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Design & Make Catapults
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Design & Make Catapults

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Children look again at Roman catapults. Using a wide variety of materials, incl some mechanical components, they design & create a working model of a catapult in the Roman style. They develop their ideas, then compete to see whose catapult works best! Suitable for years 3 and 4.
Food Rationing
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Food Rationing

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During the 1940 and 50s food was rationed. Discuss the ration allowance then and compare it with what you eat now. In groups and using suggested books or resource examples children will choose and cook a ration recipe for everyone to taste. Was our diet better then?
Batik Technique
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Batik Technique

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Introduce children to the techniques of flour resist batik and explore the history of batik in Africa. Children get a chance to practise the methods themselves.
History of Cars
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History of Cars

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Children listen to a memoir of an elderly person's first car and then look at modern day car brochures looking for features which are new, and write a list of features they would like to see in future cars.
Make A Box
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Make A Box

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Moving on from the last session, children explore how boxes are made from nets by taking apart packaging boxes. Then using a pre-prepared net, children make and design their own boxes.
Rockets
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Rockets

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Demonstrate a water rocket to children, they then make their own, adding fins, nose cone and design a launch pad.
Make a Moving Dogger
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Make a Moving Dogger

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Practise cutting and joining skills by making a moving Dogger. This session links to English Plan 2 Stories with familiar settings. Learn how to cut well, make a hole in cardboard and construct moving joins using paper fasteners.
Headdress to Impress!
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Headdress to Impress!

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The Kayapo Indians who live in the Rainforests of Brazil are famous for their ceremonial headdresses. In this session children use the internet to study their designs before creating their own to wear in the classroom.
Mask Making
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Mask Making

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Make a Kple Kple mask using air-dry clay. Based on their research children design and make their own versions of these fascinating African masks.
How Has Farming Changed?
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How Has Farming Changed?

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After WW2 and rationing farmers had to increase production. Children discuss where food comes from, and their views on the use of heavy farm machinery and pesticides. Children make a model of a fruit/vegetable or create an ICT presentation showing seasonal availability.
Appliqué – Cutting & Sewing
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Appliqué – Cutting & Sewing

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In this session children complete their Appliqué by cutting and sewing the pieces of their design before proudly displaying it in the classroom. They take time to reflect on the whole dyeing and designing process and evaluate the finished product.
Adinkra Block Printing
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Adinkra Block Printing

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Selecting appropriate tools and techniques chn create potato stamps of their own Adinkra cloth symbols, ready to block print on a cloth.
Energy
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Energy

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This session we consider how we are using up fossil fuels. How did we heat our homes and cook in the past? Discuss renewable energy and any local schemes to try and use more renewable energy. Challenge children to make a solar oven and cook something with it!
Jungle Junk
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Jungle Junk

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Listen to the Rhythm of the Rainforest in this session! Children start by studying the Baka people who live in the African Rainforests, looking in detail at their instruments. Children then create simple instruments of their own using junk modelling techniques.
Family Food
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Family Food

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Consider where the food that we eat comes from. Grown at home, locally or in another country? Discuss food miles. Who does the shopping, cooking, washing up? Where does the water come from? Cook a meal/dish and write the recipe to send to your link school. Suitable for years 5 and 6.
Water Cycle in Miniature
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Water Cycle in Miniature

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On Earth we still have the same drops of water that touched the lips of the dinosaurs! In this session children use all that they have learnt in the previous session to create a self contained bottle garden. Suitable for years 3 and 4.
Meals In The 1950's
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Meals In The 1950's

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Children look at pieces of kitchen equipment and guess which were available in the 1950s. One group make a real chicken meal, whilst the others make a typical 50s dinner from Plasticine, an ICT package or paint/collage materials. All taste the 50s dinner.
Festival Of Britain Architecture
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Festival Of Britain Architecture

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Children look at Festival of Britain architecture especially the Skylon and Dome of Discovery. They choose to make a Skylon, Dome or to design their own futuristic piece of architecture.
Designing an Amphitheatre
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Designing an Amphitheatre

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Children continue the work on gladiators and Roman entertainment and look at amphitheatres. They study what they look like and realise that these varied from place to place. They begin to plan and design their own model amphitheatre. Suitable for years 3 and 4.
Grow Your Own
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Grow Your Own

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Children compare a food journal they have kept with a food pyramid which gives the recommended servings of different food groups. The need to include fruit and vegetables is highlighted and children design a garden to grow their own.