I can talk about information from pictures

This can be used for the first lesson in D&T Unit 1D Homes and/or History Unit 2 where children investigate the main features of homes.

Introduction (10 minutes)

Discuss the different types of information about homes that we can find out from pictures. Use images of homes, estate agents' websites, diagrams with parts labelled, pictures with basic mathematical shapes labelled, children's drawings, local maps and pictures with annotations of building materials.

Houses Resource - photographs and powerpoint.

Main lesson (15 minutes)

Group the children and ask each group to record the information they know from looking at a particular picture

Plenary (10 minutes)

Review with the class what information the pictures tell us.

Website Resources

This resource pack introduces pupils to different types of homes. Pupils look at and explore a variety of homes such as a house, a flat, a caravan and a bungalow, and talk about what sort of home they live in. Pupils also look at house numbers and complete sorting and matching games involving numbers 1-9. www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/where_we_live/eng/Introduction/

Build a House Game BBC CBeebies	Photographs of different kinds of houses	Answering questions about houses (WSGfL)