent elections, and why we vote. Children use a quiz to explore the history of voting in the UK and focus on women’s right to vote, and then do further research. Watch film footage of Emily Davison. Suitable for years 5 and 6.
School Structure
HamiltonTrustHamiltonTrust

School Structure

(2)
Compare your school with your link school (or use a Ghanaian school). The UNICEF book 'A school like mine' is used as a starting point to look at similarities and differences. Children prepare a website describing their school or the UK education system. Suitable for years 5 and 6.
Shopping Bag Trade
HamiltonTrustHamiltonTrust

Shopping Bag Trade

(0)
Children learn how much of the food we buy in supermarkets is produced in African countries. They discuss this in the light of their knowledge of fair trade and write a letter to the local supermarket to discuss the issues.
Spotlight on South Africa 2010
HamiltonTrustHamiltonTrust

Spotlight on South Africa 2010

(2)
In 2010 the eyes of the World will be on South Africa and a country where once no sports teams visited will be a focal point for 32 teams and their fans. Children find out more about the 9 host cities and create tourist guides for each.
Why Vote?
HamiltonTrustHamiltonTrust

Why Vote?

(1)
Discuss facts about voting in the UK: not everyone exercises their right to vote. Engage children on the right to vote and its significance in their own country. In two teams for and against, debate the issue of lowering the voting age. Suitable for years 5 and 6.
Year 3 Fiction 1: Stories by the same author (Michael Foreman)
HamiltonTrustHamiltonTrust

Year 3 Fiction 1: Stories by the same author (Michael Foreman)

(0)
Using the delightful illustrations and books of Michael Foreman (Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish and I'll Take You to Mrs Cole), children have many opportunities to practice simple, compound and complex sentences with powerful verbs. They then create their own stories based around I'll Take You to Mrs Cole, by Nigel Gray and Michael Foreman.
Year 2 Fiction 1: Stories in familiar settings
HamiltonTrustHamiltonTrust

Year 2 Fiction 1: Stories in familiar settings

(1)
Explore familiar settings through Margaret Mahy's story A Lion in the Meadow, You Choose by Nick Sharratt and There’s No Such Thing as a Dragon by Jack Kent. Children generate ideas and plan a story about an animal that lives in their house under the stairs. There is a focus on using simple punctuation and story problems and solutions.
Year 1 Fiction 5: Fairy stories
HamiltonTrustHamiltonTrust

Year 1 Fiction 5: Fairy stories

(1)
Use three traditional tales to study characters and settings, sequence events, tell oral stories and plan new versions of old favourites. Use story maps to retell tales. Children write a story based on a traditional tale using adjectives and compound sentences. The plan uses Snow White in New York by Fiona French. Hamilton Group Reader Billy Dogs Gruff is used to build confidence in reading aloud.
Not In My Back Yard
HamiltonTrustHamiltonTrust

Not In My Back Yard

(1)
Discuss a proposed plan for creating wind energy. They are given time to research and prepare for a debate ‘Should 7,000 wind turbines be placed in and around the UK?’ In teams they will put forward their views backed up with evidence to support their case.
Recounts Weeks 3 - 4
HamiltonTrustHamiltonTrust

Recounts Weeks 3 - 4

(1)
Identify the features of narrative recounts and explore and compare two examples. Discuss fact vs opinion and different viewpoints. Children write a narrative recount about their own childhood before working in role as a passenger on the Windrush to write another.
Year 2 Fiction 3: Traditional tales from other cultures
HamiltonTrustHamiltonTrust

Year 2 Fiction 3: Traditional tales from other cultures

(2)
Read and compare Hansel and Gretel by Anthony Browne, and Baba Yaga and the Stolen Baby by Alison Lurie, Francis Lincoln, and Baba Yaga by Tony Bradman using drama and story maps. Discuss joining sentences using or, and or but. Children write witch stories using story pegs to plan. Introduce some 'story language' and encourage interesting endings. Hamilton Group Reader, Why Not Me?, is used to build confidence in reading aloud.
Journey To Jo'burg
HamiltonTrustHamiltonTrust

Journey To Jo'burg

(1)
Explore in more detail the history of apartheid in South Africa, with links to Mandela. Look at the signs that were displayed. Pick out examples of effects of apartheid on non-whites in Journey to Jo’burg, and act out short scenes that show these effects. Suitable for years 5 and 6.
The Right to Education
HamiltonTrustHamiltonTrust

The Right to Education

(1)
Through role play children consider for themselves the impact of no access to school. They plan a poster campaign or write a persuasive letter to reopen their school. Links to Children’s Rights to Education. Suitable for years 5 and 6.
Instructions and Explanations Weeks 11 - 12
HamiltonTrustHamiltonTrust

Instructions and Explanations Weeks 11 - 12

(1)
Wake-up to the 21st century with instructions for computer games, mobile phones and explanations for blogs and podcasts. Children write a booklet for their granny, giving instructions and explanations to fit her for life in 2010!
Persuasion/ Argument Weeks 9 - 10
HamiltonTrustHamiltonTrust

Persuasion/ Argument Weeks 9 - 10

(2)
What is censorship? Join the BBFC, become a film examiner and argue your case to classify film clips. Present reasoned decisions as ‘black cards’ to be shown before the film! Participate in debating a scenario relating to film classification.
Refugees and human rights weeks 7 - 8
HamiltonTrustHamiltonTrust

Refugees and human rights weeks 7 - 8

(1)
Consider different genres then read a variety of stories about refugees and asylum seekers. Children summarise stories and write sequels and playscripts based on stories they have read. Finish with a This is Your Life programme for one of the characters.
Song lyrics Weeks 6 - 8
HamiltonTrustHamiltonTrust

Song lyrics Weeks 6 - 8

(2)
This unit is all about having fun with iconic song lyrics! Children will explore underlying themes and influences in key songs by the Beetles and Bob Dylan before composing their own song lyrics about current issues that are important to them.
A day in the life! Rainforest Diaries
HamiltonTrustHamiltonTrust

A day in the life! Rainforest Diaries

(6)
Your lunch is what you find to eat in the rainforest, not the contents of mum’s packed lunch! But there are other important differences too! Children use their notes from the previous session to compare their lives to those of children in the Jungle.
Multi-media presentation - Saving rainforest
HamiltonTrustHamiltonTrust

Multi-media presentation - Saving rainforest

(2)
In this session children look at a multi media presentation prepared by you which has some good bits and some that need improving! Children then use what they have learnt to plan and then start work on their own using notes from previous sessions.