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

  • English Spelling Assessment

    English Spelling Assessment

    Assess abilities in spelling different vocabulary words based on the National Curriculum programmes of study for Key Stage Two

  • Subtraction Differences

    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

  • Fraction Equivalence

    Fraction Equivalence

    Investigate, compare and record the values of different non-unit fractions using equivalence between their sets of matching numerators and denominators

  • World Wars Poems

    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