Refreshed scheme (2026)
Lesson 5: Assembling and innovating a truss bridge
Completing the construction of a truss bridge and suggesting ways to innovate the design to meet a brief.
Learning objective
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National curriculum
Cross-curricular links
Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1. Recap and recall
This activity revisits learning from the whole Design and technology, Year 5, Structures: Bridges unit to help the children recall key knowledge.
Pair the children. Show the Presentation: Fact tennis. Ask the pairs to take turns sharing one fact at a time about bridges. Allow the activity to run for about one minute and encourage the children not to repeat a fact.
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Adaptive teaching
Assessing progress and understanding
Vocabulary
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary teamLast update: 2 October 2026