KS1 Topic: We Are Britain Block A: British Values
Celebrate family history and culture. Share your family story, your interests, hobbies and family traditions.
Find out what the different cultures represented in the class eat for breakfast and have a class ‘Breakfast
Club’ that celebrates the diversity of all.
Block A: We Are Britain
British Values
[6 sessions]
Main outcome: Geography
Other outcomes: Art, History and SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social and
Cultural Development (non-statutory))
By the end of this block you will have
achieved the following outcomes:
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Session 1
Art and SMSC
This is Us! Part 1
Look closely at yourself, colour mix
paint to create a realistic self-portrait,
Guess Who? Research your family to
discover interesting facts/stories that
‘flavour’ your life.
Session 2
Art, History and SMSC
This is Us! Part 2
Complete self-portrait and share how
your family is unique.
Session 3
SMSC, History and Geography
My Family
Tell others about your family’s story.
Write speech bubble to create dynamic
display.
Session 4
SMSC, History and Art
Ice Creams to Shields!
A surprise visit from a knight in armour
inspires the creation of shields,
symbolising the interests, hobbies and
family traditions. Hear about King John
and Magna Carta.
Use mirrors to study personal features such as eye and hair colour, skin tone.
Mix paint to create correct shades of colour, to paint realistic self-portraits.
Research a simple ‘family tree’, in the shape of an ice cream cone.
Brief, simple history of Magna Carta.
Discover family stories of places of origin/memories of childhood.
Investigate location of UK and other countries worldwide.
Write own address.
Develop self-knowledge.
Learn about own family’s culture and beliefs and those of classmates.
Design symbols to represent self and use to illustrate shield as did Knights of
old.
 Share breakfast together.
 Increase awareness that although unique, individuals share many common
features, needs, hopes and aspirations and that we are all one nation.
Children will:
 Paint a realistic full-length self portrait.
 Increase self-knowledge of their own family and their story, culture and
traditions.
 Develop tolerance, harmony and respect between different people groups.
Children will:
 Observe themselves carefully, identifying their facial features to add to their
self portrait.
 Increase self-knowledge of their own family and their story, culture and
traditions.
 Celebrate the uniqueness of their family and those of their classmates.
Children will:
 Increase self-knowledge of their own family and their story, culture and
traditions.
 Celebrate the uniqueness of their family and those of their classmates.
 Develop tolerance, harmony and respect between different people groups.
 Begin to learn about the history of their family.
 Locate UK on world map + other global countries.
Children will:
 Increase self-knowledge by reflecting on their interests & abilities and their
family’s story, culture and traditions.
 Celebrate the uniqueness of each family represented in their class.
 Develop tolerance, harmony and respect between different people groups.
 Create their own shield.
 Begin to learn about the history of the UK and Magna Carta.
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KS1 Topic: We Are Britain Block A: British Values
Session 5
Geography and SMSC
Breakfast Club preparation
What do the different cultures
represented in the class eat for
breakfast? Write invitations to find
out.
Session 6
Geography and SMSC
Breakfast Club celebration!
Families provide typical breakfasts,
and children all eat together in a
decorated classroom to celebrate
diversity in the classroom.
Children will:
 Develop tolerance, harmony and respect between different people groups.
 Write an invitation to the Breakfast Club.
 Write their own address.
 Begin to learn about the 4 nations of the UK, England, Scotland, Wales and
Northern Ireland.
Children will:
 Develop tolerance, harmony and respect between different people groups.
 Celebrate diversity by eating breakfast together.
 Experience food from different parts of the world.
 Location of these countries on the world map and direction from UK.
 Develop awareness of religion and prayer.
 Learn to say thank you.
Resources
Session 1
Provided: Information sheets covering: The Guess Who Game; How to Paint Self Portraits; PowerPoint
presentation on Mr Moo’s Real Dairy Ice Cream Parlour; We are Swallow Class representation.
You will need: Access to the Internet; Mirrors: class set small, hand held + full length; flip chart/white
board; Paint: black, brown, red, yellow, blue, plenty of white + colours for clothes/sch uniform;
Paintbrushes, large; Containers/palettes to mix paints; A1 art paper; tape measures, lengths of string, till
roll paper; stiff paper + pens; Guess who? type games; Jig-saw puzzles; World map, people around the
world, body parts; Fiction and non-fiction books multi-cultural, families around the world; Soft toys, dolls,
puppets; Play dough; small world play figures; Map of the world; Ice cream, cones and toppings.
Session 2
Provided: Information sheet on How to Create a Classroom Display; We are Swallow Class
representation.
You will need: Access to the Internet; Adult ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Detective-type role play outfit +
magnifying glass; Mirrors; Oil pastels; Dry painted self-portraits from previous session; Tape measures,
lengths of string, till roll paper; Stiff paper + pens; Guess who? type games; jig-saw puzzles, world map,
people around the world, body parts; Fiction and non-fiction books multi-cultural, families around the
world; Assortment of soft toys, dolls, puppets; play dough; small world play figures.
Session 3
Provided: Information sheet on Instructions for adding speech bubbles; Information sheet with Extracts
from ‘We are Britain!’ by Benjamin Zephaniah;
You will need: Copy of ‘We are Britain’ by Benjamin Zephaniah - ISBN 0-7112-1902-8; Large world map;
Post-it notes/sm labels + blu tack; Maps, globes, atlases; Felt tip pens; small white boards (w/b).
Session 4
Provided: Information sheet with Extracts from ‘We are Britain!’ by Benjamin Zephaniah; Information
sheet with Examples of shield designs.
You will need: Access to the Internet; Copy of ‘We are Britain’ by Benjamin Zephaniah - ISBN 0-71121902-8; flip chart (f/c); menorah and kippur; class set small white boards (sm w/b); knight role-play outfit
adult size with helmet obscuring face, so knight is only identifiable by the symbols on shield; Pre-cut card
shield shapes; felt-tip pens, paint, gummed paper, foil, tissue paper.
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have been checked by Hamilton Trust (being the operating name of the registered charity, William Rowan Hamilton Trust) and to the best of Hamilton Trust’s
knowledge, are correct and accurate at the time of publication. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other terms and conditions on the Hamilton Trust
website, you acknowledge that Hamilton Trust has no control over such Links and indeed, the owners of such Links may have removed such Links, changed
such Links and/or contents associated with such Links. Therefore, it is your sole responsibility to verify any of the Links which you wish you use. Hamilton Trust
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KS1 Topic: We Are Britain Block A: British Values
Session 5
Provided:
You will need: Access to the Internet; World Map Family Links with captions (made in Session 1);
breakfast cereal packet; Paper for letters home & envelopes; Copy of each child’s home address;
unmarked map of UK.
Session 6
Provided:
You will need: Access to the Internet; Breakfast food from around the world; flag and label for each
representative country; room decorations, flag bunting, balloons; paper plates; ‘Here We Go Round the
Mulberry Bush’ by Sophie Fatus, Barefoot Books; coloured and decorated A4 thank you sheets; felt tip
pens.
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The links to the websites and the contents of the web pages associated with such links specified on this list (hereafter collectively referred to as the ‘Links’)
have been checked by Hamilton Trust (being the operating name of the registered charity, William Rowan Hamilton Trust) and to the best of Hamilton Trust’s
knowledge, are correct and accurate at the time of publication. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other terms and conditions on the Hamilton Trust
website, you acknowledge that Hamilton Trust has no control over such Links and indeed, the owners of such Links may have removed such Links, changed
such Links and/or contents associated with such Links. Therefore, it is your sole responsibility to verify any of the Links which you wish you use. Hamilton Trust
excludes all responsibility and liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any Links.