Carnival Teaching Resources We have 13 ready-made lesson plans to help you teach a lesson about Carnival. They are aimed at KS2 pupils but could be adapted to suit your needs. Download the Lesson Plans Lesson Overviews Lesson Year Group Curriculum Links Key Points Resources from the Carnival Learning Resource and websites 1. A Caribbean Cruise Y5/6 ICT 1b. how to prepare information for development using ICT, including selecting suitable sources, findinginformation, classifying it and checking it for accuracy (for example, finding information from books ornewspapers) What are the riches of Carnival? Islands of the Caribbean 2. It's Carnival time! Y5/6 " What is Carnival? Islands of the Caribbean 3. A Recipe for Carnival Y3/4 Primary Framework for Literacy Year 3 Non-fiction Unit 2 – Instructions9. Creating and shaping texts: Make decisions about form and purpose, identify success criteria and use themto evaluate their writing How do we write clear instructions? What makes a great Carnival? www.lbc.co.uk/notting-hill-carnival-2010---photos-29191/view/11867#11872www.socafreak.com/steel-drum-music.html A Recipe for Carnival 4. Hot, hot, hot! Y5/6 QCA Music Unit 19 - Songwriter: exploring lyrics and melodyChildren should learn what is meant by the term ‘lyrics’ and how they can reflect the time and place in whichthey were written How do we create themood for a great carnival? www.socafreak.com/steel-drum-music.htmlCarnival! CDROMCarnival! Resource sheet 1 5. It's playtime - with my words? Y5/6 Geography 2. In developing geographical skills, pupils should be taught to use appropriate geographicalvocabulary (for example, temperature, transport, industry) What are the influences thatmake us who we are? A Mixture of Cultures 6. Carnival in my tummy! Y2 QCA Science Unit 2A - Health and growth.: Children should learn that we eat different kinds of foodQCA Geography Unit 24 - Passport to the world: Children should learn the location of other places What are our favouritefoods Carnival! Resource sheet 2 7. Great Thunderer or Miss Mighty? Y6 Primary Framework for Literacy Year 6 Literacy Revision Unit 2 - Objectives: Creating and shaping texts:• In non-narrative, establish, balance and maintain viewpoints• Select words and language drawing on their knowledge of literary features and formal and informal writing Developing empathythrough role-play. Plantation Life Camboulay & Mardi Gras 8 & 9. Plantation Life Y5/6 Primary Framework for Literacy - Learning objectives for Years 5 and 6Reflect on how working in role helps to explore complex issuesImprovise using a range of drama strategies and conventions to explore themes such as hopes,fears and desires How does the way we treateach other affect others? How can we share a storyand highlight just the mainpoints? Plantation Life 10. It's fun being a dragon! Y1/20 PE 1. Pupils should be taught to:a. explore basic skills, actions and ideas with increasing understandingb. remember and repeat simple skills and actions with increasing control and coordination. How many different wayscan we move in? 11. Dragon head Y1/2 Art and Design - Investigating and making art, craft and design2. Pupils should be taught to investigate the possibilities of a range of materials and processes, try out toolsand techniques and apply these to materials and processes, including drawing Choosing materials to createa dragon headdress http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/shortstories/the-princess-and-the-dragonCarnival! CDROM extract 3:05 to 3:12 12. Quite a Character Y3/4 Art and Design 2. Pupils should be taught to:a. investigate and combine visual and tactile qualities of materials and processes and to match thesequalities to the purpose of the workb. apply their experience of materials and processes, including drawing, developing their control of toolsand techniquesc. use a variety of methods and approaches to communicate observations, ideas and feelings, and to designand make images and artefacts Creating a carnival characterby choosing from a range ofmaterials. Carnival! Costume templates 13. Let's play - with words Y5/6 Primary Framework for LiteracyAdapt non-narrative forms and styles to write fiction or factual texts, including poemsIn non-narrative, establish, balance and maintain viewpoints How do we create differentmoods with words? Carnival Learning Resource Return to the Carnival Learning Resource THE CARNIVAL LEARNING RESOURCE IS TAKEN FROM THE BOOK CARNIVAL BY RHIAN KEMPADOO-MILLAR AND AYO JONES (2011). The lesson plans were written by Shazia Azhar (2011) Banner photo © Tony Bartholomew (2019)