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Free WOW Lessons

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Maths

Subtraction Structures: What's the Story?

This lesson helps children understand that there are at least 3 different story structures behind the subtraction operation. These structures underpin both word problems and the strategies we use for solving a subtraction calculation. This lesson can be used to introduce a sequence of learning in subtraction or to consolidate prior learning.

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Science

Plants: What are the differences between deciduous and evergreen trees?

Branch out into the world of trees in this exciting lesson designed to broaden children's understanding of different plant varieties. In this lesson, pupils will venture outside the classroom to collect leaves and observe their unique features, learning how to identify and classify deciduous and evergreen trees.

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Computing

Algorithms: What is an algorithm?

Join Computing expert Amy Welsh for a lesson which explores algorithms, how they work, what they are used for and how we can create them ourselves.

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English

Question marks: Questions, Questions

In this lesson, you will explore the English objective of introducing question marks to demarcate sentences. Children will recap their understanding of sentence punctuation and extend this to include punctuating questions. They will practise using their new knowledge to sort sentences and add full stops and question marks.

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PSHE

Relationships: Loneliness and Helping others

In this session, you will explore the concept of loneliness, what it looks like, how to spot the difference between loneliness and being alone, and how to help others. You may wish to separate the learning activities to meet the needs of your timetable and learners, split point suggestions have been highlighted within the lesson plan.

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History

Changes within Living Memory: What were toys like in the 1950s?

Take your pupils back to the 1950s and help them discover what toys were like during this time. In this lesson, your pupils will be introduced to the key terms 'continuity' and 'change' to help them spot similarities and differences between the toys they play with today and those played with back in the 1950s.

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Geography

Geography Fieldwork: What Does Sky the Spider See From Above?

Lay the foundations for key geographical skills and future fieldwork with the help of Geography expert, Anthony Barlow. This lesson will inspire pupils to explore, examine and map one of the spaces they are most familiar with: their classroom.

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Art and Design

Big Art Question: What is Art?

In this Wow lesson you will be introduced to contemporary artists and understand how artists are inspired by all sorts of weird and wonderful things; Artists get ideas from around them and inside them! You will understand that artists sometimes use personal objects in their work and combine these with their imagination and memories, to create unique art.

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Key Stage 2

Maths

Multiplying and Dividing Fractions: Spotting an Equivalence

This lesson aims to help children understand the structures behind multiplication and division and how they apply them to fractions. Children explore pictorial representations of the multiplication and division of fractions. The key to teaching fractions is the use of the CPA approach.

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Science

States of Matter: How is evaporation and condensation part of the water cycle?

Join Science expert, Nicky Waller, as she shares a lesson designed to support children's understanding of the water cycle. In this lesson, children will carry out an observation over a short time. They will then make their own models to demonstrate evaporation, condensation and how the water cycle works.

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Computing

Algorithms: What is a sequence? What is repetition?

Join Computing expert, Amy Welsh, as she shares a lesson on programming, which will help to deepen pupils' understanding of sequences and repetition. In this lesson, you will explore what sequencing and repetition are, where we use them and how to create a program using them.

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English

Past Perfect Forms: Back to the Beginning

Join English expert, Rachel Clarke, as she shares a lesson that will help your children understand the past perfect form of verbs, using the book, Previously by Allan Ahlberg and Bruce Ingram. In this lesson, you will explore the English objective relating to the use of the perfect form of verbs to mark relationships of time and cause. Children will learn specifically about the past perfect and how to form it.

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PSHE

Health and Wellbeing: Describing and Sharing Emotions

Join PSHE expert, Louise Jackson, as she shares a lesson which helps children to explore the different depths of emotions and feelings, to identify that emotion drives behaviour and the importance of sharing worries or concerns with others.

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Art & Design

Big Question: Does my art matter?

Join Art expert, Emily Gopaul, as she shares a lesson which allows you and your pupils to explore the big art question, Does my art matter? In this WOW lesson, the children will look at examples of artists who have used themselves as their inspiration. The students will be invited to do the same and to make a piece of work in any medium and style, as long as it tells us something about them.

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Geography

Investigating water and human impacts: Have elephants come into our school grounds?

Join Geography expert, Anthony Barlow, as he shares a lesson that will deepen children's understanding of water and human impact. In this lesson, your pupils are asked to consider what would happen if an elephant came to their school and what damage this might cause. They will then consider change and damage to the world through humans and rainfall.

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Languages

Le café dégoûtant: The Disgusting Café

In this lesson, your pupils will learn new French phrases linked to food and drink and will design their own disgusting café menus. They will also learn how to order food in French and have the opportunity to create and perform their own café role-play scenes. The grammar focus for this lesson is adjectival endings and sound files are embedded in the PowerPoint to support with correct pronunciation. Bon Appétit!

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Why do some religions have shared stories?

Join RE expert, Matt Lane, as he shares a lesson/lessons allowing children to explore and discuss the shared history and stories of Christianity and Islam. This comprehensive lesson can be split across 3 sessions according to your needs and the needs of your learners. It will explore the stories of Noah (Bible) and Nuh (A.S.) (Qur'an) and discuss the shared history of Christianity and Islam.

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History

The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain

Join History expert, Glenn Carter, as he shares a lesson designed to deepen children's understanding of what an empire is and how they work. In this lesson, your pupils will identify some of the main features of an empire like trade, tax and invasion. They will also identify the purpose of an empire through the acquisition of land and resource.

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