I am a primary school teacher working for a home school and tutor online with a passion for children to be engaged in learning. The resources in my shop include lesson plans, PowerPoint Presentations, and hands-on activities with many cross-curricular links.
I am a primary school teacher working for a home school and tutor online with a passion for children to be engaged in learning. The resources in my shop include lesson plans, PowerPoint Presentations, and hands-on activities with many cross-curricular links.
This lesson is designed for upper KS2
There are many pioneers in modern medicine; this lesson gives pupils opportunities to think about what they already know about infectious disease and illnesses, as well as researching famous scientists whom have made an impact on our health when fighting disease and illness, their invention, cure and treatment .
Pupils can use the web links for their research and the Red Cross link for possible activities and further research.
Included in this lesson, there is a PPP, website links, templates and the lesson plan
KS 2 Our lifestyle and Fitness.
This bundle includes PE- circuit fitness a six week block of circuit training that includes an over view for all warm ups, main exercises and cool downs which can be extended to a 12 week block. Warm ups, main exercises and cool downs all include photos and teaching points; A PSHE lesson that explains how to take pulse rates, body measurements and recording data in a Personal Fitness Journey log.
Three numeracy lessons that cross over from the PSHE lesson, children will solve problems involving calculations and conversion of different units of measure linked to our own body measurements. Calculating and converting units of measure and identify and find the pulses in our bodies during and after exercise. Finally children will analyse and interpret the data collected of the resting pulse, active pulse and recovery pulses and create bar charts to display results.
Science - L2 why we should eat a balanced diet. This lesson is suitable for upper kS2 and gives opportunities to research the principles of what a balanced diet is. Understand the reasons why we should eat a balanced diet, by explaining what a balanced diet consists off.
By the end of the lesson pupils will be able to give an explanation of a well balanced and healthy diet through the ‘eat well’ plate; successfully categorise the different types of food that make up our diet. Explain what the proportions are; and how we should eat them, recall the differences of good and bad fats and identify processed sugars and natural sugars in food sources.
With a focus on teaching Healthy food and exercise involves a balanced diet and keeping fit.
Science - L3 Diet and lifestyle on the human body. The crux of this lesson is thinking about our diet and lifestyle and the impact it has on the human body. Asking the question ‘What is obesity?’ With further investigations and watching clips on fat and how it affects the body; what diseases and health implications are there on the human body when consuming too much bad fat.
Explaining what nutrients are, which foods have different nutrients in and why they are important; answering questions on: what is a healthy lifestyle? Why is it so important to eat healthily and keep fit? What foods we consider as healthy and unhealthy?
Science – L5 Circulatory system. This lesson is all about the circulatory system and provides opportunities to learn and label the heart and the role of each part of the heart; the function of blood vessels and the role of the oxygenated and deoxygenated blood in the body. Invitations for a qualified first aider to visit would allow pupils to learn about CPR, the recovery position and general first aid.
Maths -4 days of lessons looking at Nutritional percentages and values in food.
Maths 4 days and a further four days of lessons looking into researching and understanding the nutritional value of foods and drinks focussing on sugar content; as well as identifying foods and drinks with high sugar levels.
English – Why we should eat a balanced diet – A Balanced Argument
This block of lesson gives pupils an opportunity to revise what a balanced argument is, revising vocabulary and key features of writing a balanced argument. There is a prequel lesson where pupils can have a class/ group debate on different questions about Junk food.
This will give pupils ideas to plan, write and edit their own balanced arguments. These lessons are part of a bundle offer to be purchased together and would save you time and offer a fun, practical mini unit of work for your class.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This topic bundle of lessons gives pupils an understanding on where food comes from around the world, which season’s fresh produce is grown and investigating farming and how farmed produce ends on our forks. The impact on war and drought has on food distribution to the rising food prices.
The science lessons include lessons on ‘why we should eat a balanced diet?’ Diet and lifestyle on the human body and Pioneers on food, medicine and vaccines.
The history lessons looks at the different methods of farming, the Atlantic trade routes, make connections about how farmers and farming life has developed over time, and over time how food medicine has had an impact on our lifestyle.
The Maths lesson circumnavigating the high seas links to the history lesson – Atlantic trade routes and the PSHE lesson asks the question ‘why fair trade is important to farmers?’
The English lessons include: writing a balanced argument and asking the question: ‘Why we should eat a balanced diet’; what’s in the news- researching what the papers write and identifying what’s fact and fiction. The follow on week’s lessons – Hot of the press, gives pupils opportunities to write their own newspaper articles.
This lesson about the digestive system follows on from ‘How the digestive system works’
Giving opportunities for pupils to explore questions that help to give an understanding of the functions of the digestive system and to use stem sentences to answer in detail how the digestive system works.
Reinforce learning parts of the digestive system and placing them correctly in the body is one activity.
It has been written aimed for upper ks2 answering questions. asking for pupils to give explanations using stem sentences.
The power point presentation is a lesson plan and teaching resource for the lesson.
This resource is great for home schooling as an activity to practice high frequency words and spelling them, putting knowledge of grammar and punctuation and being creative in tour writing into practice.
A lesson for Ks 3 all about slavery, when the trade routes emerged and the Africans that became slaves and were sold and travelled on the trade routes.
This topic has been written for KS1 Elementary school all about How fashion has changed over time from the 19th century to the 21st century with a focus on Muslim clothing and how laws changed for women through the decades.
Includes a 6 week block of lessons; power point presentations and fun activity work sheets which involve becoming fashion designers and opportunities to make your designs for the catwalk in week six.
I taught this topic to my sisters children online earlier in the year which has successful outcomes.
