School Debates
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to explain and model how to compose a range of discussion texts to debate and present arguments about issues that are important to life in a school. The class can model how to present viewpoints of different groups about each school issue.
Classroom Rules
Identify and devise a set of behaviour and academic rules that are needed to run the classroom efficiently throughout the school year
School Rules
Select and compose a range of complex sentences to use in a discussion text containing facts and opinions describing different school issues and rules
Books or Laptops
Select and record the viewpoints of different groups about whether pupils in a school learn best by working using either books or laptops
Mobile Phones
Explore and model how to format and structure a discursive writing text to argue different points of view about whether pupils should be allowed to use mobile phones when at school
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Moses
Explore and record the life and achievements of Moses from the Old Testament in the Christian Bible and his impact on the development of Christianity
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Theme Park Visit
Practise identifying and calculating the timing and duration of rides and events when visiting a theme park on a special family trip
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Number Thousands
Compare, order and sequence different sets of four digits numbers by using the place value of their numerical digits including counting in steps of thousands
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Lengths, Masses and Capacities
Solve a selection of contextual problems by comparing and converting between different units of measurement for mass, length and capacity