Lesson 2: Planning the build
Exploring and experimenting to work out the most suitable materials and techniques for creating a fairground wheel model.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Explain that the children will work with a partner to remember and describe parts of a fairground wheel. Display the Presentation: Fact tennis and arrange the children in pairs. Ask them to take turns naming the parts of a fairground wheel and telling their partner what they do. Let them know they should keep going until told to stop. Allow the activity to run for about one minute.
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Tom has been a teacher for seven years and, as Head of Upper School at The Belham Primary School, he has a keen interest in young people and good causes. For the past seventeen years he has volunteered with various youth organisations ranging from scouting to a narrow boat charity. At the end of a long day, Tom loves nothing more than to go for a run or a cycle and can often be found on his window seat with a good book, watching the world go by. He spends the school holidays wisely, visiting ski resorts or travelling to warmer climes to eat alfresco in the sunshine.
Among many D&T lessons, Tom has created a textiles project for pupils that allows them to make their own hand puppets while learning a range of technical skills.
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