Study skills · Ages 7–10 · 50 min
Staying safe online
Children know which information should stay private online, know that they should stop and tell a trusted adult whenever something online worries them, and practise what to say.
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Lesson plans for age 10
Lessons that suit children aged 10, each with fresh practice at three levels.
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Science · Ages 8–10 · 55 min
Building and reading food chains
Children build food chains that start with a plant, use arrows to show the direction the energy goes, and identify producers, prey and predators.
Geography · Ages 8–11 · 60 min
How volcanoes work
Children label the main parts of a volcano, explain that magma rises from deep inside the Earth and erupts as lava, ash and gas, and locate some well-known volcanoes on a world map.
Science · Ages 8–10 · 55 min
Solids, liquids and gases
Children sort materials into solids, liquids and gases using their properties, and observe ice melting as an example of a change of state.
English · Ages 8–10 · 55 min
Summarising a text
Children identify the main ideas across several paragraphs of a text and summarise them in their own words within a word limit, leaving out minor details.
Science · Ages 8–10 · 55 min
The water cycle
Children describe the water cycle using evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection, and explain how the Sun's heat drives it.
Maths · Ages 9–10 · 50 min
Decimals and tenths
Children read and write tenths as fractions and decimals, place them on a number line and link them to place value and to hundredths.
English · Ages 9–11 · 60 min
Similes and metaphors
Children identify similes and metaphors in a text, explain the effect of a comparison on the reader, and write fresh comparisons of their own.
Science · Ages 9–10 · 55 min
The solar system
Children name the eight planets in order from the Sun, describe how the Earth and other planets orbit the Sun, and explain day and night as the Earth spinning.
Maths · Ages 10–11 · 50 min
Angles in a triangle
Pupils show that the angles in a triangle add up to 180°, use this and angles on a straight line to find missing angles, and give a reason for each step.
Maths · Ages 10–11 · 55 min
Area and perimeter
Pupils find the perimeter and area of rectangles and right-angled triangles, use the correct units, and explain the difference between the two measures.
Maths · Ages 10–11 · 60 min
Long multiplication
Pupils multiply a two- or three-digit number by a two-digit number using the formal written method, explain each partial product, and check with an estimate.
Maths · Ages 10–11 · 55 min
Percentages of amounts
Pupils find percentages of amounts by building from 50%, 10% and 1%, and explain why per cent means parts per hundred.
