Presentation: Making a Class Slideshow about Cardiff Together

Slide 1 of 7 · Settling starter · Geography · Year 1

5 minutes

Our class slideshow about Cardiff

Cardiff is the capital city of Wales. In Welsh, Cardiff is called Caerdydd.

Today every pair makes 1 slide. Then we put all our slides together to make one class slideshow.

While the register is called: sit next to your partner and look at the paper slide on the board. Find the title box and the picture box.

Starter question: Is Cardiff a country or a city?

DCF: Interacting and collaborating → Collaboration No computers needed · we make it on paper

Supply teacher script (no subject knowledge needed)

Hand out: nothing yet. Have ready the 6 Cardiff picture cards, the paper slide templates cut in half (1 slide per pair), the activity page (Part 2 of the worksheet, one per pupil), pencils, red and blue coloured pencils, and the slide sorter strip taped together across the top of the board with sticky tack. Keep the activity pages until Step 3.

Say aloud: “Today we are going to make a slideshow together, about Cardiff. Cardiff is the capital city of Wales. A capital city is the most important city in a country. In Welsh, Cardiff is called Caerdydd.” Ask: “Has anyone been to Cardiff? What did you see?” Take 2 or 3 answers.

Starter answer: A city. Wales is the country. Then hold up a paper slide and say: “A slideshow is made of slides. We show them one after another: slide 1, then slide 2, then slide 3. Each slide has a title at the top, that is the words, and a picture. Making something together is called collaborating.”

Slide 2 of 7 · The picture cards and key words · Geography · Year 1

6 minutes

6 real places in Cardiff

Cardiff Castle, the Senedd, Principality Stadium, Cardiff Bay boats, Millennium Centre, Bute Park.

slide

1 page with a title at the top and a picture.

slideshow

Lots of slides shown one after another: slide 1, then slide 2, then slide 3.

collaborating

Making something together. We take turns, listen and agree.

LNF: Numeracy → Number → Calculation Look at each card as it is held up

Supply teacher script (no subject knowledge needed)

Say aloud: hold up the 6 cards one at a time. “This is Cardiff Castle. It is in the middle of the city, the city centre. It is very old. Can you see the clock tower?” “This is the Senedd, in Cardiff Bay. The Welsh Parliament meets here. Look at the wavy wooden roof.” “This is the Principality Stadium. It is huge. Wales plays rugby here.” “This is Cardiff Bay. Boats sail on the water.” “This is the Wales Millennium Centre, a big theatre in Cardiff Bay where people watch shows. The big words on the front are in Welsh and English.” “This is Bute Park, a big park with lots of trees, next to Cardiff Castle.”

Ask: “Which place would you like to visit? Why?” “Where does the Welsh Parliament meet?” Answer: the Senedd. Then point at the 3 key words on the board and read them aloud.

Slide 3 of 7 · Steps 3 and 4: choose a job and make our slide · Geography · Year 1

16 minutes

Task 1 and Task 2: share the jobs, make our paper slide

One of you is the picture maker. One of you is the word writer. Ring your job in Task 1.

Talk, listen and agree on 1 place. Both ring the same place in Task 2.

On your paper slide: write both names next to Made by. Word writer: copy the place name in the title box. Picture maker: draw the place big and clear.

Like this: title Cardiff Castle, picture of the old tower on its mound and the tall clock tower.

Steps 3 and 4 · 6 minutes to choose, 10 minutes to make Ask your partner: What colour shall I use?

Supply teacher script (no subject knowledge needed)

Hand out: put pupils in pairs (an odd number makes 1 group of 3: picture maker, word writer and checker). Give out the activity pages now, then 1 paper slide per pair after 6 minutes.

Say aloud: “When we work together, we share the jobs. Look at Task 1. One of you is the picture maker: you draw the picture on our slide. One of you is the word writer: you write the title. Later you will swap. Agree who does which job first, then draw a ring round your job.” Then: “Now look at the 6 places at the top of Task 2. Talk to your partner. Listen to each other. Agree on 1 place for your slide. Both of you draw a ring round the same place.”

After 6 minutes, say aloud: “Write both your names next to Made by. Word writer: copy the name of your place in the title box, carefully, from the card. Picture maker: draw your place in the picture box. Make it big and clear, so everyone can see it on the board. Talk while you work. Ask your partner: What colour shall I use? and listen to the answer.” Write the place names on the board: Cardiff Castle, the Senedd, Principality Stadium, Cardiff Bay boats, Millennium Centre, Bute Park.

Walk the room: if a pair cannot agree, say “You choose the place, your partner chooses the colours.” Repeats of the castle are fine. Praise good partner talk out loud.

Slide 4 of 7 · Steps 5 and 6: swap jobs and the slide sorter · Geography · Year 1

11 minutes

Swap jobs, then stick our slide in the slide sorter

Swap! The picture maker is now the word writer. The word writer is now the picture maker. Make your slide again in Task 2, on your own page.

