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into meat, molars for grinding plants.)

Helping plants grow well

Which foods come from plants? Look at ones which aren't obvious, such as cereal/grains.

Characteristics of materials

Give children a list of materials and explore their properties. Ask them to choose an object, i.e.
Star fillers ruler, and write (perhaps a table?) what it is made from, and how fit for purpose it would be
made from different materials you have looked at.

Rocks and soils

Using rocks, can they spot where rock has been used in their school? Stone steps etc. can they think
why rock isn't used in other places (refer to previous topic on characteristics of materials), and
suggest other ways in which rock could be used (liken to The Flintstones, if it's still on TV!) Rock for
a bed? Wheels?

Light and shadows

Investigate light (from OHP/IWB?) and it's effect on different materials. Density of shadows formed
through cloth, paper, wood etc. Light acting upon materials, does it change the colour? Look
carefully! Paint (arghh!) a spectrum of colours seen on one object with varying amounts/qualities
of light shone on it.

HISTORY

Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past? The Romans

Find a description of Boudicca. Children to draw Boudicca and write a paragraph on what sort of
person she might be…

Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past? An Anglo-Saxon case study.

Present an artefact (photo/muddy a pot during lunchtime) children to write questions that they
Links to would ask the owner. The artefact was found in the grave at Sutton Hoo, so it may tell us a lot
curriculum about the Anglo-Saxons. If there were an AS in the room, what would they ask about the
artefact. Most important here is historical enquiry, what 'could' we find out from these objects,
make a list of questions.

Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past? A Viking case study.

Most religions state an obligation to help the poor. In Anglo-Saxon times, there lived monks, in