The following swimming lessons have been put together for teachers and support staff who take their classes swimming. There are 7 stages with Swim England website that are taught to children in schools. Attached is a six week block of lessons for children at level one at swimming. I am a qualified swimming teacher who teaches all levels of Swim England standards, and will be putting levels 2-7 together. Let me know if your teaching swimming in your school, and the level on poolside and would like some lessons in particular areas??

This lesson has been written for upper KS 2. The crux of the lesson is to find out as a class how water and nutrients are transported in the body to where they are needed. Also to gain an understanding of how blood has a function on the body and the role within the body; as well as understanding what the body’s circulatory system is responsible for and how it transports materials throughout the entire body. Discussions can also be generated on possible illnesses that are caused if the body doesn’t function adequately. Opportunities to invite st. Johns ambulance to offer talks to pupils can be arranged. (see website in web site links) Other First aid lesson plans can be found on this site. This lesson offers a good understanding on why water is vital to us humans, and how nutrients are transported around the body from the water we drink. Look out for the advanced water transportation lesson in the coming week. This lesson would be ideal to be taught over several days. files included: ppp lesson plan teacher background notes website list teaching resources Feed back and reviews would be appreciated

KS 2 French - 5 weeks of learning the vocabulary in role play situations - opportunities to use play food for the lessons. KS 2 French Link lessons to areas of the ‘12 week Food for Thought cross curricular topic’ learning the French Eat well plate, asking, ordering and replying for food and drinks in a cafe scenario. Great opportunities to set up a cafe with French cuisine . Learning the French core vocabulary for the digestive and circulatory system will reinforce learning in science.

Updated Lesson plan with Brand new resources! This science lesson has been planned for lower KS2 but can be used for the teaching in upper KS2 as well. Giving opportunities for children to learn all about the muscular system in humans,that there are three types of muscles in the body and their function, how the muscles move in performing different actions and the terms/ vocabulary used in describing these actions with a series of fun activities which will reinforce learning. The lesson that follows The Muscular System is the skeletal system. You can find this lesson in my shop.

A sugary Tax These lessons are suitable for upper KS2. Pupils will research and understand the nutritional value of foods and drinks focussing on sugar content and identify foods and drinks with high sugar levels. The initial task pupils will complete would be to ‘Thought Shower’ which foods have high sugar content, then compile a list of named foods and drinks and prices of these foods and drinks. In TP’s using supermarkets online look up foods and drinks listing Carbohydrates of which are sugars per 100g per serving and the prices. Research the same product on two different supermarkets listing the prices. Answering the Question: Is there a difference in price between the supermarkets? Lesson two will give opportunities for pupils to work out the tax that would be enforced comparing the price to the price before tax is added. This lesson carries over to lesson three where pupils will use the calculations of the VAT on the food and input data of the amount of teaspoons of sugar in drinks and foods to create a pie chart and then to write a summary of findings. In this summary of what your results show, pupils will their own opinions on the sugar tax. Lesson four is a practical lesson in bread making weighing out correctly ingredients to bake a loaf of bread and follow instructions carefully of a bread recipe. This lesson is linked to a science lesson where pupils will look at how yeast works and that some microbes are beneficial.

These lessons are for upper KS2. There are seven lessons that introduce opportunities for pupils to evaluate any goals they may have, set goals and evaluate their achievements at set lessons over the period of the term. The remaining lessons pupils will learn about medication, smoking, alcohol and taking drugs and the impacts this has on the people who do any of the above, both socially and on their health.

These lessons are suitable for upper KS2. Opportunities are given to pupils to think of their favourite meals writing down the ingredients needed, checking the recipe and given a budget to role play buying the ingredients across different supermarkets. Pupils would also gain an understanding of VAT, working out the VAT on food produce. Towards the end of the week, pupils will be given a budget to plan a week’s family menu, and evaluate the prices across the different supermarkets constructing tally charts, pie charts and graphs to evaluate the data collected. The four days of lessons are all prepared on one PPP listing all resources and website needed for teaching. Two characters Charlie and Lee have been used to ask questions to the children or giving a statement that the children will have to answer using stem sentences (that you are using in your class) in giving their explanations and reasonings Feedback and comments would be appreciated, Thank you in advance.

