Born to be WILD! Y3 Spring 2016 English Text: The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry The Vanishing Rainforest by Richard Platt A selection of information books. Write in poetic style to reflect life in the rainforest. Sequence a story through words and pictures. Write a comparative diary between the life of a child from another culture and myself. Use a wide range of devices to build cohesion within and across paragraphs . Non-fiction non-chronological report linked to rainforests. Class book of ‘I spy’ creatures of the Rainforest to accompany the group dioramas. Computing Use search technologies for locating information. Looking at and creating e books Science Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant. Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways. Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things. Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways. Become familiar with the conditions and resources experienced by creatures living in the rainforest. Identify how rainforest creatures have adapted to life in their forest layer. Y3 Spring 2016 Born to be WILD! Big Bang; 3D animal sculptures Wow Experiences: Trip to the Living Rainforest. Creating news reports for new species found. Landing event: Rainforest celebrations for parents. Maths Order and compare numbers up to 1000. Estimate the answer and use inverse operations. Investigate amounts of money. Record and compare time . Measure, compare, add and subtract: mass (kg/g); Multiplication and division using formal written methods. Recognise, find and write fractions . Draw and recognise 2-D and 3D shapes in different orientations . Interpret and present data using pictograms and tables and bar charts. Music To build up knowledge of the sounds of the rainforest and imagine life there. To create rainfall and storm using hands and body parts. Learn rainforest facts through song. Explore tribal dance and plan their own tribal dance sequences to music. RE / PSHE / SMSC Spirituality within religions Develop feelings of empathy towards others and to explore world concerns. P.E / Games Multi Skills – ‘Jungle Games’ To perform dances using a range of movement patterns Swimming Geography What is a rainforest? Where are therainforests in the world ? Who lives there? Understand types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including food. Understand geographical similarities and differences of a region within the UK and a region of South America. Understand the meaning of and investigate the positive and negative points of deforestation. Art To improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials. Study of artist - Henri Rousseau. Design their own Kayapo-style patterns. Investigate different effects that can be created with colour and monochrome. Design and Technology Make group dioramas of canopy and emergent layers of the rainforest in shoe boxes, including the creatures found in these layers. To apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures.