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Cities, Towns and Villages
This history scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to research and present the history of buildings and people in local community using a school exhibition. The class can conduct interviews of parents and grandparents to discover how the school neighbourhood has changed since the past.
Research and present the history of a range of different buildings and people that are part of the local community using a school exhibition
Lesson One : Old and New
Investigate and present information about some of the different buildings that can be found in the school’s neighbourhood and record their matching locations and functions
Lesson Two : Map Changes
Explain and model how to use maps to identify and record information about some of the changes and developments that have happened to locations in the local area
Lesson Three : Special Places
Practise using photographs to identify and record comparisons between different locations in the local area over a number of time periods
Lesson Four : Local Interviews
Investigate how to interview and question different people about some of the changes and developments that have happened to local community over time
Lesson Five : Exhibition Research
Explore how to research and prepare exhibits to include in a class presentation about some of the changes that have happened in the local area over time
Lesson Six : Exhibition Tour
Investigate how to plan, compose and publish a presentation to describe and compare how life has changed and developed in the local area
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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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Family Holiday Trips
Identify and record how to compose and publish recounts using adverbials of time and place to describe family holidays to different places in the world
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Money Multiplication
Explain and model how to use standard written calculation methods to multiply money amounts in pounds and pence when solving number problems
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Sport Teams
Explain and model how to use brackets and dashes to add extra information to sentences describing how to play sports and games as part of a team