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Introduction

A week of activities for 9 to 11 year olds.

Do you teach 9–11 year olds and are you looking for stimulating and valuable work for them? Are you interested in plenty of flexible pre-prepared lesson plans? Are you seeking inspiration for the foundation subjects? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then our new Beyond the wave resource is for you.

The Beyond the wave resource offers teachers the choice of either
5 mornings of activities (2.5 hours x 5) or
5 whole days of activities (2.5 + 2 hours x 5).

View the scheme of work for quick reference

The extension work for the afternoons will follow on from the morning, but will not be essential for the next morning’s work.

This resource pulls together a wealth of ready-to-use and flexible material divided into three sections.

Section 1: Tsunami follow-up

This section provides the opportunity to follow up any work carried out earlier in the year on the tsunami (or to allow pupils to take stock of the disaster for the first time) and to see what is happening now.

The material includes new photographs of the original devastation along with photostories and case studies which follow what is happening to some of the communities in Indonesia and Sri Lanka now. A key focus of this study will be that the poor are always the hardest hit by natural disasters.

Section 2: Poverty issues

Following the discovery that poor people are always most affected by disasters such as the tsunami, pupils will look at a range of poverty issues, guided by the targets of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. In particular, pupils will consider the effects of poverty on education and health; access to clean water; and fair trade.

Section 3: How we can make a difference

The Beyond the wave resource will conclude with a look at the ways in which we can all make a difference to the world.

Pupils will be encouraged to consider their own role in abolishing poverty through the Make Poverty History campaign and White Band Day 3 (10 December) with its links to the Make Trade Fair campaign (www.maketradefair.com) and the World Trade Organisation Ministerial meeting in December.

You may wish to discuss the possibility of a whole-school activity to support these campaigns (or to run a school fair trade stall) with the agreement of senior management.

View the scheme of work for quick reference

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