Primary resources
PRIMARY
By learning about those who benefit from Mary’s Meals projects, and the challenges they face, your pupils can gain knowledge about their global community. Citizenship skills can be developed by exploring the part they can play in developing a better international society. Please find some lesson ideas and resources and some exemplars which you will hopefully find useful. Please adapt to suit your pupils’ needs. The exemplars are merely there to show the variety of ways in which teachers have used Mary’s Meals to overtake many aspects of the modern curriculum. You too can help! We are looking to grow and develop the resources and exemplars available. If you have used Mary’s Meals as a context for delivering any aspects of learning or unique fundraising ideas and are willing to share them, then let us know and we can add it to help and inspire others.
“Working in partnership with Mary’s Meals has not only allowed our pupils to take part in meaningful social enterprise activities, but has also allowed our whole school community to be active Global citizens working hand in hand enhancing the life experiences of children around the world. Through a joint initiative with Mary’s Meals and LTS, our pupils took part in a “ GLOW MEET” sharing good practice with schools from across the country”
Libby Colquoun – Headteacher Stonehouse Primary School
LESSON IDEAS & DOWNLOADS
1. Mary’s Meals Introductory Lessons for Younger Pupils
2. Mary’s Meals Powerpoint Presentation for Younger Children (PPT)
3. Recycle for Mary’s Meals Poster
4 . Reading Comprehension Passage
6. Religious & Moral Lesson for Primaries
8. Age 4-6 Lesson Plan – Religious and Moral
9. Age 7-11 Lesson Plan – General
10.Age 7-11 Lesson Plan – Religious and Moral
11. General Mary’s Meals Primary School Assembly Powerpoint – ( Best used along with “The Difference a Meal Makes” short film)
OTHER INFORMATION & RESOURCES
1. The Difference A Meal Makes Film (School Display Format) – 80mb Large File
2. Quiz Relating to “The Difference a Meal Makes”
3. Word Search
4. Feeding the Future Short Film (School Display Format) – 48mb
5. A Back Packs Journey Short Film (School Display Format – 30mb
6.Flag Exercise
7. Colouring Pictures
8. Map Exercises 1 – Where we work. / Map Exercise – Answers
9. Schools in Malawi Supported by Mary’s Meals – Google Maps
EXEMPLARS
1. St Catherine’s East Renfrewshire – Child Poverty
- Lesson Plans
- Child Poverty Challenge
- Peer Assessment
- Pros & Cons Worksheet
- See-Think-Wonder
- Self Assessment of Skills
- Skillful Decision Making Questions
- Success Criteria
- Who is Doing What Worksheet
2. Kincardine in Menteith PS – Cross Curricular Day
3. St Mark’s PS Hamilton – Africa Project
4. Kirkshaws Primary School Coatbridge
- Primary 1 Backpack Participation
- Primary 6/7 Persuasive Writing Task
5. Stonehouse PS – Change Challenge
- Change Challenge General Description
- Team & individual Tasks
- Change Challenge Leaflet
- Change Challenge Information & Film
