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Year 3 - How are humans and animals linked together and support the ecosystem they live in?
This half term in Year 3 our big question has been, ‘How are humans and animals linked together and support the ecosystem they live in?’ In geography, we have learning about the different climate zones. The children have been understanding how where you live in relation to the equator affects the climate zone that you are in. The children have then been understanding how the different climates affect the day to day lives of the people living in this region. They have undertaken research on different countries within each climate zone and then presented this research to different year groups as part of our high stakes project. The children confidently got up and spoke in front of the different year groups and presented their findings about the different countries and their climates.
In English we have been reading the book, Charlotte's Web. The children went on to write newspaper articles on the day that Wilbur tried to escape. They learnt the features of a newspaper article and successfully used these within their own writing. They thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Odds Farm where they got to see many different animals and learn more about farm life.
In art, the children have been learning all about drawing using a
pencil. They have learnt how to use shapes to be able to support their drawings, tone and the four different rules of shading. They have looked closely at different features of plants and used different techniques such as frottage and the use of a viewfinder to be able to create different pieces of artwork.
It has been a busy half term in Year Three! We are very much looking forward to our final half term where our big question will be ‘How can you be the change?’
Year 4 - How do humans impact their environment?
Year 4 were learning all about North America this half term. Our big question was "How do humans impact their environment?". In our science lessons we learnt about aspects such as plastic pollution, bleaching of the coral reef, burning fossil fuels, rising sea temperatures and deforestation. The children created leaflets about what we as humans should do to look after the environment and minimise the risks of these environmental disasters happening. In Writing we wrote diary entries about animals going on a journey through different climates and seasons and learnt about behavioural and instinct changes that occur in animals when they have to adapt to a changing environment/ecosystem. We read a book called 'Call of the Wild' and loved reading about Buck as the main character and about his trials and tribulations as he explored Alaska and learnt the traits of a sled dog. He encountered kindness, affection and hatred throughout the story and the children enjoyed discussing how to support these different emotions. In Science the children learnt about food miles, where food comes from and how we should eat seasonal food to support our environment in the best way possible. They did a fantastic workshop in which they planted their own pea plants and were able to watch them grow over a few weeks and have taken them home to enjoy eating over the half term. The topic
finished with an exhibition of all of the learning and work we have done about North America and it displayed some comparisons to South America which was our topic from Spring 2.