This French video introduces teachers to a dynamic, movement-based approach for teaching adjectival agreement. Pupils explore how adjectives change according to the gender and number of the nouns they describe, starting with a sorting task to group adjectives into “families” and spot patterns in endings.
year: Year 5
Teacher video: Fantastic French beasts
This French video introduces teachers to the final stage of the “Fantastic Beasts” unit, where pupils bring together all the grammatical elements they’ve learned to produce a longer, original text in French. The focus is on modelling from familiar sentence structures rather than encouraging guesswork or over-reliance on dictionaries.
Teacher video: Interpretations of the Past
This History scheme of work video supports teachers in helping pupils understand that there are multiple ways of looking at the past and that interpretations are an essential part of historical study.
The video outlines different forms interpretations can take from written accounts and media to replicas, reconstructions, artefacts, and monuments and stresses that while not all interpretations are equally valid, each should be evaluated with care. Teachers are given strategies to help pupils consider why interpretations were created, the influences behind them, and the importance of linking evidence to conclusions.
Teacher video: Investigating dissolving
This Science video introduces teachers to a Year 5 investigation into how temperature impacts the rate at which sugar dissolves in water. The lesson begins with a demonstration using sweets on a plate and hot water to spark curiosity before pupils plan their own fair test.
Pupil video: Evaporating solutions
Pupil video: Factors affecting dissolving
Pupil video: Reversible changes
Teacher video: Conductivity
This Science video introduces teachers to an investigation where children build on their knowledge of electrical conductivity and explore thermal conductivity. Begin by demonstrating how heat travels through a material using spoons and paper clips. Attach paper clips along the spoon’s handle using petroleum jelly, then gently heat the spoon with a candle.
Teacher video: Mixing vinegar and bicarbonate of soda
This Science video introduces teachers to an engaging investigation into irreversible changes, where pupils explore how combining vinegar and bicarbonate of soda produces carbon dioxide gas. In this lesson, pupils will investigate whether the quantity of vinegar affects the amount of gas produced.