Our class slideshow needs 10 slides. Pairs come up and stick their slide under the next number.

Check your slide fits: Has it got a title? Is it the right way up? Is it about Cardiff?

Then: write your slide number in the circle in Task 2, and tick Task 1. Be honest.

Steps 5 and 6 · 6 minutes to swap, 5 minutes to sort Slide 1, slide 2, slide 3, all the way to 10

Supply teacher script (no subject knowledge needed)

Say aloud: “Now swap! The picture maker is now the word writer, and the word writer is now the picture maker. On your own activity page, in Task 2, make your slide again. Start with your new job: if you drew the picture before, write the title first. If you wrote the title before, draw the picture first.”

After 6 minutes, point to the strip on the board and say aloud: “This is our slide sorter. On a computer, the slide sorter shows all the slides in order: 1, 2, 3, all the way to 10. Our class slideshow needs 10 slides.” Call pairs up one at a time to stick their slide under the next number. Ask each pair: “Does your slide fit next to the others? Has it got a title? Is it the right way up? Is it about Cardiff?” Put a red dot in the circle if the pair sits on one side of the room and a blue dot for the other side.

Quick check: more than 10 pairs? The extra slides start Slideshow 2 in a second row. Fewer than 10? Ask: “How many more slides do we need to make 10?” In the worked example the pair’s slide went in box 3, so the pupil wrote 3 in the circle.

Slide 5 of 7 · Steps 7, 8 and 9: slideshow maths · Geography · Year 1

16 minutes

Tasks 3, 4 and 5: how many slides?

The Red table and the Blue table are pretend tables, made up for our maths.

Task	Count it	Answer
3. Altogether	Red table 4 slides, Blue table 3 slides. Keep 4 in your head: 5, 6, 7.	4 + 3 = 7
4. How many more make 10?	We have 7. Count on your fingers: 8, 9, 10. Draw a slide in each empty box.	7 + 3 = 10
5. Ways to make 10	Colour the empty boxes blue. Count them.	6 + 4, 5 + ?, 8 + ?

Steps 7, 8 and 9 · 6 + 5 + 5 minutes Count with your finger, then write the number in the box

Supply teacher script (no subject knowledge needed)

Say aloud (Task 3, 6 minutes): “In Task 3 there are 2 pretend tables, the Red table and the Blue table. They are made up for our maths. The Red table made some slides. Count them with your finger.” (1, 2, 3, 4.) “The Blue table made some slides. Count them.” (1, 2, 3.) “We put them together in one slideshow. How many slides altogether?” Show counting on: “I keep 4 in my head, then count the blue ones: 5, 6, 7. 4 add 3 makes 7.” Pupils write 7.

Say aloud (Task 4, 5 minutes): “Their slideshow needs 10 slides. They have 7. How many more slides do they need? Count on from 7 on your fingers: 8, 9, 10.” (3 more.) “Draw a little picture of Cardiff in each empty box. Then write how many you drew. 7 add 3 makes 10.” Pupils write 3 in both boxes.

Say aloud (Task 5, 5 minutes): on the board strip, put red dots in 6 boxes and blue dots in the other 4. “There are lots of ways for 2 tables to make 10 slides. Here, 6 slides are red and 4 are blue. 6 add 4 makes 10. In Task 5, the red slides are done. Colour the empty boxes blue, count them and write the number.” Ask: “Which row has the same number of red and blue?” (5 and 5.)

Quick check: Task 3 is 7 (a pupil who writes 43 has copied the digits: ask them to touch and count each slide). Task 4 is 3 (common errors are 10 or 7). Task 5 is 4, 5 and 2: 6 + 4 = 10, 5 + 5 = 10, 8 + 2 = 10. A pupil who writes 10 in every box has copied the total: count the blue boxes together.

Slide 6 of 7 · Step 10 and self check · Geography · Year 1

3 minutes

Task 6: 1 less and 1 more. Then: I can...

Oh no! Slide 4 was deleted. Deleted means taken away. 10 take away 1 = 9. Now draw 1 new slide in box 10. 9 + 1 = 10.

Now check your page with your partner. Point and say yes or not yet.

I can work with a partner to make a slide.
I can take turns, listen and agree.
I can name a place in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.
I can put 2 groups together to find how many altogether.

Step 10 · 3 minutes Is your name on your page?

Slide 7 of 7 · Plenary: show our slideshow · Geography · Year 1

3 minutes

Let’s watch our class slideshow!

Read each title together: “Slide 1, ... Slide 2, ...” The pair who made it stands up.

Question	Correct answer
Is Cardiff a country or a city?	A city. Wales is the country, and Cardiff is its capital city.
Where does the Welsh Parliament meet?	In the Senedd, the building with the wavy wooden roof in Cardiff Bay.
What is a slideshow?	Lots of slides shown one after another. A slide is 1 page with a title and a picture.

Hand in your activity page Leave the slide sorter on the board