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LKS2 Topics: Available Now
Fourteen GREAT topics are currently available for LKS2:
Countries & Cultures: Spain
Chn locate Spain & make travel guides that they'll add to throughout the topic. Concentrating on Madrid they explore the city & football stadium. Find out about daily life, taste some Spanish foods & study bull fighting through art & music. Fiesta finale!
Olympics LKS2
Chn study the Ancient Olympic Games before describing how the modern Olympics (summer and winter) was started & the ideals involved. Then chn investigate London as a city & as the venue of the 2012 Olympics before looking at some Olympians’ science.
Countries & Cultures: France
Study France & its regions on maps. Explore varied French Landscapes thru the eyes of tourists, artists & poets. ‘Meet’ different chn from various communes around the country & consider their lives. Taste, cook & write recipes for regional French foods.
Settlements
Use The Curse of the Were Rabbit & Window to find out what settlements are & how they change with time in Theme 1. The next 3 Themes then concentrate on the different invaders who settled in the UK from elsewhere in Europe: Saxons, Vikings & Normans.
Minibeasts and More!
A terrific topic for chn (& adults) who enjoy Creepy Crawlies and Slimy & Squirmy creatures! There’s also a chance to explore Pond Life and Mini Mammals. Join us on an exciting safari studying bees & bats, slugs & snails, frogs & hedgehogs & lots more!
Incredible Egyptians
A timeline covering 3000BCE to present – from pharaohs & pyramids, Egyptian gods & their temples, the burial of mummies(!) and daily life for Ancient Egyptians, we then have a whole theme on modern Egypt with the Suez Canal and Egyptian football & soap operas.
Once Upon a Time
Jump into Juniors with a great start to Topic teaching. This child-friendly topic provides exciting ideas on puppet-making, map-drawing, large-scale models with giant items & cooking with ginger as well as structured teaching of Forces, Plants & growing things and other Science and Humanities topics.
Talking of Tudors Discover the 'Golden Age' where chn live life like Tudors & try not to lose their heads as they discover Royalty & Religion! Crime & Punishment are the order of the day in Goodies & Baddies, before they get their act together for Shakespeare & games.
Mighty Mountains
A truly amazing topic planned and partly written by a teacher who lived & taught in the Himalayas. A second teacher writer is an experienced mountain climber. You will never see better resources (with real photos!) or more stimulating sessions!
Healthy Me!
A new take on this old idea – includes some exiting image creation as well as the science of exercise and eating. A few skeletons and body parts just to add that all-important gruesome flavour!
Romans
This Topic includes the obvious focus on History, but also a substantial amount of work on Geography and Science. It includes the study of modern-day Italy, aqueducts, heating and physical processes, including work on solids, liquids and gases. D&T, including food technology, also plays a part. Latest resource addition!! An ICT block has been added to enhance the teaching in Theme 1 Beginnings of Empire, Session 1 with thanks to iTeachers - feedback please! Look at The Animated Facts files in order. Further resources will be added to other Topics soon.
Rise of the Robots
Guaranteed to be popular with children! Lots of D&T, ICT and Science, as well as History and Music. Chn study robot artists and the history, present and future of robotics. They also discover The Iron Man and make Daleks, robots, circuits and magnetic arms to name but a few of the offerings here!
Rainforests
This fascinating Topic has its main focus on Geography and Science, with particular emphasis placed on creating a sustainable environment and giving personal responses to an ecological approach. Art, Music and Drama also feature, as well as Geography in the form of the water cycle and the science of weather. Latest resource addition!! An ICT block has been added to enhance the teaching in Theme 2 Life in the Rainforest, Sessions 1 and 2 with thanks to iTeachers - feedback please! Look at The Animated Facts files in order.
Adventure into Space
This exciting topic is guaranteed to motivate everyone. There is a wide range of Art, Music and Drama activities, as well as fantastic Science and History ideas. Many ICT links are given – websites and simulations – with innovative D&T activities as well.
Just like our plans, all our Topics are adaptable by teachers. In fact, we recommend you do adapt them for your own setting! |
