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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.
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Heating and cooling
Use findings from Rusty Nails Investigation to plan another test. Look at the changes that occur when common materials are heated, and then decide whether or not cooling will reverse the change. What happens if the materials are first cooled and then heated?
Suitable for Y6 pupils.
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Reception Non-fiction (Toys): Labels, captions, list, descriptions (weeks 1-3)
Taking inspiration from I Love You Blue Kangaroo by Emma Chichester-Clark, children share favourite toys and write descriptions. They talk about toys from long ago with a visitor, learn about old bears and make a class toy museum of old and new toys writing factual statements for displays.
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Rainforests: Looking into deforestation
In the next ten years at the current rate half of the world’s rainforests will disappear. Children look in brief at the causes of deforestation before creating on maps a horrific view of the future.
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Reception Fiction (Buildings): Stories about homes and houses (weeks 1-3)
Listen to stories about different homes for people and creatures and decide where they would like to live, Home by Alex T Smith, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse by Helen Ward, and Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley. Children write their own version of The Town and Country Mouse and use The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch by Ronda and David Armitage to plan best lunches. Keep diaries, make lighthouses and stormy music.
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Reception Non-fiction (Dinosaurs): Information texts (weeks 1-2)
Use a 'dinosaur egg' to stimulate discussion about eggs and dinosaurs. Have fun with a range of activities, count and sound out words (Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs by Ian Whybrow and Adrian Reynolds, How do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague), pelmanism, Top Trumps and Dinosaur Dash. Make various dinosaur-related objects, 'steal' dino eggs and draw and label dinosaurs.
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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.
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Looking after Baby
What’s it like to look after a baby? Children have the opportunity to see a real baby and ask the mother questions about life with a baby! They then use drama to explore family life and the needs of a baby.
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Seed dispersal
Some seeds rattle, some roll, others are just bursting out all over the place! Children discover that plants disperse many seeds in different ways, what clues do their sizes, shapes, weights and textures give us about how they spread?
Suitable for Y5 pupils.
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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!
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Beautiful Batik
Focus on the beautiful batik found in Mozambique. Explore the visual and tactile elements, including use of colour and pattern.
Children use sketchbooks to copy and explore sections of these designs concentrating on composition and subject matter.
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Year 2 Fiction 3: Traditional tales from other cultures
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.
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Amphitheatres, the Colosseum
Children continue the work on the Coliseum in Rome. They find out about its history and then identify and locate this building in today’s Rome. Pointing out that it can be visited, chn look at tourist brochures and plan a visit!
Suitable for years 3 and 4.
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How old is my toy?
How do we know that a toy is old? What happens to our toys when they get played with lots? Children explore different toys and look for the signs of age. They choose precise words and explain their reasoning in detail.
Suitable for Years 1 and 2.
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Boat investigation
In this session children investigate how the shape and surface area of a boat can affect how easily it can move through the water. Children test a variety of designs before creating bar charts to show their results. Suitable for Y4 pupils.
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Song lyrics Weeks 6 - 8
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.
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Elastic band investigation
S – t – r – e – t – c – h is the key word in this session as elastic bands are safely tested in the classroom. What happens as the mass suspended from the elastic band increases? Data on graphs will make the outcome clear.
Suitable for Year 6 pupils.
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Photosynthesis
Children check in on the patients from Session A and find out how they create their own food in the form of sugars using water, light and carbon dioxide. They consider the role of each plant part in photosynthesis.
Suitable for Y6 pupils.
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Instructions and Explanations Weeks 11 - 12
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!