Simple Circuits | Learning Journal | Year 3 and 4

Perfect for Year 3 and 4, Simple Circuits helps students explore how electricity flows and powers everyday devices through an engaging nonfiction activity.

This resource explains how simple circuits work, introducing key components such as cells, wires, switches, and bulbs. Students learn the difference between open and closed circuits, discover how conductors and insulators affect the flow of electricity, and explore how simple circuits are used in everyday life.

Help your pupils create a record of thinking, not just complete another worksheet.

This Learning Journal shows pupils how to capture ideas, vocabulary, questions and reflections across reading, listening and discussion — built over time and owned by pupils.

This Learning Journal resource is designed to help pupils build a visible record of thinking across lessons, rather than completing one-off tasks.

Pupils create a two-page spread in their books that is added to gradually after different learning inputs, such as:

• assemblies
• reading texts
• listening comprehension
• short videos
• reflection or discussion tasks

Instead of filling in a worksheet, pupils choose thinking structures, organize ideas with purpose, and explain their understanding using sentence starters and prompts.

What this Learning Journal supports:
deeper comprehension and reflection
vocabulary development in context
pupil ownership and choice
flexible outcomes at different depths
inclusive access for EAL, SEND and reluctant writers

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Learning Journals:
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Free Supporting Video
A short, child-friendly video is available to support this lesson and reinforce key ideas. Bitesize Education on YouTube

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