This unit of work is suitable for upper KS2. The learning in these five lessons gives pupils opportunities to study a range of complaint letters about eating out in restaurants, thinking about why people write letters of complaints focussing on the tone and language that is used. Pupils will look at a range of complaint letters talking through the learning from the letters of complaint and thoughts of the ideas complied in order to continue planning and drafting out a compliant letter about a disappointed meal out/ experience that didn’t end well/ or the food was uncooked/over cooked. By the end of the week pupils will write their own letters of complaints and the possible response from the complaint letter.

This unit of work is suitable for upper KS2. The learning in these five lessons gives pupils opportunities to watch different adverts and explain why they are appealing and to identify the target audience. By the end of the second lesson pupils will take notes and develop ideas why music is used in advertising campaigns; as well as identify how adverts use gender for impact. This is seen in one particular fast food advert about a young boy who can’t do what a young boy wants to do to have fun. As the week proceeds pupils will write an advert using appropriate advertising techniques and descriptive language for a full effect, as well as starting to compose a musical jingle to accompany the advert. Following this pupils will edit and improve the advertising campaign ready to record it for a radio broadcast. The weeks lessons combines individual learning, as well as working as a team to compose, edit and improve the advert ready to broadcast. Included in this unit of work are three music lessons that gives pupils opportunities to compose their own jingle to an advert.

KS2 English - By Invitation Only! This unit of work is suitable for upper KS2. The learning in these four lessons gives pupils opportunities to research different styles and formats of invitation cards to design their own; composing an invitation to Inform and provide information about an event. Also to think about the language and the descriptive style and charisma that is used to persuade the audience. Pupils will focus on researching and designing their own invitation card for an event; the remaining lessons are using prior knowledge in designing a dinner menu for an event Produce a final menu outlining the courses, using descriptive language, punctuation to persuade and inform. Then to design a menu that has the same style and effect as the invitation. The English unit of work is based on a number of other lessons in this topic- Food For Thought; it brings together all pupils learning in this twelve week unit of work. There are links to the Design Technology unit of work designing a menu for a final presentation evening inviting family members and sharing all work produced in the topic over the term.

This unit of work is suitable for upper KS2. The learning in these four lessons gives pupils opportunities to learn about different ways of advertising, who are the target audience when adverts are produced, thinking about the techniques which are used when adverts are made with the outcome of planning and producing own posters for a healthy eating or fitness campaign. Lesson one begins with discussing persuasive techniques in advertising answering questions on: Q. Where do you encounter advertising? (They will likely mention television, billboards, radio, Websites, school hallways, and so on.) Q. Which specific advertisements "stick in your head?” the class task leads into watching a selection of adverts discussing the three different ways of advertising. Lesson two gives pupils opportunities to research on the web different poster/fliers – web search images posters advertising events/ cafes and restaurants. By the end of the week, pupils will use their learning from previous lessons to create a design their own posters that has the biggest impact that is eye catching. The final lesson gives opportunities to edit and improve their posters.

This unit of work is suitable for upper KS2. The learning in these five lessons gives pupils opportunities to identify the features of note taking on a health topic for a news article and write own newspaper reports; understand the concepts of journalism and how to take notes as reporters by planning a news article using key language and structure layout for own news paper report. This unit of work follows on from ‘What’s in the News’ Lesson one begins with scanning and skim reading an article to take notes which leads on to skills activities in subordinate clause at the beginning at the end of sentences, embedded clauses., Semi-colon separating two main clause, simple sentences and rhetorical question in a news article. By the end of the week pupils will use their scan and skim reading skills to take their own notes before composing a newspaper article on food, nutrition or health successfully using all criteria from the class checklist and use editing skills to produce a final news article. This unit of work can be purchased as a bundle.

