English Teacher

Objective: to understand that it is not just humans who have bones, and that the size of a body does not mean they have more bones

STEP 3: Ask: “Did you know that cats have more bones in their body?”
STEP 4: Ask: “Why do you think cats have more bones than people?” Accept
anything reasonable including cats move in different ways to people, they are much faster, they can jump higher, they can climb tree


Activity 2a Work in groups of 4/5. Think. 7 min What other body words do you know?

Objective: to understand an increasing number of body part names and develop vocabulary

STEP 1: Get the class into groups of 4/5. Say: “Look at each other carefully”. Ask: “What other body parts can you see on your face?”
Possible answers: teeth, tongue, neck, lips
STEP 2: Ask: “What other body parts can you see?” Ask: “Who knows where your chest is?” Repeat with: stomach, wrist, thumb, ankle.
STEP 3: Ask: “Who knows the name of body parts you can’t see?” Accept any reasonable answer,
e.g. blood, veins, muscles.
STEP 4: Ask: “Who knows where your heart is?” Praise any pupils who indicate where the heart is.
STEP 5: Play “Teacher says Show me your mouth”. Repeat with: teeth, tongue.
Teaching tip: try and keep the body parts in groups, e.g. arm, elbow, wrist, hand, fingers, thumb; leg, knee, ankle, foot, toe; head, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, neck.

Activity 2b Work in groups of 4/5 Think. 5 min

Have you ever been ill? What part of the body was not working well? What was wrong? Objective: to understand that sometimes our bodies do not work well and we need to identify which part is not feeling right
STEP 1: Get the class into groups of 4/5. Ask: “Have you ever been ill? What was wrong?” Say: “Make a list”.
STEP 2: Say: “People get ill and we need to be able to tell our parents or doctor what does not feel right”. Accept any reasonable answer including sore head, broken bone, spots.