1. Year 5’s Geography topic this term focuses on South America.

2. In our lessons, we started by looking at Rio De Janeiro – A major South American city in Brazil.

3. We learnt about the human and natural characteristics of the city.

4. There is lots of exciting facts about Rio De Janeiro
There is lots of exciting facts about Rio De Janeiro. We loved hearing about the carnival they hold each year!

5. We decided to create our own Carnival at Slater School – inspired by the one in Rio De Janeiro.

6. To prepare we created colourful head dresses and learnt a Brazilian dance – the Samba.

7. The Samba beat and bright colours made us all very happy
The Samba beat and bright colours made us all very happy! The fast beat got us ALL in a carnival spirit!

8. After our preparations we celebrated our Carnival
After our preparations we celebrated our Carnival. We all enjoyed the Samba music – even Mrs Tester!!

9. Finally, we made and tried a Brazilian cake.
Because of the chocolate chips, the cake is called an Anthill cake. Sadly, our chocolate chips sank to the bottom.
We all still enjoyed it though!!

10. We learnt lots about Brazil… It is in South America.
That it’s the biggest country in the continent.
That one of the continents major cities – Rio De Janeiro is there.
Some of the human and physical features of the country.
We will continue learning about South America in Geography and Literacy for the rest of the term.