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Remove this slide before sending home. Notes for Teachers This resource based on the poem ‘Together’ by Matt Goodfellow helps children explore the power of ‘togetherness’ and the importance of working together. After reading the poem, children have a go at creating their own. Sensitivity, awareness and understanding of your class and community is always essential before exploring any activities relating to identity, for example for Looked After Children. This is even more important currently when children are learning at home so this lesson is fully adaptable so that you can change it to suit the needs of your class and the way you are delivering the lesson. This resource is fully adaptable and can be changed to suit the needs of your class. Resources pupils will need to complete the task: pencil, paper, (optional) activity sheets This resource has been created to support teachers in delivering remote learning and is part of a collection of resources that enable pupils to learn about identity, diversity, community and equality. See https: //thelinkingnetwork. org. uk/remote-learning/ for other resources
Remove this slide before sending home. National Curriculum Objectives This resource will help children address the following objectives from the PSHE Association Programme of Study: PSHE Core Theme 3: Living in the Wider World • L 6. about the different groups that make up their community; what living in a community means • L 7. to value the different contributions that people and groups make to the community • there may be several that apply please paste all that are relevant with their numbers Citizenship: • 1 a. to talk and write about their opinions, and explain their views, on issues that affect themselves and society; This resource will also support SMSC and British Values development. In particular, pupils’ willingness to participate in a variety of communities and social settings.
L. O. To write a poem inspired by ‘Together’ by Matt Goodfellow
Starter: What does the word ‘together’ mean to you? Together
Together - with another ‘person’ or ‘people’. jointly altogether equally cooperatively mutually communally simultaneously
This is Matt Goodfellow the poet who has written the poem ‘Together’. We will listen Matt Goodfellow reading the poem. As you listen, think about your own ideas.
Lots of people, including those from the hearing impaired community, use signs to communicate. We are going to learn some signs from the Together poem.
Together by Matt Goodfellow together we join to celebrate together we clap and cheer together we watch improvements and face things we fear together we grow and develop together we all belong together we make mistakes and learn about right and wrong together we praise the gentle the kind, the strong, the brave together we share achievement in a thousand different ways together we’ll finish the journey wherever it started from together we are tomorrow together we are one
Which words or phrases that describe ‘the things we do together’ did you hear in Matt Goodfellow’s poem? Celebrate clap and cheer watch improvements make mistakes share achievements.
What do you enjoy doing together with others? Make a list of your ideas to help when writing your poem.
Do we always do good things together?
Let us look together at two phrases from the poem. Face things we fear Learn about right and wrong Sometimes, we do difficult things together. But having people to help makes things easier.
Writing our ‘Together’ Poem We will use these sentence starters for the verses in our poems. together we (one word choice) together we (two word choices) together we (one word choice) and (a significant statement)
Let’s try creating a verse together. Together we and Remove this slide if not delivering as a live lesson.
Good luck with your poem! When you’ve finished, you could write it neatly on this template or create a beautiful border of your own.
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