Manor Lodge Community Primary School Topic Planner: The Highwayman

Years: 5/6 Week Beginning: 19/11/18 Term: Autumn 2 2018

NC Objectives:
Science:
- To understand how a prism changes a ray of light to show the visible spectrum
Learning Resources Key Questions/ Introduction Differentiation of Activities / Focus groups or children / Links to
Question AFL the Manor Lodge 10
1 LQ Can I Paper Use PPT Science Lesson 4 – Children to work in pairs but both to create a colour wheel
investigate how a Felt tips / What can you Spectacular Spectrum Emphasise the importance of collaboration in creating the colour wheels
prism changes a crayons remember about successfully – take photographs for science books.
ray of light to Paper colour what happens to Briefly explain Isaac Newton’s role in
show the visible wheel light when it understanding the visible spectrum on GY to work with Y6 EAL/PP group
spectrum? Card travels through air the ppt. NO to work with Y5 Boys Group
String and into a
LC: Remember to Scissors transparent Ask children what they can remember Use print off with instructions from IWB flipchart for colour wheel
– Glass Prisms material? about light travelling through a template.
To understand Torch transparent material. Share thoughts.
how a prism (need to use Recap refraction from previous Children to create their own colour wheels but work in pairs to support each
affects a ray of library or session. other.
light science
Can you see the
cupboard to different colours?
Visit a dark room with children. Allow Take photographs for books – Children to write about what they know about
To understand what ensure there is How do you make the them to shine a torch through a prism the visible spectrum and how the colour wheels helped them understand this.
this tells us about no light for ‘rainbow’ of colour to see the ‘visible spectrum.
the visible spectrum modelling the clearer?
spectrum) Recap with the children the colours Plenary – Children to have group discussion to suggest what colour light is
LP: To be able to
of the visible spectrum and the ways based on what they have seen and done in the lesson.
make a colour
Science Skills of remembering this order – use ppt
wheel and explain examples
being used for
the visible display:
spectrum using it

2 L.Q. Can I explain Resources: Can you recall Recap: What do the children Explain to children (following ppt) about the process of filters not allowing
how light enables Colouring what we found out remember from the previous session certain colours of light through.
us to see colour? crayons and last lesson? What linked to light and the visible
wax crayons – did Isaac Newton spectrum? Show image of how we would see a green pear.
Explain what red, orange, discover? Talk through the reason of why we see the pear as green and allow children
Isaac Newton yellow. Explain that Newton started to use to ask questions as you explain.
discovered about filter to ‘block out’ some of the light
colour. Light Filters (in that was reflecting from objects. Show children the final task –
the science Secret message from the Highwayman to Bess.
Investigate and cupboard Y5 Follow questions on Allow children to use the filters to Write the message in a blue pencil crayon. Cover with wax crayon of
understand how light box) ppt: Did you notice look at different coloured objects. different colours (red, orange, yellow)
light enables us to that…? Record their findings on the sheet Provide template to work from to then stick in books.
see colours. Red / Green / provided (IWB flipchart). Discuss
Blue / Yellow Can we try to think with peers and class their findings. Can their partner uncover what the secret message is using a filter and
Use my knowledge counters and why this may Take photographs for books. their knowledge of how a filter works.
of light and colour objects happen? Share
to create a secret thoughts and Use prompt sheet to support them in writing a reason WHY they can now
message ideas. read the secret message.

LP: To write a
secret message
from the
Highwayman to
Bess