Monday 20th October 2025
RIC
R: Name one reason that animals migrate
I: Who do you think is the intended audience for a text like this?
C: Find one word which means a navigation system.
Monday 20th October 2025
LC: To navigate texts using contents and index pages, in order to locate and retrieve information in print.
Teacher Model:
Recap (What is a context page used for?)
(What is an index page used for)
Look at the contents pages and the index and answer the questions below.
The questions below are about the contents and index page of the non-fiction book: Deep down weird.
1. What page can you find information about ‘It’s weird down in the deep ocean’?
2. What is page 10 about?
3. On what page can you find the Glossary and Index?
4. On the Index page on what pages does the word attacked appear?
5. On pages 5 and 7 what word is discussed in more detail.
Your turn: The questions below are about the contents and index page of the non-fiction book: Oceans and Seas.
1. On what page can you find out about Planet Ocean?
2. What page gives information about Fish?
3. Can you find out information about Coral Reefs in this book?
4. On the Index page what pages give more information about dolphins?
5. What topic do pages 12, 14, 15 and 43 give more information about?
6. Can you think of another title for this book after looking at the Contents and Index pages.
Adapted : Grandmothers.
On what page can you find out about Grandmothers?
What page tells you about what grandmothers do?
On the index page what page gives more information about baking?
On what page can you find out more information about grandsons?
What is an another title could you give this book?
Punctuation Warmup
Use inverted commas and other punctuation for direct speech.
Improve:
Hello my name is Silly Ness and I really need your help croaked Silly Ness. What can we do to help you replied Elspeth. I was doing somersaults explained Silly Ness when I got my foot stuck in the rocks. Angus shouted excitedly we will find a rope to pull you out.
Monday 20th October 2025
LC: Create an effective plan for a narrative.
Today we will complete our plans for an adventure narrative.
When we have added our ideas for the plot, then we can use the toolkit to think about where we can include the features and what words and phrases we might use.
Toolkit:
- features of the toolkit created for a description
- complex sentences using a range of conjunctions
- commas to separate clauses in complex sentences where the subordinate clause appears first
- fronted adverbials for where and when
- inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct speech
Monday 20th October 2025
LC: Be aware of privacy and personal boundaries online.
Vocabulary:
Relationship: the connections we make with other people.
Interact: what we say and/or send to other people, how we talk to each other, how we communicate, etc.
Sharing: what details about ourselves we might tell someone else, or decide not to tell someone.
Stranger: someone we don’t know.
Permission: when someone says something is okay to do.Topic
What different types of relationships do you have? (e.g. friends, family, teachers, etc.)
Who might you talk to online?
What is the difference between someone you know online and offline, and someone you only know online?
How might you interact differently with someone you only know online?
- What kind message did Sam4053 send the character in the film?
- What was not nice about the second message that Sam4053 sent?
- How did the character respond to Sam4053’s unkind message? Why was this the right thing to do?
- What personal information did Sam4053 ask for?
- What did the character do when Sam4053 asked for this personal information?
- Why didn’t the character send this personal information to Sam4053?
Feeling safe online.
What kinds of things do you like to do for fun?
What do you like to do with friends for fun?
We are going to create a shared word cloud with synonyms and word words associated with the word ‘safe’ - what does it mean, how does it make you feel?
Think of times in life when you sometimes might feel a little unsafe. How does it make you feel? What strategies can you or others put in place to make these experiences as safe as possible?
For example:
Times when I might feel unsafe - crossing a road.
How it makes me feel - nervous, aware.
What I do to make this as safe as possible - cross at a pelican crossing, cross at an open space.
What about when you are online? When may there be times when you feel unsafe. What strategies could you use to make sure you are safe and can have fun?
Activity:
Create a top tips poster, advising other young people about online relationships.
Here are some that other people have produced. They might help you with ideas.
Complete the End of unit Assessment for Electricity.
Complete a Star Maths Assessment. Remember to read the questions carefully and work out your answer using your whiteboard.
What does creativity mean to you?
How are you creative in your everyday life?
Do we have any lego fans in class?
Can you describe your favourite model? Or something you have made out of lego?
Do we have any drawing fans in class?
Can you describe your favourite picture? Or something you have drawn?
Do we have any writing fans in class?
Can you describe your favourite piece of writing? Or something you have written?
Today we're thinking about the idea of creativity - making things and making things up. This can include any type of activity where you put things together - Lego bricks, words, old boxes - to make something new.
We are all going to be creative - you're going to think up something to do with the theme to fit each of the letters of the word CREATE.
Let's come up with ideas for the first letter, C, and all the others in turn (use the given sentence for the second E, below).
Example:
C cardboard boxes, card, colouring, craft, cartoons, composing
R radio-controlled models, resin modelling, retelling stories, robots
E excitement, entertaining, engineering, edibles, enthusiasm
A art, acting, activities, assembling, acrobatics
T theatre, toys, tube of glue, trinkets, telling stories
E Everywhere I go, in everything I see, wonderful, exciting creativity is all around me