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Year 6 Anderson Shelter DT project
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Year 6 Anderson Shelter DT project

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This is a full terms worth of lessons. Session 1 - Background on Anderson shelters. Session 2 - To practise making joints (using artstraws). Session 3 - Evaluate previous shelters and create a prototype. Session 4 - Start making an Anderson shelter - frame of the shelter. Session 5 - Carry on making an Anderson shelter - frame/ door. Session 6 - Put on final touches to the Anderson shelter - paper to cover the frame to represent turf - could add art straws to represent corrugated steel. Session 7 - Evaluate your shelter. There is one powerpoint that has all of the lessons on. There are you tube video links and step by step through each lesson
The River Nile
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The River Nile

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Lesson about the River Nile with activities Looks at the length of the Nile compared to other rivers around the world. Map of africa showing the Nile - blue Nile and White Nile Explains the climate of Egypt and what the soils were like near the Nile. Irrigation and Shaduf activities - label a map explain the climate what items were used for in Egypt - papyrus, wheat and barley and grapes The activities answers are found within the powerpoint
Tzedakah - Jewish charity
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Tzedakah - Jewish charity

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This powerpoint looks at how Jews give to charity It briefly mentions 3 charities from the Christian/Muslim and Jewish faith Then it looks at Tzedekah - it discusses what it is and has a pronunciation for the children to hear it. Then it looks into the Jewish law and charity Which causes Jews give Tzedakah to and the special box that is placed in their houses. looks at the 8 levels When tzedakah is given There are then some questions for the children to answer This powerpoint is part of a whole unit so please check out my shop top have a look :)
Barbara Hepworth unit of work x6 lessons
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Barbara Hepworth unit of work x6 lessons

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This includes six sessions, lessons 2-6 will need clay and tools lesson 1 - introduction to Barbara Hepworth - key facts- birth/death/born what type of artist she is. Key quote from her for the children to learn. examples of some of her sculptures. task is to produce a piece of abstract art on how they are feeling. key words- sculpture and sculptor. Lesson 2 - recaps key facts and what they can remember from the previous week, video on what clay is. task is to mould the clay in different ways - there are pics for the children to follow. Lesson 3 - recaps key facts and what they can remember from the previous week. Looks at two key sculptures - monolith - empyrean and sphere with inner form - discussion of the shapes the sculpture shows. Looks at the tools used for clay and what they are used for. task - children to experiment with the tools and how to cut the clay. Lesson 4 - recaps key facts and what they can remember from the previous week. Looks at another two sculptures - figure for landscape and rock form. quick recap of tools and a video of how they can use the tools and things around the classroom to create textures and patterns on the clay. task - children use tools to create textures and patterns on their piece of clay. Lesson 5 - recaps key facts and what they can remember from the previous week. score a slip technique - uses video to show the children. task - children use this technique to stick two pieces of clay together. Lesson 6 - Recap of everything that they have learnt in the previous weeks. They are going to then create their own Barbara Hepworth sculpture and use the techniques they have learnt over the term. These will be available as individual lessons as well if needed
Introduction to Judaism and Star of David powerpoint
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Introduction to Judaism and Star of David powerpoint

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Star of David powerpoint - Explains the reason for the star of David and ends with an activity of the children creating their own star of David Introduction to Judaism - Goes through the main parts of what is involved with the religion. A whistle stop tour to introduce the subject before going into more detail about each section.
What is the Quran and why is it important to Muslims?
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What is the Quran and why is it important to Muslims?

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This is a full lesson Starts with a vocab slide on what will be included in the lesson Key questions that are covered - What is the Quran? What does the Quran do? How is the Quran part of everyday life? How is the Quran treated by Muslims? video of the washing ritual It then includes the story of God revealing the quran to Muhammad and a short clip of what it would hve been like in the hills where Muhammad was. work Think about important things in their life and compare it to the importance of things in a Muslim childs life challenge - thinking about the respect Muslims have for the Quran and what this teaches us about them
Introduction to Barbara Hepworth
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Introduction to Barbara Hepworth

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This powerpoint looks at the key facts of Barbara Hepworth This include - when she was born and died, where she was born, what type of artist she was and a key quote for the children to learn. It looks at the key vocab- sculpture and sculptor Has examples of some of her work task - draw something abstract from what i am feeling and talk about it.
Reflective surfaces
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Reflective surfaces

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This complete lesson explains what reflection is and how light moves in straight lines. It looks at how reflective materials are used as safety children to test which materials reflect the light the best After the test they are going to answer some comprehension questions on what they have learnt
DT Pulleys project KS2
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DT Pulleys project KS2

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This is a six week block on creating a fairground ride. We chose to make carousels and this is a week by week build up to the final piece lesson 1- what is a mechanism? Know what a pulley is. lesson 2- How to make a circuit lesson 3 - design a fairground ride lesson 4 and 5 - make your carousel (there is a video that i followed from you tube) lesson 6 - evaluation this has been updated with new links :) (There are other resources and different fairground rides to make on the tts website. You can buy the kits off there and they are made slightly differently but if you are short of funds my way is a cheaper way to do it :) )
Division word problems
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Division word problems

