Lesson Plans and Activity Sheets
We've got five easy-teach lessons for you here – one each for PSHE, literacy, history, design and technology and science. They come complete with notes showing you how to adapt the lessons for Year 1 and 2 pupils and have been produced in Word so you can easily adapt them yourself if you need to.
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Lesson 1 – PSHE: How are germs spread?
Pupils will:
- Develop their knowledge of how germs are spread
- Learn how to control the spread of germs
- Understand basic hygiene principles
Download Lesson Plan 1 (Word Document)
Activity Sheet 1 – PSHE - How are germs spread?
Activity Sheet 2 – PSHE - The great big germ quiz -
Lesson 2 – Literacy: Giant Germs!
Pupils will:
- Construct the letter g
- Understand the sounds made by a 'soft' g
- Find words with a soft g in them
Download Lesson Plan 2 (Word Document)
Activity sheet 3 – Literacy - soft and hard 'g' sounds – picture cards
Activity Sheet 4 – Literacy - soft and hard 'g' sounds – sentences
Activity Sheet 4 – Literacy - soft and hard 'g' sounds – cloze activity -
Lesson 3 – History: Who was Louis Pasteur?
Pupils will:
- Identify famous people from the present and past with a focus on scientists
- Infer information from pictures of the past
- Place events and objects in chronological order
- Find out about the past from a range of information sources
Download Lesson Plan 3 (Word Document)
Activity Sheet 5 – History – Who was Louis Pasteur? Fact sheet
Activity Sheet 6 – History - Who was Louis Pasteur? What is mould? Experiment
Activity Sheet 6 – History - Who was Louis Pasteur? What is mould? Questions -
Lesson 4 – Design & Technology: Why wash your hands?
Pupils will:
- Their knowledge of food safety and hygiene principles
- Their understanding of the need for these principles
Download Lesson Plan 4 (Word Document)
Activity Sheet 7 – Design & Technology – Home or hospital - Germ game board
Activity Sheet 7 – Design & Technology – Home or hospital - Germ game cards -
Lesson 5 – Art & Design/Science: Line, shape, colour and texture in natural forms.
Pupils will:
- Observe bacteria and use their observations as the basis for textile design
- Use their experience of fabrics to make a collage
- Learn and use simple techniques for lesson appliqué