Three lessons of a Banksy Project.
Resources for a Banksy art gallery including Banksy money to ‘buy’ a smaller version of their favourite for activity.
Lesson 1 - Debate about vandalism/graffiti, introduction to history of graffiti and Banksy. Visit your Banksy ‘art gallery’. Activity: ‘Buy your favourite, answer the questions about the piece of art you have picked and recreate it in your books.’
Lesson 2 - Re-visiting the Banksy ‘art’ gallery and sketching. Creating your own stencil
Lesson 3 - Creating your own piece of Banksy inspired art work, leading to a competition. Thinking about what message you want in the school.
This project was a favourite of many at the end of the year.
Covers art objectives:
to create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas
to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials
learn about great artists, architects and designers in history.
Covers art aims:
produce creative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences
become proficient in drawing, painting, sculpture and other art, craft and design techniques
evaluate and analyse creative works using the language of art, craft and design
know about great artists, craft makers and designers, and understand the historical and cultural development of their art forms.
Key learning: To recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago.
Activity - To create a fossil record
Includes:
Handout with examples.
Link to fantastic video
Exit pass
Link to Kahoot about fossils
Background information on irrigation and why it is needed for farming.
Links to irrigation activity (you will need trays and soil)
Pour water down the trays once completed to see if the water spreads evenly and if they have set up a successful irrigation system.
Buy sunflower seeds along with this and set up a sunflower growing competition with the trays and soil.
Really good practical lesson.
Humanities CPD session for staff covering:
CULTURAL CAPITAL - What is it? How can we establish it?
What makes an outstanding curriculum?
Key takeaways from the most recent History review from Ofsted
Key takeaways from Geography in outstanding primary schools – posted by Iain Freeland HMI, Ofsted’s subject lead for geography
Inclusion in Humanities lessons
Supporting ALL children in the classroom
Ensuring all children are successful
Retaining information
Key vocabulary
Online resources
Adapt to fit your needs.
Includes:
Powerpoint introduction to the Galapagos
Iguana outline for question to then be displayed on your wall. At the end of the topic, take down questions and children should answer them then stick them in their books.
Worksheet to be taken to each station of the activity
FOUR STATION ACTIVITY
Digital station
Globe station
Atlas station
Research station
Children listen to the soundtrack from Mortal Engines and children have to draw what it makes them think about or how it makes them feel.
4 slides long.
Bank of different activites no longer than 10 minutes to be used as brain break sessions.
This document includes:
Would you rather? (The different choices have different exercises to do)
Calm drawing tutorials
Just Dance songs - once you have followed one link, it will bring up the entire youtube playlist down the side where you can select more.
Fun, engaging fossil project afternoon.
Includes:
Resources for children
Pack including space for each activity to be recorded
Resources for adults
Clear list of resources needed for each activity
What teachers need to say and questions they need to ask
Timetabling and organisation templates
• Activity 1 - Microscope work
• Activity 2 - Digging for fossils in the sandpit with paintbrushes
• Activity 3 – Fossil Rubbing/drawing
• Activity 4 – Laptop work – Who was Mary Anning?
• Activity 5 – Watch David Attenborough - Galapagos
• Activity 6 – Create their own fossil design
Powerpoint and resources for an interactive, exciting, informative CPD session.
Including:
Dunk-a-bility test and resources (showing the difference in working scientifically skill across the key stages)
Key vocab to know
Working scientifically skills across the key stages
Enquiry skills vs working scientifically
Curly-wurly challenge
Top 7 resources for Science planning
Top two take-aways from the most recent ‘Inclusion in Science’ document released in 2022.
British Science week - adapt to your school
Assessment - where to go for guidance
How to buy things - adapt for your school
Moderation - resource included
Two lessons about Qatar
One Powerpoint
Two lesson activities
Lesson 1:
(You can decide which slides you want to keep for lesson 2, or you can just recap key information for lesson 2)
Introduction to Qatar
Where it is in the world compared to UK
Capital city
History of Qatar
Comparison pictures
Changes in the skyline
History of Pearl Diving
Finding oil
WW2
Timeline of key historical moments
Buildings in Qatar
Futuristic buildings and their nicknames
Traditional buildings
The Pearl - man-made island
Education in the UK
Education in Qatar
Interesting facts and information about Qatar
Activity: LI:To recognise the differences between two periods of time
Sheet of images from past Qatar and present Qatar, children to make notes of similarities and differences.
Lesson 2
Recap powerpoint or any slides that were skipped during first lesson.
Have powerpoint printed off for your groups/pairs and you need laptops/tablets.
LI: To find similaries and differences between Qatar and the UK
Sheet showing venn diagram and examples of information to find on the ppt.