Let’s Go Fly A Kite
Rational
The kite maker needs help to design and make a new kite for his collection. We need to
take a look at the kites already on the market and decide what we like about them. We
will learn how to design, make and evaluate our own kite considering the best materials
to use. So that we can make a kite with parents at home we will write a set of
instructions for someone else to follow.
writing narratives about personal experiences and those of others (real and fictional)
-Based on the narrative ‘Stuck’ by Oliver Jeffers , the bright red kite by Wendy Hargreaves or animated short story The boy with no kite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hipx6HJs4XQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJN4XSPzoUE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBVFMGj9DmA
writing about real events
writing for different purposes
Instruction writing
- How to make a kite – write a
clear set of instructions that
can be followed by someone
at home
Recount of real event
- Letters to the kite maker
Evaluate
What makes a good kite
Explore and evaluate a range of
existing kites
Design
design functional kites
generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through talking, drawing, templates and mock-ups
Make
select from and use a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks such as cutting, shaping, joining and finishing
select from and use a wide range of materials and components (linked to science)
evaluate their ideas and products against design criteria
Technical knowledge
build the structure of a kite, exploring how they can be made stronger, stiffer and more stable
Working Scientifically
ask simple questions and
recognise that they can be
answered in different ways
observing closely, using simple
equipment
performing simple tests
use their observations and ideas
to suggest answers to questions
gather and record data to help in
answering questions.
identify and compare the
suitability of a variety of
everyday materials, including
wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick,
rock, paper and cardboard for
particular uses
find out how the shapes of solid
objects made from some
materials can be changed by
squashing, bending, twisting and
stretching
English
Outcome
Kite flying extravaganza and child led kite making workshop
Thinking Habits of mind Work well as a group Communicate clearly (Instruction writing and recordings) Think creatively (Designing own games) Thinking hats White (facts) How to play each game. Measuring and comparing distances Yellow/black positive/caution What worked well?/What did not work?/How could games be improved? Green creative think- What new games can we create? How can we solve problems that arise? Thinking maps Flow maps – instruction writing, Circle maps – what do we know about moving already, Bubble maps – descriptive writing
Creativity
Creative thinking –
Evaluating, designing and making kites
Designing own games, evaluating and improving
Problem solving in ICT to debug games
Posters to invite parents
ICT Computational thinking – designing games using 2diy and write instructions Digital literacy – Presentation of instructions using 2publish+
/Microsoft publisher, posters to invite parents
Maths Measuring- Taught in week 3 (app into DT) choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height in any direction (m/cm); to the nearest appropriate unit, using rulers.
Science
DT
Let’s go fly a kite
Hook A local kite maker needs your help to design a new kite to add to his collection.
Can you help?
Year 2
Spring 2
Home learning Children have designed and made their own basic kites in
school. At home children will be encouraged to use what they
have learnt to make their own kites in the theme of recycling
to be part of the extravaganza (link to Eco)
