Our topic this term is Saving the world – The Rainforest.

In geography, we’ll be:

• Finding out where rainforests are in the world

• Finding out which rainforest products we use in our everyday lives

• Comparing the ways in which the rainforest people live with our own lives

• Finding out how and why the rainforest is being destroyed

• Discovering the ways that people are trying to save the rainforest

In art, we’ll be:

• Making face paint designs

• Looking at artwork made by rainforest people and others to help us create our own piece of rainforest art

In science, we’ll be:

• Finding out about different rainforest animals and plants

• Investigating where different animals and plants live in the rainforest

• Playing a game to find out which colours are the most difficult to find

• Finding out why plants have leaves

• Finding out why different plants have different leaves

• Finding out the best conditions to grow a plant

• Finding out about rainforest fruits and seeds

• Growing our own plants from seeds

In Technology, we’ll Be:  

• Designing a recipe for and then making our own fruit drinks 

In Music, we’ll Be:

• Listening to music made by rainforest people and others
• Composing our own rainforest music 

In PE, we’ll Be: 

• Planning and performing our own rainforest dances 

In Ict, we’ll Be: 

• Using CD-ROMs and the Internet to support our research
• Using ICT to organise and present our work 

In International, we’ll Be: 

• Finding out about how other countries help to protect the rainforest.