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Provide me with 10 examples of how a Year 5 teacher in Wales could use Google Gemini/Copilot to support their pedagogy. What prompts could I use to speed up my lesson planning, resource creation, and feedback? I am teaching 30 pupils about the Tudor period, but I want to bring in other areas of the Welsh curriculum to cover the AOLEs
H&SS / Lesson Planning
Cross-Curricular Mapping: Identify links between the Tudor topic and specific AOLEs to ensure coverage.
"I am a Year 5 teacher in Wales planning a unit on the Tudor period for 30 pupils. Generate a table showing specific connections between the Tudors and the following AOLEs: Health and Wellbeing, Expressive Arts, and Science and Technology. Suggest one lesson idea for each connection."
Health and Wellbeing
Empathy/Perspective Writing: Create resources for students to explore Tudor life through a contemporary lens.
"Generate five diary entry prompts for a Year 5 pupil role-playing a person living in Tudor Wales, focusing on their daily diet, hygiene, and local community life. Ensure the language is suitable for a 9-10 year old."
Expressive Arts
Resource Creation (Drama/Music): Quickly draft a script or simple song lyrics for a class performance.
"Draft a short, three-scene play script (5 minutes long) for 30 Year 5 pupils about Henry VIII and the Dissolution of the Monasteries in Wales. The script must include roles for 30 pupils and a short, simple song/chant that covers the core message."
Science and Technology
Problem-Based Learning: Create a scenario for students to solve a Tudor-era technological challenge.
"Design a 'Tudor Technology Challenge' for Year 5 pupils. The challenge is to design a Tudor ship that can withstand a sea voyage to the New World. Provide the challenge brief, key learning points about Tudor ship technology, and a simple success criteria."
Languages, Literacy & Comm.
Differentiated Text: Adjust complex historical documents to different reading levels.
"Take this excerpt about the Tudor Poor Laws [Paste text here]. Rewrite it into three differentiated versions: Simplified (for lower readers), Standard (Year 5 level), and Extended (with extra vocabulary and challenge questions)."
AOLE Integration
Enquiry Questions: Generate a set of deep, open-ended questions that bridge AOLEs.
"Provide three rich, cross-curricular enquiry questions for a Year 5 Tudor unit that integrate Humanities, Science, and Expressive Arts. The questions should encourage historical thinking and Welsh context."
Lesson Planning
Starter Activity Brainstorm: Generate engaging 'hooks' for your lessons.
"Give me ten different 5-minute 'hook' activities to start a lesson on Elizabeth I that cater to different learning styles (visual, kinesthetic, auditory)."
Feedback Efficiency
Report Card Comments: Draft personalised comments based on pupil performance data.
"I have 30 pupils. Draft six distinct, positive but honest report card comments about a Year 5 pupil's effort and progress in Humanities, using the Curriculum for Wales Progression Steps language. Focus on their use of evidence and chronological understanding."
Resource Creation (Design & Tech)
Assessment Rubric: Generate a clear marking guide for a practical project.
"Generate a rubric for assessing a Year 5 Design & Technology project where pupils design and build a model of a Tudor house. The rubric must use a scale of 1-4 (Emerging to Excellent) and clearly cover the AOLEs for Design & Technology."
Mathematics & Numeracy
Real-World Numeracy: Create a Maths activity rooted in the Tudor context.
"Create a Numeracy Task for Year 5: The class are Tudor merchants selling goods at a local Welsh market. Provide a list of 10 items with costs in Tudor currency (pounds, shillings, pence) and five multi-step problems involving calculating profit and loss."
Prompt:
 “Create a cross-curricular unit plan for Year 5 on the Tudors that integrates all six AOLEs from the Welsh curriculum.”
Prompt:
 “Generate a Tudor-themed knowledge organiser for Year 5 pupils, including key dates, people, vocabulary, and curriculum links to Humanities and Language, Literacy and Communication.”
Prompt:
 “Create three differentiated reading comprehension texts about Henry VIII for Year 5 pupils (higher, middle, lower ability), with questions aligned to the Welsh literacy framework.”
Prompt:
 “Suggest an Expressive Arts lesson where pupils create Tudor portraits using mixed media, linked to historical context and self-expression.”
Prompt:
 “Design a science investigation inspired by Tudor medicine or shipbuilding that links to the Science and Technology AOLE.”
Prompt:
 “Translate a simple Tudor-themed vocabulary list into Welsh for Year 5 learners, including pronunciation tips.”
Prompt:
 “Create a formative assessment rubric for a Year 5 project on Tudor monarchs, with success criteria linked to the Humanities AOLE.”
Prompt:
 “Suggest a DCF-aligned task where pupils create a digital timeline of the Tudor period using Google Slides or Canva.”
Prompt:
 “Write a model diary entry from the perspective of a child in a Tudor workhouse, suitable for Year 5, and include writing success criteria.”
Prompt:
 “Help me design a pupil-led inquiry project where learners explore Tudor life through the lens of ‘What was it like to be a child in Tudor times?’ with links to Health and Well-being and Humanities.”
Create me an interactive game where children match colours to the Welsh name for that colour, write the code for this game
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