Greenhouses

This design technology scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to select, shape and combine different materials to plan, build and test a model of a garden construction suitable for growing plants and flowers. The class can identify and explain how to use materials to provide support for a specific construction.

Select, shape and combine different materials to plan, build and test a model of a garden construction suitable for growing plants and flowers

Lesson One : Garden Shapes
Explore and illustrate some of the different ways of providing support to a building construction by shaping a range of materials

Lesson Two : Supporting Structures
Investigate and record some of the different ways of supporting a range of shapes and materials in the construction of a building material

Lesson Three : Triangle Supports
Design and test some of the different ways of supporting wooden cuboid frames by using triangle supports structures on the vertices

Lesson Four : Greenhouse Design
Explore how to select and record the design for a structure that can be used to grow some different plants in a family garden

Lesson Five : Building Greenhouses
Practise using different shapes and materials to construct the frame for a structure that can be used to grow some plants and flowers in a garden

Lesson Six : Testing Greenhouses
Practise testing and evaluating completed greenhouse frame structures against the selected success criteria for the matching constructions
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English Spelling Assessment
Assess abilities in spelling different vocabulary words based on the National Curriculum programmes of study for Key Stage Two
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Subtraction Differences
Explain and model some of the informal and formal written calculations skills that can be used to find the difference between pairs of two and three digit numbers
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Fraction Equivalence
Investigate, compare and record the values of different non-unit fractions using equivalence between their sets of matching numerators and denominators
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World Wars Poems
Explore and reflect on how poets can use figurative language and verse structures to express themes and ideas about conflicts that have happened in the world