How are humans

destroying the planet?

Week 2 Where can you find whales?

CLL – Description (setting)HG – Where can we find whales? Identify equator, Arctic, Antarctic, Northern and Southern hemisphere on world atlas. Google Earth countries on the equator. What do they notice?Computing – use the internet to copy and paste pictures of the Arctic and Antarctic.CLL – write AP sentence types to describe the physical features of the ice caps.

Week 3 What is climate change?

Use pictures from ‘This morning I met a whale’ as stimulus.

CLL – Description (setting)HG – What is climate change? What are we doing to increase climate change? What can we do to prevent it?ST – Set up a comparative experiment to measure melting ice.Maths – Use stop watches to measure the time taken for the ice to melt. Compare times – which ice cube melted the fastest/slowest?

Week 4 How are humans damaging the ocean?

CLL – Non-chronological report (link to unit learning challenge)ST – How can we help stop sea pollution by recycling (use pictures as stimuli)? Sort out items for recycling. Can children suggest how we can reduce, reuse and recycle?HGSU/Computing – Research what damage humans are doing to the oceans – pollution.

Week 5 How can we help endangered animals?

CLL – Non-chronological report (link to unit learning challenge)HGSU/Computing – research an animal that is endangered and create a fact file about it. Why are they becoming extinct?m What can we do to help them?

Week 7 POST-LEARNING

WHAT HAVE WE FOUND OUT ? (KWL)How can we help to protect the planet?

Trip to Southport (recycling depot)

CLL – Dialogue between Michael and JamesST – revisit previous week’s experiment. What do trees need to survive? Plant own trees on school field.HGSU/CLL – Write a response to Michael’s letter. What are we going to do to protect the planet? Create class letter to send to the whales.

Week 1 (Transition week)PRE-LEARNING

WHAT DO I ALREADY KNOW? WHAT DO I WANT TO KNOW? HOW DO I WANT TO LEARN? (KWL)

CLL – Recount of summer holidaysCA – Art project based on Heather Brown – collage work HG – research the true story of the Battersea whale fact sheetsComputing – use the internet to find facts out about whales – true or false gameMaths – measure out different lengths of whales show using string and chalk.s

Article 28: Every child has the right to an education.Article 29: Chesterton Primary School has a responsibility to develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities to the full.

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Computing – How do we use the internet?French – Introducing myself

Week 6 What is deforestation and why is it happening?

CLL – Dialogue between Michael and JamesHGSU/Computing – What is deforestation? Why are we destroying forests and jungles? Look at how much the Brazilian rainforest has reduced over the last 50 years. What is being done to prevent or help deforestation (trees being planted)?ST – design an experiment that will test what factors prevent plant growth.

PSHCE – Me and my school Art – collaging using different materials