Centre: Racing Pom-Poms
This station will allow for children to explore the
use of wind and differing strengths of wind.
Children will be supplied with straws and a pom-
pom. Children will be required to blow the pom-
pom through a devised track made from tape to the
end of the table into a bucket. A track can be
created across various desks within the classroom
or on the floor. Children will have to change the
strength of their breath according to the bends in
the track.
Centre: Making Fans
This station will be equipped with various materials
for children to create hand-held personal fans in
order to explore the strength of wind. Materials
that will be supplied at the centre will vary in
thickness such as tissue paper, paper, card, and
cardboard. Children will be able to observe the
strength of the wind that is created by each
material by fanning one another. Children will be
required to alter the fan to create the strongest
wind, ensuring they will test the fan after each
alteration.
Explicit / Intentional Teaching:
Mat session
Introduction: The teacher will gather the children on
the mat and will read the book Wind by Carol
Thompson- focusing on the sensory experiences felt
when there is windy weather. After reading the book
the teacher will ask the children what their
experiences with wind have been- what they have
seen, felt, or heard. A further conversational point is
to ask children if they have seen storms (thereby
identifying the differing strengths of wind and their
effects). Children will be directed to move to the
activities around the room.
Conclusion:
The teacher will ask children to move back to the
mat and show various photos and/or videos of wind
on the interactive whiteboard and facilitate
discussion around the effects of wind and what is
observed when it is windy. The lesson will end by
watching the following video- the teacher will ask
children to identify the weather outside and restate
the lesson focus of wind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v+6MGRkUIFZws).
Children can then be asked what type of weather
they have learnt about over the past few weeks as a
summary of the topic of weather.
Centre: Listening to the Wind
This station will explore the sound that wind is
made as it passes through items. This station will
supply jars of water, filled up to different points.
Children will be showed how to blow into the
water jars/ bottles in order to show the different
pitch of sound produced by blowing on the
different jars of different water levels. The teacher
may provide a tub of water for children to use to
create their own sound jars and test the sounds
that are created when water is removed and/or
added.
Centre: Crazy Hair
At this station children will be able to observe the
nature of wind and how it will affect them, in
order to create a portrait from water paints. The
station will have an A3 piece of paper with the
outline of a face on it. Children will be supplied
with a pedestal fan and a mirror so that they can
hold their faces in front of the fan and observe the
effect the wind has on the appearance of their
hair. Children will then use eye droppers to
transfer the water paints onto their page in order
to create their wild hair by blowing the paints
around the page with a straw.
Centre: Wind Chimes Objective/s:
This station will allow children to explore the
strength of wind through observing the movement State an observation of windy weather.
of the wind chime. Materials will be provided for
children to explore creating their own wind chimes-
use a stick and tie wool or string around after
having thread beads on them or using painted
paper cups for children to stick string or wool
around. Children will be able to test the wind
chimes in different types of wind, both man-made
and natural, such as standing or running outside,
holding it in front of a fan, or blowing on it. Children
will aim to create the strings on their wind catchers
to be flying through the wind. They may be required
to alter their wind chimes after a trial according to
the weight of the accessories used.

Assessment & Recording: (What are we assessing? How are we assessing? How are we recording?)
- Children will be assessed on their ability to state an effect of the wind
- Children will be assessed through direct questioning- all questions used may be similar to one another however slight differences may prompt the
thought of the child. Such questions that will be used to prompt a child’s thought include:
o How do you know it is windy?
o What do you see when it is windy?
Answers may include- trees/leaves move, my hair is blowing around, wind chimes move (responses will be prompted through interaction with activities)
- Children’s answers will be recorded upon a checklist in which the child will have a tick or cross next to their name in addition to a section to write their
response or any anecdotal notes that may need recording
Highlight one or two outcomes specifically connected to your objective/s.

Outcome 4: Children are confident and involved learners

- 4.1- curiosity, imagination
- 4.2- Hypothesising, investigating, inquiry