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Secondary Lyfta Time #04: Erkan in Türkiye.

Secondary Lyfta Time with KS3 PSHE links - Health and Wellbeing (H7, H10), Relationships and RSE (R1, R2) and Learning in the Wider World (L22).

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Secondary Lyfta Time #03: Enaney in Awra Amba

Secondary Lyfta Time with KS3 PSHE links - Living in the Wider World (L3, L5, L9, L10) and Health and Wellbeing (H1, H9)

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Secondary Lyfta Time #02: Michal in Helsinki

Secondary Lyfta Time with KS3 PSHE links - Learning in the Wider World (L9, L10) and Relationships and RSHE (R3, R7)

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Exploring inequalities: Sao Paulo

We'll meet Marcelo in Sao Paulo and find out how this megacity is unequal.

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Lesson planSustainability & global citizenship

Lyfta debate: generational guilt & climate change

Meet Ambassador Kwon, fighting climate change in the deserts of northwest China. We will examine Kwon's attitude toward climate change and practise varying your voice when presenting arguments.

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Lesson planPSHE & Ofsted Personal Development Framework

Secondary Lyfta Time #01: Rob in Cornwall

Lyfta Time for Secondary with PSHE links - Relationships and RSE and Living in the Wider World.

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Assembly: My name is my identity

Visit Indonesia and meet Chen Fung Yin. Explore the theme of names and identity.

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Rise of the phoenix: Pt.2

Revisit your mythical creature and develop your creative writing.

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Rise of the phoenix: Pt.1

Visit Indonesia, explore the importance of names and their meaning - and discover a mythical creature.

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Lyfta Time #79: Chen Fung Yin in Indonesia

Meet Chen Fung Yin in Indonesia.

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Lesson planCritical thinking & AI

Technology through time

Meet Ilya, computer scientist working in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Learn how technology advanced over the last century.

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Lesson planCritical thinking & AI

Assembly: Technologies to change the world

Visit San Francisco to meet computer scientist Ilya, working in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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Lesson planCritical thinking & AI

Explore AI (Pt. 2)

Further develop critical thinking about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AGI.

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Stay safe online (secondary): Pt.2

Further develop your digital literacy with a focus on deepfakes.

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Lesson planCritical thinking & AI

Stay safe online (primary)

Develop digital literacy skills and stay safe online.

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Stay safe online (secondary): Pt.1

Meet computer scientist Ilya working in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and develop your digital literacy.

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Explore San Francisco

Explore the physical and human characteristics of San Francisco, USA.

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Lesson planCritical thinking & AI

Explore AI (Pt. 1)

Meet computer scientist Ilya working in Artificial Intelligence. Learn about some of the potentials and issues of AI.

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Lyfta Time #78: Ilya in the USA

Meet Ilya, a computer scientist in the USA working in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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Celebrate Nowruz, festival of spring

Meet Malahat, celebrating Nowruz in Azerbaijan.

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How we spend free time (Accessible)

Meet Malahat in Azerbaijan and explore how we spend our free time.

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Explore Baku

Explore Baku, the thriving capital city of Azerbaijan.

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Assembly: Festival of spring (Nowroz)

Explore the festival of Nowruz.

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Malahat: Hopes and dreams

Explore Malahat's hopes for the future and our own.

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Art: Inspired by Mono (Primary)

Inspired by Mono in Chile, create your own artwork.

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Explore Santiago, Chile

We'll meet Mono and explore his home city of Santiago, Chile.

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Paint a colour wheel

Meet street artist Mono and paint a colour wheel.

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Assembly: A lifetime of art

Meet Mono in Santiago, Chile, painting since the 1960s.

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Art: Inspired by Mono (Secondary)

Meet Mono in Chile and be inspired to create original artwork.

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Assembly: Save the Dead Sea

We will discover what threatens the Dead Sea's existence.

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Make a Jordanian dish

Visit Hassan, a farmer in Jordan, and make a simple tomato dish.

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Visit the River Jordan (KS2)

Visit the River Jordan and discover why it is such a special place.

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Visit the Dead Sea (KS1)

Meet Hassan in Jordan and experience the Dead Sea.

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Visit the Dead Sea

Explore the Dead Sea and meet Hassan in Jordan.

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Lyfta Time #76 Mono in Chile

Meet street artist Mono in Santiago, Chile.

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Visit the River Jordan (KS3)

Visit the River Jordan and discover why it is such a special place.

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Experiments with salt

Visit the Dead Sea and carry out a science floating experiment.

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Lyfta Time #77 Malahat in Azerbaijan

Visit Baku and meet Malahat, who dreams of being a dancer.

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Lyfta Time #75 Hassan in Jordan

Meet Hassan, a farmer on the banks of the Dead Sea in Jordan.

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Los Angeles: City of angels

Explore the city of Los Angeles in the USA.

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Assembly: Happy Hanukkah!

Explore the Jewish festival of Hanukkah with one LA family.

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Make a vegetable fried rice dish (Primary)

Explore a Chinese restaurant and make a dish.

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Make a vegetable fried rice dish (KS3)

Make a low-waste Chinese dish for your family.

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Make your own latkes

Learn about Hanukkah and make your own latkes.

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Happy Hanukkah!

Explore one family's celebration of Hanukkah in LA.

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Lyfta Time #74 Mackie in LA, USA

Learn about Hanukkah in LA with Mackie and family.

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Make a mandala

Meet Wei Wei in China and create your own mandala.

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Assembly: Expectations of Egypt

Meet Mohamed in Egypt and discover this diverse country.

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