Pupils needing extra support

Could use the sticky notes to reveal the size of the gaps for each material, could use the filtering diagram on the Knowledge organiser to help them draw and label their filtering diagram. 

Pupils working at greater depth

Should collect a teabag and answer the question: How is the teabag a filter for the tea? (The bag has small holes that let water with dissolved tea through but that do not let large, undissolved pieces of tea leaf through); should identify and record a list of other filters used in the home or in everyday life, such as water filters, swimming pool filters, coffee filters and washing machine filters; could choose an extension activity relating to filtering from the Resource: Stretch and challenge: Mixtures and separation.