Making a class slideshow about Cardiff together

Part 1: teacher script

Read the words in the boxes aloud. Show the picture cards, the paper slide template and the slide sorter strip as you go.

1. 5 min Step 1: Cardiff and slideshows.

   Say: “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. “Is Cardiff a country or a city?” (A city. Wales is the country.)

   Show: a paper slide. Say: “People make slideshows on computers and tablets to show and tell. 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. Today every pair will make 1 slide. Then we will put all our slides together to make one class slideshow. Making something together is called collaborating.”

2. 6 min Step 2: the picture cards. Hold up the 6 cards one at a time.

   Say: “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. People chosen by the people of Wales talk and make decisions for Wales. Look at the wavy wooden roof.” “This is the Principality Stadium. It is huge. Wales plays rugby here.”

   Say: “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?” (The Senedd.)

3. 6 min Step 3: choose a job and a place. Put pupils in pairs. Give out the activity pages.

   Say: “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.”

   Say: “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.”

   Walk round. If a pair cannot agree, model a fair way: “You choose the place, your partner chooses the colours,” or “Take turns to say why you like each place, then choose.” If lots of pairs choose the castle, say: “Our slideshow will be more interesting if it shows lots of different places,” but repeats are fine.

4. 10 min Step 4: make our paper slide. Give each pair 1 paper slide.

   Say: “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. When the word writer has finished, they can ask: “Can I help colour the sky?”

5. 6 min Step 5: swap jobs.

   Say: “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.”

6. 5 min Step 6: the slide sorter. Point to the slide sorter strip across the top of the board.

   Say: “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?” Pupils write their slide number in the circle in Task 2. Put a red dot in the box if the pair sits on one side of the room and a blue dot for the other side.

   If you have more than 10 pairs, the extra slides start Slideshow 2, in a second row. If you have fewer than 10, ask: “How many more slides do we need to make 10?” While pairs come up, the others tick Task 1: “Tick each thing you and your partner did. Be honest.”

7. 6 min Step 7: slides altogether, Task 3.

   Say: “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: how to count on. “I keep 4 in my head, then count the blue ones: 5, 6, 7. 4 add 3 makes 7.” Pupils write 7 in the box. Check with the board: count your red dots, count your blue dots, then count them all together.

8. 5 min Step 8: how many more make 10?, Task 4.

   Say: “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.”

9. 5 min Step 9: ways to make 10, Task 5. On the board strip, put red dots in 6 boxes and blue dots in the other 4.

   Say: “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.” (6 + 4, 5 + 5, 8 + 2.)

   Ask: “Which row has the same number of red and blue?” (5 and 5.)

10. 3 min Step 10: 1 less and 1 more, Task 6.

    Say: “Oh no! Slide 4 was deleted. Deleted means taken away. We had 10 slides and 1 was taken away. How many are left?” (9.) “1 less than 10 is 9.” “Now the class adds 1 new slide at the end. Draw it in box 10. 1 more than 9 is...?” (10.)

11. 3 min Step 11: show our slideshow and “I can”.

    Say: “Let’s watch our class slideshow!” Point to each slide in order. The class reads each title together: “Slide 1, Cardiff Castle. Slide 2...” The pair who made it stands up. Ask: “What helped you work well with your partner?”

    Read each “I can” line aloud; pupils tick if they agree.