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Learn about what you love - Crossword
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Pupils use the crossword clues to learn more information about university courses.
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English reading - retrieve and record information
PSHE – problem solving.
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Learn about what you love - course matching
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Pupils look at infromation about different students and match them to the courses and societies that they may like.
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English reading - make links between known and new vocabulary
PSHE – problem solving.
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| Reporter activity |
Pupils are tasked with interviewing someone who went to university and then to write an article about it. |
English spoken language - ask relevant questions to extend their understanding and knowledge.
English writing - composition (articulating ideas and structuring them in speech and writing).
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| Telling Friends |
Pupils are asked to imagine they are a university student. Using key university vocabulary, they write to a friend to tell them about their experience so far. |
English written language - give well-structured descriptions, explanations and narratives for different purposes, including for expressing feelings.
Geography - interpret a range of sources of geographical information, including maps, diagrams, globes.
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| Packing for university |
Pupils imagine they are moving to university. They are asked to draw and label what they would take with them. |
PSHE – becoming independent. |
| Budgeting activity |
Pupils plan a university student budget, considering what is and is not essential.
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PSHE – Financial Planning
Maths – problem solving, addition and division.
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| Design your own society |
Pupils design their own university society, including optional charades. |
Design - generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, pattern pieces and computer-aided design. |
| Society Dingbat challenge |
Pupils try and figure out the dingbats depicting university societies and sports clubs. |
PSHE – problem solving.
Physical Education – broadening understanding of sports that can be done at university.
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Design a sports kit
Inspiration images for Design a Sports Kit
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Pupils design a sports kit for an existing or invented sport, including creating a logo and what equipment the sport would need. |
Design - use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose, aimed at particular individuals or groups.
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