This unit of work is suitable for upper KS2. The learning in these five lessons offers pupils to research and read different newspapers and distinguish between factual information and opinions based on factual information; Read and explore a range of journalistic writing and identify how a newspaper reports on specific events. Leading on to comparing and contrasting journalistic articles using the 5w’s and how and evaluating the effectiveness and impact different journalistic articles have on its target audience. Lesson one starts with distinguishing between facts and opinions in the newspapers and answering questions with the importance of answering questions with the 5 W’s. The weeks focus is all about when the sugar tax was first introduced and how the sugar tax has impacted on reducing the obesity of the nation. These newspaper articles will be evaluated and questions will be answered – Q. what type of language is used? Q. What’s it purpose/impact on audience? Q. is formal or informal language used? Q. Is all the information needed? Q. Is anything missing? Q. Who is the intended audience? By the end of the week pupils should be able to identify the key language features, the structure and layouts features and explain what the differences are between fact and opinion. A following week’s planning leads into writing own newspaper reports. ‘Hot of the press’ can be purchased separately or purchased in a bundle.

This lesson has been written for upper KS2. This lesson allows pupils to explore inventions of food and drink through the ages to modern day. A practical lesson where pupils will be able to blind taste test a range of white, milk and dark chocolate and rate the different chocolate; Opportunities to learn about The Cadbury story and talk through the benefits of cocoa and its impact on our lifestyles. The task would allow pupils to pick a medicine or vaccine, food or the pasteurization discovery from the past and research the person and produce a fact file. For example Louis Pasteur was a French microbiologist and chemist born on December 27, 1822 and died on September 28, 1895.

This lesson is for upper KS2 Where pupils will learn all about making comparisons and connections between early civilizations and today. By the end of the lesson pupils will be able to compare and contrast how early civilizations have developed socially and culturally over time. This lesson allows pupils to explore Stone Age man through watching a number of video clips of how hunter gatherers lived in Neolithic times and how farming developed through the ages looking into the similarities and differences of Neolithic man to modern day man. This lesson will give opportunities to many questions being asked from the pupils to find answers to, and thinking about the era they would prefer to live in.

This lesson is suitable for upper KS2 Giving opportunities to understand and make connections about how farmers and farming life has developed over time and finding out what you know about Early Man. Questions to think about and ask the class: Q. How have early civilizations changed socially over time? Q. What cultural changes have occurred over this time frame? After watching a selection of clips about early civilizations pupils can think about how farming has changed over the centuries producing a time line of key events. Are farmers better or worse off today than in the past?

This lesson is designed for upper KS2 Giving pupils a chance to understand why it is important to store food correctly. This is an investigative lesson where pupils have to demonstrate how to store foods correctly and examine the differences between use by and best before dates. There are interactive activities that are directly linked on how to store foods, which foods are best to store in plastic containers, as well as sharing thoughts about hygiene in the kitchen. By the end of the lesson pupils will have a good understanding and will produce a class wall of knowledge using post-it notes, discussing any misconceptions and sharing new facts the children have learnt from this lesson. The photos can be used to place correctly on the fridge shelf or food cupboard. (more foods will be added to the zipped file)

This lesson is for designed for upper KS2 Giving pupils a chance to understand how food freezes to preserve it from decay. Also understand why certain food products can be cooked from frozen and others have to defrost. With opportunities to Investigate and taste test which foods taste better fresh or frozen? As the lesson is a practical session the practical preparation would need to be taught first, and the results gathered the following day, as freezing the food products the day before, ahead of cooking and tasting the frozen foods as well as the same freshly prepared food on that day. The attached numeracy lesson is linked as it reinforces why it is important to follow recipe instructions and methods before cooking, as well as measuring out ingredients correctly. A fun and stimulating lesson.

This lesson is designed for upper KS2. Giving pupils a chance to learn about which foods can be frozen; also to understand the importance of blanching vegetables before being frozen. This practical lesson involves recording and making systematic observations on the state of frozen foods that are defrosting. Having a selection of raw prepared fruit and vegetables with high water content, pupils will have a tasting session and answer questions if all fruit and vegetables can be frozen; which foods can be blanched. This science lesson would have to be taught in the morning as observations will need to be made throughout the day. Pupils will write their conclusions and evaluations on which foods and be frozen.