The Elves and the Shoemakers Learning Resource - Theatre ...

Group Work
These suggestions provide you with the opportunity to organise your groups according to whether
children need support in applying their previous learning, can work independently, or as an opportunity for
you to teach a new skill to a group.
Group 1: Children use ICT confidently to decide the type of record they will create to show the range of
types of shoe fixings and complete and print it independently.
Group 2: Children use ICT with support to create bar graph/pie chart/pictogram to show the range of
types of shoe fixings and print it.
Group 3: Children need instruction/practice in designing and drawing accurately, particularly in relation to
the vertical axis and scale on a bar graph to show the range of types of shoe fixings.
Group 4: Children need instruction/practice in completing a Carroll diagram - criteria might be black and
not black, shiny and not shiny.
Group 5: Children need instruction/practice in completing a Venn diagram - criteria might be black and
not black, and not shiny.
Extension: Children could use the information they have collected and record it in a different form.
Plenary: Bring the children together with their completed records and ask them what sorts of shoes
they can see from the information they collected are most popular. Return their shoes!
Success Criteria
• Children collect, group, sort and record their findings.
• Children use their recorded findings to draw conclusions from the information they have
collected.
• Children apply previous learning in the independent creation of their chosen method of
recording information.
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