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Key Stage 2, Year 6 Strand 1: Personal Understanding and Health Healthy Habits

Learning intention:

Understand and value the K W L

elements that contribute to a Clarifying what What they want What we now

safe and healthy lifestyle. they already know to find out have learned

Learning together

Actively involving children in the knowledge by filling out what they
learning process ensures that want to know in the ‘W’ column.
there are opportunities for them to (If they are working in groups, they
take responsibility for and become may wish to use a Post-It style activity
more involved in their learning. before writing their combined ideas
This process engages the children, onto the grid).
develops their responsibility, boosts
their confidence and enhances Once the class has completed the
their self-esteem. topic, ask the children to reflect on
their learning by returning to the
To check where the children are in grid to fill in the final column. Here
their understanding, consider using they can confirm the accuracy of
a K-W-L grid (on right). Ask them to their first two columns and compare
write what they think they already what they have learned with their
know about a particular topic or initial thoughts on the topic in the
issue in the ‘K’ column. Encourage ‘K’ column.
them to think about the gaps in their