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Personal, social and health education
Reception Non-fiction (Space): Information and instructions (weeks 1-2)
Use the Animated Tale The Baby and the Rocket to introduce children to information texts. Compare facts and fiction. Make a large rocket and use photos of the construction to write instructions. Lots of activities for children to investigate both planets and rockets.
Lunch boxes and favourite juices
Children select ingredients for a healthy and an unhealthy lunchbox. Introduce the concept of 5 portions of fruit or veg per day.
Conduct a survey about favourite fruit juices and draw pictograms and block graphs. Draw and label healthy lunchboxes.
Suitable for Year 2 pupils.
Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.
We All Say Hello
Play circle games to practice greeting each other confidently. How many ways do children know to say hello in a different language? Learn 3 new ways.
Apartheid
Examine the system of apartheid through a class role play activity. Introduce Nelson Mandela and discover what children already know about him. Children reflect on their own feelings during the role play. Start reading Journey to Jo’burg. Suitable for years 5 and 6.
Babies
Session 1 - Children consider the development that they have undergone since they were babies. Draw a timeline of their lives so far. Continue research into the life stages of another animal concentrating on how quickly the babies develop. Have a baby photo challenge!
Session 2 - Look at the proportions of a human adult as shown by Leonardo’s Vitruvian Man. Investigate the shape changes between a baby and an adult human, concentrating on the head to body length ratio. Measure and draw graphs. Sketch children and adults in proportion.
Suitable for Y6 pupils.
Clean hands
Keeping our bodies clean and rested also helps us to remain healthy. Washing our hands after using the toilet and before eating is important.
Investigate the best way to remove bacteria from your hands.
Suitable for Year 2 pupils.
Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.
Reception Fiction (Buildings): Stories about homes and houses (weeks 1-3)
Listen to stories about different homes for people and creatures and decide where they would like to live, Home by Alex T Smith, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse by Helen Ward, and Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley. Children write their own version of The Town and Country Mouse and use The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch by Ronda and David Armitage to plan best lunches. Keep diaries, make lighthouses and stormy music.
Tumble Driers
Children find out how a tumble drier works, list the advantages and disadvantages of tumble driers and then have a debate about whether they are a good or bad thing!
Keeping fit
Being fit means you have stamina, your body is flexible and your muscles are strong. Discuss the effect of exercise on bones and muscles, and that blood vessels carry oxygen and food to all parts of the body.
Illustrate favourite ways of keeping fit.
Suitable for Year 2 pupils.
Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.
Reception Non-fiction (Toys): Labels, captions, list, descriptions (weeks 1-3)
Taking inspiration from I Love You Blue Kangaroo by Emma Chichester-Clark, children share favourite toys and write descriptions. They talk about toys from long ago with a visitor, learn about old bears and make a class toy museum of old and new toys writing factual statements for displays.
Pregnancy
Session 1 - Changes at puberty prepare our bodies to have children of our own. Look in more detail at human fertilisation and pregnancy and learn how important it is for mother-to-be to look after her health. Look at baby growth in utero and explain function of umbilical cord.
Session 2 - Watch a video of a birth and discuss other forms of delivery such as Caesarean or forceps deliveries. Discuss how the parents’ lives will now change and relate this to children’s Flour Babies experience. Research birth rites of passage in different cultures.
Suitable for Y6 pupils.
Animals Including Humans - The Art of Being Human - Year 6
The link between the arts and science has always been a complex one, but you are going to create an exhibition of art work that not only reflects the beautiful complexity of the human body but also acts as an accurate and informative presentation of the complex systems that help make us human. You will need to exhibit your art for others to see and learn from.
Includes 6 session plans & resources:
01 - Blood composition and function
02 - The heart
03 - Nutrient detective
04 - The circulatory system
05 - A healthy body: diet, exercise and lifestyle
06 - A healthy body: drugs and alcohol
Hamilton’s science scheme provides children with a broad but comprehensive experience of primary science that systematically covers all of the National Curriculum for England objectives. Each year group is split into 6 blocks of 6 sessions, each of which can be completed within a half-term. We present them in a recommended teaching order, but you may adapt this to fit your requirements. Working scientifically, investigations and meaningful outcomes are fully incorporated in each block.
Find out more: www.hamilton-trust.org.uk/scites
Reception Non-fiction (Dinosaurs): Information texts (weeks 1-2)
Use a 'dinosaur egg' to stimulate discussion about eggs and dinosaurs. Have fun with a range of activities, count and sound out words (Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs by Ian Whybrow and Adrian Reynolds, How do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague), pelmanism, Top Trumps and Dinosaur Dash. Make various dinosaur-related objects, 'steal' dino eggs and draw and label dinosaurs.
Needs and Wants
Look (again) at the list of UN Children’s Rights. Discuss whether or not children feel they have all their rights and explain how various people and organisations can help achieve them if not. Learn some words and phrases in link school’s language (or Swahili).
Suitable for years 5 and 6.
Who wants to grow up?
Children continue to explore how our bodies and minds change as we get older and how this might affect us in old age. They go on to explore their feelings and frustrations about wanting to be older.
Animals including Humans - Healthy Animals - Year 2
Hatch eggs and study the life cycle of chickens. Build understanding that exercise makes the heart work harder and that it is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle. Find out about healthy lunch box foods before designing and sharing your own snack.
Includes 6 session plans & resources
01 - Hatching eggs!
02 - Babies!
03- Stranded!
04 - Healthy hearts!
05 - Deep inside my lunch box!
06 - Pack a healthy picnic!
Hamilton’s science scheme provides children with a broad but comprehensive experience of primary science that systematically covers all of the National Curriculum for England objectives. Each year group is split into 6 blocks of 6 sessions, each of which can be completed within a half-term. We present them in a recommended teaching order, but you may adapt this to fit your requirements. Working scientifically, investigations and meaningful outcomes are fully incorporated in each block.
Reception Non-fiction (Families): Names, captions and notices (weeks 1-2)
Discuss families and the various roles within them, read the following stories My Mum, My Dad, Me and You, all of which are by Anthony Browne and Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late by Mo Willems. Children write a book about someone who cares for them using similes and also notices for family members. They learn their address too. Activities include paper people, house plans, family portraits and names.
British Citizen
Find out what the rights and responsibilities of a British citizen are. Discuss why rules or laws have to be passed for communities to function properly. Children work in groups to list the ‘rules’ needed in their communities, e.g. home, town, school, clubs.
Can You Carry It?
How hard can it be to carry water? Children find out the facts and discuss images of different ways of carrying water before trying themselves. Through activities on the playground children experience that water is heavy and challenging to carry over distances.
Suitable for years 5 and 6.
Campaign for Clean, Safe Water
Watch campaign films that educate people about the dirty water crisis in Africa. Children consider the hard-hitting facts learned and record how this makes them feel. Discuss what makes these films effective, in preparation for planning own films in the next session.
Suitable for years 5 and 6.