This unit vocabulary display includes keywords from the unit Design and technology, Year 5, Electrical systems: Wobble bots and additional unit-specific words that may be helpful in a display.
Key vocabulary is clearly labelled on the display, highlighting essential words that the pupils are expected to retain and reuse in future units. Understanding these words enhances comprehension of the subject and supports the development of design thinking, practical skills and knowledge of key processes and materials.
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A Knowledge organiser that captures the essential knowledge and skills learnt throughout the unit Design and technology, Year 5, Electrical systems: Wobble bots.
This resource is designed to support the children as they explore and create motorised products. It introduces key vocabulary and concepts, such as circuits, motors, annotated diagrams and how the product called a Kapow Doodler works. The resource includes an example of an annotated diagram of a product that uses an off-centre counterweight attached to a motor to create a wobbling movement. It is perfect for consolidating essential knowledge and fostering practical skills.
This French video introduces teachers to the first unit of Year 5, which brings together language skills developed across the previous three years. The lesson begins with compass points, helping children practise both recognition and pronunciation.
This French video introduces teachers to a final lesson in the topic that focuses on paired speaking activities. The key aim is for children to practise asking and answering closed questions in French to extract factual information. The lesson highlights that, just as in English, a statement can become a question simply by raising the intonation at the end.
This French video introduces teachers to a lesson where pupils revisit descriptive and comparative structures but apply them in listening and reading contexts rather than speaking. The focus is on consolidating knowledge of plus que (more than) and introducing moins que (less than), alongside the new connective parce que (because).
This French video introduces teachers to a lesson where children begin to explore comparison language, linking directly with their scientific knowledge of the solar system. The session builds on prior work with nouns, articles, and adjectives, focusing on how adjectives agree in gender and number.
This French video introduces teachers to a lesson that links directly with science, using the theme of the solar system. The aim is to encourage children to use their language detective skills by predicting context and making connections with prior knowledge before working with longer texts.
This French video introduces teachers to a lesson on quantity words and grammar, focusing on the different ways of saying some in French. Building on the previous story, children are encouraged to notice how phrases such as du poulet or de la soupe appear naturally in context before analysing how they work.
This French video introduces teachers to the first unit of Year 5, focusing on developing pupils’ detective skills for tackling unknown vocabulary. Rather than translating word for word, children explore a non-fiction text, identifying features such as cognates, visual clues, and text type to help them infer meaning.
