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WOW Lessons

The trickiest concepts in each year group are given a new take in this series of lessons. Use them to ensure children gain a real understanding and improve these crucial mathematical building blocks.

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Year 1

Maths

Number: Addition and Subtraction

Manipulate the calculation: What would the parrot do?

Children explore alternative strategies for finding a total.

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Number: Place Value

Arrangement styles: How many counters are there?

Children learn a simple set of arrangements they can recognize and utilize.

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Science

Animals Including Humans

What are the different parts of an animal? Children focus on identifying and classifying a variety of common animals.

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Plants

What are the different parts of a tree? Children learn about the structure of trees and identify and classify a variety of common trees.

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Everyday Material Properties

What are the properties of materials? Children describe simple physical properties of everyday materials whilst getting

hands-on.

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Plants

What are the differences between deciduous and evergreen trees? Children venture outdoors to collect leaves, observe their unique features and classify them.

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Year 2

Maths

Number: Fractions

Exploring fractions: The King’s chocolate bars

Children use number rods and story to understand simple fractions.

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Number: Addition and Subtraction

Subtraction structures: What’s the story?

Children use story to understand different strategies for subtraction.

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Science

Everyday Materials

Uses of everyday materials. Children explore which materials are most suitable for transporting water at the seaside.

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Living Things

What do animals eat and how are they linked in a food chain? Children learn about how living things within a habitat rely on each other for food.

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Living Things

What do animals eat and how can this be linked in a food chain?

Children learn about how living things within a habitat rely on each other for food.

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Year 3

Science

Living Things and their Habitats

What are classification keys and how are they useful? In this lesson, children will use classification keys to identify and name a variety of living things.

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Animals Including Humans

Why do we have different shaped teeth? Children will discover what different teeth do and make models to replicate their own teeth.

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Rocks

What is soil made from? In this lesson, children make systematic and careful observations when observing soil samples. They also learn about the different layers.

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Rocks

How are fossils formed? In this lesson children will make an imprint and cast fossil and explain how these are formed in real life over many

years.

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Forces and Magnets

What is magnetic force? Children investigate magnets and carry out tests to compare magnetic forces.

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Plants

What do flowers do? Children investigate the part flowers play in the life-cycle and use role-play to understand how pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal happen.

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Forces and Magnets

How does a hockey puck move on different surfaces? Children carry out comparative tests, make predictions, test ideas and draw conclusions in the context of ice hockey.

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Maths

Measurement: Time

Working with analogue and digital clocks: Party Time!

Children develop their understanding of time and of minutes to and past the hour.

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Number: Multiplication and division

Four times table – Get your bananas

Children are encouraged to spot patterns for a deeper understanding of times tables.

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Year 4

Maths

Number: Place Value

Negative numbers: The search for M

Children explore positive and negative numbers in a real-life

scenario.

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Multiplication and Division

Short division with understanding: The adventures of Papa Titioning!

Children will use the CPA approach, with animation and song to develop their conceptual understanding.

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Science

States of Matter

How are evaporation and condensation part of the water cycle? Children carry out short observations then make their own models to demonstrate how the water cycle works.

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Sound

How does sound travel to your ear? Children will use hands-on activities to learn about sound vibrations and how they travel to the ear.

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Year 5

Maths

Number: Fraction

Fractions, decimals and percentages: Groovy man

Children will use powerful concrete resources to underpin understanding of these concepts.

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Number and place value

Place value: Papa Titioning’s log classification system.

Children explore place value from thousandths to millions within a story context.

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Science

Forces

What is the best surface to increase friction? Children will imagine creating a new brand of goalie gloves and work scientifically to plan and carry out comparative and fair tests.

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Everyday Materials

What can our tests tell us about the uses of everyday materials? Children will identify and explore the properties of different materials through comparative and fair testing.

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Earth and Space

How does the Moon move and what do we see from Earth? Children will understand the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth and make models about the Moon phases.

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Forces

How does the surface area of a parachute affect the time taken to fall to the ground? Children will explore the testing of parachutes in this real-world context.

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Year 6

Maths

Number: Addition and Subtraction

Mental addition and subtraction: Manipulate the calculation.

Children learn mental strategies with hooks they will remember.

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Number: Multiplication and Division

Multiplying and dividing fractions: Spotting an equivalence.

Children will explore the KFC (Keep Flip Change) method and how it works.

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Science

Electricity

How can we vary the brightness of bulbs in a circuit? Children explore electrical circuits and how components function, taking accurate measurements and looking for patterns.

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Animals Including Humans

What’s in blood and what does it do? Children will look at the function and make up of our blood, making models to learn about the different ingredients.

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Evolution and Inheritance

Why do birds have different shaped beaks? Deepen children’s understanding of natural selection and the remarkable ways in which animals adapt to their environments.

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Animals Including Humans

What is the main job of the heart? Children will make and use models

to act out and explore how the heart pumps blood around

the body.

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