All talk no action...! Not in this session. Children use the internet to find out what else we can do before creating leaflets to persuade other children and adults to make the change!

This session brings together all the parts of the rainforest creativity theme. From music created with made instruments, dance and the wearing of headdresses to the displaying and showing of pots. Celebrate everything that has been achieved.

Plants aren’t like humans are they! Well maybe they are… In this session children find out about what plants need to stay alive and compare this to what humans and animals need. Children identify the importance of sun, water and air. Suitable for years 3 and 4. Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Look in more detail at Mandela’s life and in particular share with children a film of his release from prison. Reflect on reasons why Mandela is considered a hero by so many people all over the world. Add further details to the timeline. Suitable for years 5 and 6.

The way we are damaging the planet we live on is not sustainable! Children find out about sustainable development and look at some of the changes that we need to make. Children think of both positives and negatives for these changes.

In this session children find out how to create key word notes and organise their information in folders with contents pages. Children continue to use non fiction book features and the internet to locate information effectively.

There are two sides to every argument! In this session children take on roles on opposing sides of the deforestation argument. Children create simple freeze frames and sketches to put points across.

Children complete their presentations started in Session 10, bringing together the information they have collected in previous weeks and images selected from the internet. Children watch the presentations and give feedback to their peers.

Decide which MDGs are the most difficult for us to achieve and why. In small groups children plan a mime to illustrate one of the goals in the most powerful possible way. Make banners for each MDG to display while presenting the mimes to a wider audience. Suitable for years 5 and 6. Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Children present through poetry, role play, song or dance, an action that can be taken to prevent malaria. Suitable for years 5 and 6.

Using stories and Animated Tales based on oral stories from the Middle East and India children discover the first story ever written down, that dialogue poems are a popular text form in the Gulf and how a collection of stories can be written within a frame story. Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

In Wiesner’s book Tuesday strange events took place on a Tuesday around 8pm! As detectives, children interview witnesses before filing their report. Children also study differences between reports and magazine articles; identifying fact, opinion and bias. Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Children choose from a range of performance poems to read, enjoy and perform. They use sound effects to make them even more exciting. Then it’s reading and listening to raps. After that writing a rap about a monster or a subject of their own choice. Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Raymond Briggs provides perfect stimulus for this fantastic 4 week block. Starting with The Snowman children build up a range of skills that serve them well as they work towards the creation of their film trailer for the screen version of ‘The Bear’. Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Using a variety of stimulating poems about cats, children revise features of poetic writing, explore difficult words and phrases, and write their own poems. They explore underlying themes and finish with performing a poem to another class. Includes SATs practice. Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

This unit is designed to provide in-depth revision of various narrative forms and techniques in a stimulating way. Children extend skills in comprehension and writing. The unit prepares children for more focussed SATs practice using papers. Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Carroll’s Walrus and the Carpenter sets off this stimulating unit which takes in several of his nonsense poems, including Jabberwocky which children re-write in standard English! His position as an iconic figure in English literature is debated. Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Children start by exploring the wonderful book We are Britain. They learn how all these different children with different backgrounds all make up our country. They use this model to create a class book using labels, captions and diary entries. Suitable for Years 1 / 2. Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

The host of the 2020 Olympic games will be …? The groups present their Olympic bids before the winner is announced. The real decision won’t be made until 2011, but will Africa be awarded the games for the first time?

Simple advice for parents on helping an infant child with writing.