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Primary lesson observation
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EYFS and Key Stage 1
Reception English
Topic: The conjunction ‘and’
The children use adjectives to describe the footprints and tooth, and use the conjunction word ‘and’ to join these together. Watch a preview
Reception Literacy
Topic: Inspired writing
Previously children had found clues in the playground including droppings, bones and footprints. The class agreed it must be a dinosaur, making this the topic of the lesson. Watch a preview
Reception Maths
Topic: Measuring
They learn how to measure footprints and other objects they discover inside and outside the classroom using standard and non-standard measuring method. Watch a preview
Reception Maths
Topic: Addition
The theme is ‘Under the Sea’ and children are shown the four different methods of adding groups together. Watch a preview
Reception Maths
Topic: Counting and number bonds
This lesson is based on the topic ‘Under the Sea’ where children revisit numbers, accurate counting, number bonds and problem solving. Watch a preview
Nursery / Reception Maths
Topic: Cross-curriculum: Jack & the Beanstalk
Children in both reception and nursery groups work on a variety of numeracy focussed activities to consolidate and extend their learning. Watch a preview
Reception Science
Topic: All about peas
Children look at a selection of peas, whole, mushy, frozen etc, in order to describe the differences. Watch a preview
Year 1 Literacy
Topic: The Enormous Turnip
The class are looking at the topic of growing things. They have learnt the story ‘The Enormous Turnip’ and the associated actions. Watch a preview
Year 1 Maths
Topic: 3D shapes
The class study a 3D shape, and play a game in which they have to use new vocabulary to describe a shape to their partner. Watch a preview
Year 1 Numeracy
Topic: Fractions of shape
The focus of this session is on halves and quarters and how to write these fractions.Watch preview
Year 1 Phonics
Topic: ‘o’ sound
This bottom ability SEN group look at the “o” sound for the first time in class. Watch a preview
Year 1 Phonics
Topic: digraph ‘ey ‘
A new phase five sound is introduced – the E sound covering the letters EY which come at the end of a word. Watch preview
Year 1 Phonics
Topic: ‘ow’ sound
This class is following the Read Write Inc. scheme. Pupils have to work out which ‘ow’ sound is being used. Watch a preview
Year 1 Science
Topic: Materials
Children use their senses to see what materials look and feel like in order to find out more about them and convey this knowledge. Watch preview
Year 2 English – NQT
Topic: Rhyming words
Top ability set are studying rhyming words, finding them and creating their own rhymes. Watch preview
Year 2 Independent Learning
Topic: Castles
The teacher sets out a variety of engaging activities in different subjects such as Maths, English, Design, and History so children can practise and embed their learning. Watch preview
Year 2 Literacy
Topic: Reported speech
During the lesson a ‘live’ pirate enters the classroom, stealing a variety of items, including the teacher’s I-Pad. This is the stimulus for the lesson. Watch preview
Year 2 Literacy
Topic: Writing scary stories
They look at describing a setting and the context is a haunted house which is discussed with talk partners. Watch a preview
Year 2 Maths
Topic: Addition: partitioning numbers
In this lesson the class partition numbers and recombine them to find the answer. Watch preview
Year 2 Maths – NQT
Topic: Compare calculations using symbols
This higher ability group look at greater than, less than, and equal to, with calculations. Watch preview
Year 2 Maths
Topic: Multiplication
In this lesson any gaps in knowledge are reviewed and the teacher has narrowed down which methods children need to focus on. Watch preview
Year 2 Reading
Topic: Using expression
This is one of year 2 children’s daily reading sessions. The focus of this session is using expression and the class is split up into 5 groups. Watch preview
Key Stage 2
Year 3 English
Topic: Writing play scripts
In this year 3 lower ability set English lesson, the class look at writing dialogue in the style of a play script. Watch preview
Year 3 Science
Topic: Investigating Healthy Bodies
After discussing what makes a fair test in the classroom, the children venture outside to conduct their own practical experiments using a carousel of activities. Watch preview
Year 3 Science
Topic: Forces
This lesson was prompted by assessed misconceptions in the class relating to the topic of forces. Watch preview
Year 3 Topic
Topic: The Romans: Gladiators
They learn more about gladiators lives and consider what would make the perfect gladiator. Watch a preview
Year 4 English
Topic: Integrating dialogue into a narrative
This year 4 top ability English set are writing an extended narrative piece about Harry Potter. Watch a preview
Year 4 Literacy
Topic: Dragons: writing a setting description
This lesson the topic is dragons and the class are looking at stories about imagined worlds. Watch preview
Year 4 Maths – NQT
Topic: Short multiplication
The class apply short, formal multiplication to word problems and missing number questions. Watch preview
Year 4 Maths
Topic: 6 Times Table
This lesson is one of a series, in which children prepare for a real charity fundraising sale. Watch preview
Year 4 Philosophy
Topic: What does it mean to be beautiful?
In this Philosophy class children look at the definition of beauty and what it means to different people. Watch a preview
Year 4 Science
Topic: Sound
The aim of this session is to establish what children already know about sound, what misconceptions they may have, and identify gaps in their knowledge. Watch preview
Year 4 Science
Topic: Forces, making a prediction
In this lesson the class explore materials and equipment needed in order to predict the effect of friction on a variety of objects and surfaces. Watch preview
Year 5 English
Topic: Prepositions
This middle to top ability year 5 group look at the function of prepositions and the placement of prepositional phrases. Watch a preview
Year 5 Literacy
Topic: Writing a conclusion
A treasure chest containing artefacts is used to stimulate children’s imagination and ideas. Watch a preview
Year 5 Literacy
Topic: Forming complex sentences
By using complex sentences students aim to improve the quality of their writing and make it more interesting to the reader. Watch a preview
Year 5 Maths – NQT
Topic: Using percentages to solve multi-step problems
Finding percentages of amounts in order to answer multi-step problems. Watch a preview
Year 5 Maths
Topic: Lines of symmetry
This lower ability class look at lines of symmetry on regular and irregular shapes. Watch preview
Year 5 Maths
Topic: Negative numbers
Previously the class have looked at positive and negative numbers on a number line, and in this lesson they put this in the context of temperature. Watch preview
Year 6 English
Topic: Writing story endings using flashbacks
Video of narrative linked to memories of World War 2 are studied. Focuses on flashbacks in developing writing. Watch preview
Year 6 Literacy
Topic: Writing limericks
Students develop their own success criteria by discussing the characteristics of limericks and looking at some of Edward Lear’s work. Watch a preview
Year 6 Maths – NQT
Topic: Venn and Carroll diagrams
This middle ability group looks at Venn and Carrol diagrams in preparation for SATs. Watch preview
Year 6 Maths
Topic: Composite Shapes
This lower ability Year 6 Maths group looks at composite rectilinear shapes and calculating their area having previously looked at rectangles and other polygons. Watch preview
Year 6 Maths
Topic: Percentage
The topic of this year 6 set is solving percentage problems looking at increasing and decreasing figures. Watch preview
Year 6 Maths
Topic: Using pictograms to represent data
The class look at pictograms to represent data, focussing specifically on whether children can think of keys to use in their pictograms. Watch preview
Year 6 Music
Topic: African Music
Students look at different aspects of music they have studied over six weeks and bring everything they have learned together in a final musical performance. Watch a preview
Year 6 Science
Topic: Melting: interpreting results
Each of the year 6 children in this class have set up their own investigation into the melting of ice. Watch preview
Year 6 Science
Topic: Planning a fair test
This mixed ability group work in pairs and discuss ways to create a fair test and decide on what they wish to investigate. Watch preview