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Division word problems that include the 2,3,4,5 and 10 times tables. Can be used with the sharing method, number line or short division depending on where the children are in their learning
Key facts about Judaism and Jewish beliefs
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Key facts about Judaism and Jewish beliefs

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This powerpoint is an introduction into Judaism and the Jewish beliefs powerpoint includes info on - when and where Judaism started who started Judaism Where in the world Jews live today (2018 census) special places for jews - Jerusalem with key facts and the synagogue includes a link to an interactive synagogue - so looking at the key areas you would find looks at who leads the service and the Jewish holy book what is imncluded in the Torah - ten commandments What/when and why the Sabbath happens comprehension task with answers
Bar Mitzvah/ Bat Mitzvah
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Bar Mitzvah/ Bat Mitzvah

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This powerpoint looks at the Jewish rituals in relation to being part of the Jewish community. Starts by discussing how babies are welcomed into the Jewish community. Discusses in detail Bar and Bat Mitzvah - when they happen and what happens during them. Link to a bbc video clip about a girl getting ready for her Bat Mitzvah and how she is feeling etc at that time. questions at the end for the children to answer This is part of a unit of work so please check out my shop for other lessons around this topic :)
Impact of alcohol
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Impact of alcohol

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This powerpoint explains what happens when alcohol is drunk on different parts of the body. It discusses the negative effects on the body and also the positive. It has facts on ages alcohol can be drunk and when and how alcohol is made. After the powerpoint i gave the children a copy of the body and the children labelled the key parts and what the impact of alcohol is on each of these parts.
The Ten Commandments
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The Ten Commandments

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This is a full lesson with work at the end of the powerpoint. Has a brief descrition of where the Ten Commandments came from. Followed by an extract from the bible. Then there is a slide for each commandment with a picture as reference to help them remember. Explanation of why Christians need the 10 Commandments. For the work the children are given the 10 Commandments and they have to discuss which one they find is the most important and put them in an order. Lower ability children are given the 10 commandments with the pictures that they saw on the powerpoint. Both of these worksheets are at the end of the powerpoint
Neil Armstrong KS1
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Neil Armstrong KS1

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Included is 2 lessons on Neil Armstrong Lesson 1 - key vocab, main key facts, who is Neil Armstrong?, young Neil and how he became an astrounaut, project Apollo. Task is to order the key events in his life so far. Lesson 2 - quick recap of previous lesson, key vocab, walking on the moon, return to earth, after Apollo 11. Task is a comprehension
kitchen hygiene and food saftey
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kitchen hygiene and food saftey

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This lesson i use at the beginning of a food topic within DT. This is a full lesson and includes:- Key vocab with explanation Discusses what happens when we do not have good food hygiene - food poisoning. Explains about cross contamination and how to avoid it. Include the importance of washing our hands who is at risk of food poisonning There is then a quick quiz of what they have learnt. The task is to create a poster stating how we can prepare food safely
Who were the Vikings?
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Who were the Vikings?

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Full lesson on the Vikings and who they were. Slide 1/2/3 - map of where the Vikings came from, how they came over, map of the route taken and why they came. slide 4 - farming and fighting Activity 1 - draw the routes of the Vikings on a map Activity 2 - complete sentences using key words given Activity 3 - Write an explanation about why the Vikings would settle in Britain Activity 4 - Write a letter to a family member back home explaining what Britain is like
Georges Seurat unit of work
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Georges Seurat unit of work

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This is a 6 week block of work on Georges Seurat. I used this in year 2 but can be adapted to suit your school. There are 6 power points and i will briefly explain what is in each one lesson 1 - introduction to pointillism and George Seruat - key facts about him (birth/death/ famous for) Introduces the pointillism technique and what it is. Includes the painting la tour Eiffel as a reference task - experimenting making marks using different brushes/ cotton buds and our little fingers Lesson 2 - The colour wheel recap of facts includes painting of bathers at Asnieres and some info about it. explains the colour wheel - primary and secondary colours task - colour wheel sheet - mixing the colours to create the secondary colours Lesson 3 - tints and tones recap of facts explains what a tone is and how we create it Explains what a tint is and how we create it task - children to have a go at creating tints and tones Lesson 4 - colour mixing recap of facts includes the painting- the channel of Gravelines with some info about it looks at how we can use colour mixing to create different tertiary colours How powder paints cvan be thik or thin depnding on th amount of water you put in task - children have some colours and they have to try and get as close to the colour as they can from mixing Lesson 5 - shades using pastels recap of facts includes the painting - sunday on the island of la grande jatte and some info about it How the shadows in the painting are the same colour just different shades looking at the colour wheel and how this can be light or dark in contrast How to create a shade of colour how the pressure you put on a pastel can create a light or dark effect Lesson 6 - creating own masterpiece recap of key facts Look back at the paintings we have covered task - children to choose a painting to recreate using pointillism
The life of Jesus
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The life of Jesus

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Powerpoint that tells the story of Jesus’s life from before birth to death. IT is in a story format to make it easier with pictures. Includes worksheet for high/middle and lower. High is ordering small chunks of tect, middle is ordering sentences and lowers is ordering pictures.