Rainforests

As Authors in English, we will be: 

• Reading a range of stories set in imaginary worlds.
• Writing expanded noun phrases to describe characters and settings.
• Creating our own story set in an imaginary world.
• Using dialogue.
• Listening to arguments about issues concerning the rainforests.
• Learning how to use persuasive language.
• Writing a persuasive argument linked to our work on rainforests.
• Applying Year 3 spelling rules into our writing. 

As Mathematicians, we will be:

• Making whole fractions

• Counting in tenths

• Working out tenths as decimals

• Placing fractions on a number line

• Working out fractions of a set of objects

• Understanding equivalent fractions 

• Comparing fractions

• Ordering fractions

• Adding fractions

• Subtracting fractions

• Recapping o'clock and half past 

• Recapping quarter past and quarter to 

• Learning about months and years 

• Learning about the hours in a day 

• Telling the time to 5 minutes 

• Telling the time to the minute 

• Using a.m. and p.m. 

• Understanding the 24-hour clock 

• Finding the duration 

• Comparing durations

As Scientists, we will be:

• Recognising that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways.
• Exploring and using classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in a rainforest environment and our local environment.
• Constructing and interpret food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey.
• Classifying rainforest animals using the names: amphibians, reptiles, birds, fish, mammals and insects.
• Describing the habitat of a rainforest animal and explain why it is suitable.
• Learning how environments can change and the dangers it can pose to living things.
• Identifying and naming a variety of living things in our local and the rainforest environment.

As Artists, we will:

• Learn about the artist Henri Rousseau and explore his artwork.
• Explain what they like or dislike about their work.
• Experiment with creating mood, feeling, movement and areas of interest by selecting appropriate materials and learnt techniques.
• Articulate how they might improve their work using technical terms and reasons as a matter of routine.
• Experiment with a range of collage techniques such as overlapping, tearing and laying to create images and represent textures.
• Use collage as a means of collecting ideas and information and building a visual vocabulary.

As Musicians we will be:

• Identifying structure and texture in music.
• Using body percussion to create musical rhythms.
• Creating simple tunes.
• Building and improving a composition.

As Geographers we will be:

• Using atlases to discover the locations of some of the world's rainforests.
• Exploring the components and layers of the rainforest, using natural materials to create our own models of a rainforest biome.
• Comparing physical geographical features of Manaus, Brazil and Delamere, United Kingdom. We will be focussing on comparing climate, interpreting graphs to add to our research.
• Researching the people and settlements of the Amazon Rainforest. Who lives in the Amazon? What is life really like? How does it compare to our lives?
• Investigating deforestation, why are trees being chopped down? Why is this dangerous for the entire world?

As Computer Technicians, we will be:

• Using technology safely, respectfully and responsibly.
• Learning about computer networks, including the internet.
• Selecting, using and combining a range of software to communicate with others.