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Year 3/4 Fiction 5: Adventure stories
Using The Hodgeheg by Dick King-Smith, children look for examples of adverbs and adverbial phrases. They memorise a section of dialogue and use it as a basis for their own writing. In the second week the focus is on complex and compound sentences as children write an animal adventure story.
Year 1 Fiction 5: Fairy stories
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
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.
The Right to Education
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.
Refugees and human rights weeks 7 - 8
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.
Causes of deforestation, organising our research
In this session children find out how to create key word notes and organise their information in folders with contents pages. Children continue to use non fiction book features and the internet to locate information effectively.
Erosion
Children consider the different types of erosion, water, wind, glacial, sea and soil.
In groups each with a different type of erosion children research for information and then draw cartoon strips explaining how the types of erosion occur.
Personal Profile
Use celebrity profiles to decide what children might include in their personal profile to introduce themselves to their link school friends. Listen to Ghanaian children describing themselves and their families. Prepare own profiles on screen or as recordings.
Infant Writing Leaflet
Simple advice for parents on helping an infant child with writing.
Windrush Migrants
Listen to a poem written by an immigrant on the SS Windrush. Discuss how he felt about leaving his home and the reactions of some British people. Children compare the climate in the Caribbean with that of Britain and write imaginary letters home from a migrant.
Multi-media presentation - Saving rainforest
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.
Yr 3 Unit 1B Performance and Favourite poets
Two fun weeks of performing and reviewing poetry. Children read, listen to, write, learn and perform simple ‘conversation’ poems.
They study and discuss a wide range of poems and write a review. A class book of favourite poems is made!
Think Global, Grow Local
Discuss Farmers Markets and Pick Your Own food taking into consideration food miles, energy use, carbon footprint and produce. Calculate food miles involved in weekly shop (using labels and packaging from supermarkets). Children write an acrostic.
Year 3/4 Fiction 3: Myths and Legends
Children explore a variety of myths and enjoy the mythical creatures introduced in Can You Catch A Mermaid?, The Seal Children and Beowulf.
They learn these tales and use them as stimuli for creating their own myths and legends. They use the texts as models to help develop their understanding of detailed description in writing and correct grammar.
Suitable for Year 3 and 4.
Household Gadgets
Children discuss labour-saving gadgets and chores which are still time-consuming or unpleasant. They then work in groups to design their own gadget and present it to the rest of the class as in the Dragon’s Den.
We Are Britain KS2
Read some poems from We are Britain by Benjamin Zephaniah and ask what these children have in common. Discover where in the world children in the class came from originally – locally, elsewhere in Britain, another country? Write poetry about each other in BZ style.
Persuasive language Weeks 1 - 2
Identify persuasive features used in adverts. Study adverts over the decades since the end of World War 2 in detail. Children create a paper advert about an exhibition related to the Topic. They then plan and present a TV or radio advert for a modern appliance.
Sustainable Development
The way we are damaging the planet we live on is not sustainable! Children find out about sustainable development and look at some of the changes that we need to make. Children think of both positives and negatives for these changes.
School Structure
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.
Spotlight on South Africa 2010
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.