Explore the senses and the role of the brain through a hands-on activity. Look together at how the senses interact, and carry out an experiment to see if the colour of a drink affects how it tastes.
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A short activity sequence that focuses on the art of breathing and how our breath is affected by everything we do. Pupils begin to visualise their breath and in doing so, understand breathing as a unique means of expression and self-awareness.
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Faces are extremely important parts of our world, and it is no surprise the brain has dedicated mechanisms for detecting faces. Explore how and why the brain enables us to see faces - even when they're not really there.
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Explore the senses and the role of the brain through a hands-on activity. Look together at how the senses interact, and carry out an experiment to see if the colour of a drink affects how it tastes.
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Explore the complexity of the ‘connectome’ - the network of neurons that make up the brain. Create a class connectome, and deepen understanding through an art activity that illustrates the range of different patterns that can emerge from a simple set of rules.
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Discover the amazing power of the mind and brain to learn new things. Explore different types of memory and uncover how repetition allows our brains to strengthen connections in learning new skills and knowledge.
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Can you see something that isn’t real? Pupils will discover visual effects called afterimages and create their own scientific investigations to explore how and why they occur.
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How do our brains fill in the gaps of a scene, or make ‘best guesses’ when information appears to be missing? Looking together at illusions, pupils will investigate whether they can always believe what they see and reflect on this about their everyday lives.
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Through illusions, photography, and discussion about how perspective can be ‘forced’ and shaped, explore how our brains use the environment around us to understand what we are seeing.
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Pupils will explore and create their own illusions to discover if colours are always what they appear to be.
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Pupils will work together to create a collaborative artwork where they see their individual piece connect to a greater whole work. In exploring objects and textiles from other cultures and countries, they’ll look beyond themselves and their own experience to connect to different cultures across the globe. This lesson explores one of the UN Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
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Pupils will explore their thoughts and feelings about how they see themselves in the world around them through drama and art activities. As the lesson progresses, they will start to connect thoughts and feelings with behaviour. This lesson explores one of the UN Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
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Can you imagine a world where everything and everyone was the same? Explore the value of difference and the importance of living with respect and care for each other and the natural world.
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Explore our ability to make a difference. Pupils will produce an artwork about what they think is powerful about their voice, and their feelings about the future for children around the world.
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A poetry activity that helps pupils look beyond their own experience and connect to others and to different cultures across the globe. Explore the similarities and differences of how children around the world make art, and how it can bring people together.
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Through an art activity, pupils will explore the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) - what their rights are, why they are so important and how they connect children everywhere.
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In this session, pupils explore what education means for them and children everywhere. By creating an imaginary world, they’ll communicate their opinions about the world they want to live in, and think about how their voice might help to make a difference.
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Through short drama activities, pupils will explore their opinions and how they relate to the world by bringing voices to inanimate objects. They will explore the value of their own voice in how they relate to others and their opinions about things that matter to them. This lesson explores one of the UN Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
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Pupils will reflect on their sense of place in the world and what it means to be heard. They will generate questions about the world, share ideas that matter to them, and reflect on how they would like to take action to make a difference. This lesson explores one of the UN Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
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Pupils will grow their understanding of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. While individual difference is important, they’ll reflect on the connection they have with over 2.2 billion children and young people in the world. Working collaboratively, they’ll move through a collage activity to create group poems based on shared experience and connectedness.
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A short activity sequence that focuses on the art of breathing and how our breath is affected by everything we do. Pupils begin to visualise their breath and in doing so, understand breathing as a unique means of expression and self-awareness.
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By role-playing and discussing their emotions, pupils start to recognise how they feel and understand what they (and others need), and what makes them special and unique.
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Taking a journey through their imagination, pupils will create artworks and a collaborative 3D city inspired by the images. They will reflect on individual differences and explore how everyone sees the world differently.
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Pupils will explore their needs and values, and the importance they place on their own ideas and things that matter to them that all contribute to their self esteem. Together, they’ll rank and communicate what matters to them, and negotiate in groups to reach consensus.
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This lesson explores the meaning of mental wellbeing and its importance in living fruitful lives. Through discussion and creative writing, pupils will consider what it means to be healthy on the inside, what they are grateful for and how they can show empathy towards others.
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This activity focuses on enabling pupils to share their thoughts, ideas and feelings by exploring mark-making as a visual language. Pupils take on a series of drawing challenges to make their thinking visible on the page and reflect on images that carry the essence of meaning for them.
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Reflecting on what makes them unique, pupils will celebrate difference and think carefully about what it means to be them at this point in their own lives. Looking at both individual and shared qualities, they will create simple timelines that capture their individuality.
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Pupils identify a range of feelings and actions and explore how they can change in response to particular experiences, and the notion of mixed emotions. In their exploration, they will work collaboratively and develop their self-awareness in discussing and expressing their thoughts and feelings.
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Pupils will explore themselves as individuals and celebrate their uniqueness through class discussion and a drawing and writing activity. Creating alternative versions of a self-portrait, pupils will use visuals and text to portray different aspects of their personality and their unique qualities.
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Pupils explore the concept of ‘now’ and the idea that every moment is unique and can never be experienced again. Through practical activities, they will think about measuring and visualising time in alternative ways, and the value of capturing moments through being present and self-aware.
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