Learning objective

  • To refine cutting skills by shaping round wheels.

Success criteria

  • I can carefully cut out curved wheels.
  • I
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National curriculum

Design and technology

Design

Pupils

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display slide 1 of the Presentation: Wheels, which shows the three different-shaped wheels the class compared in Lesson 1: Wheels.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support:

Could watch the Pupil video: Cutting song again to help them with their cutting skills; should concentrate on cutting out only one round wheel; could use the diagrams on the Knowledge organiser to help them understand how a wheel and axle work together to help something move.

Pupils working at greater depth:

Should try ‘smoothing’ out the corners on their many-sided shape wheels to turn them into round wheels; could cut out two or more round wheels.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: carefully cutting out curved wheels; finding

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Vocabulary definitions

  • better

    When something is more useful, looks nicer or works well compared to something else.

  • compare

    To look at two things to see how they are the same or different.

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