Weather+planning

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 * Weekly topics:** (see links for further ideas)
 * 1) General map work - continents, countries, seas, rivers, mountains, climate regions
 * 2) UK - England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales; St George's Day (April 23rd), London
 * 3) Spain - Picasso, BBC Programme 1: 11th May
 * 4) Carribean - BBC Programme 2: 18th May
 * 5) USA - Hurricane Katrina (big write - newspaper), deserts, BBC Programme 3: 1st June
 * 6) Brazil - carnival: 8th June
 * 7) Africa - safari, make African round house (big write - recount): Link with Bristol Zoo trip 19th June
 * 8) Arctic / Antarctic - explorers (big write - diary), BBC Programme 4: Link with Leigh Woods trip
 * 9) Australia - Aboriginal myths / art (big write - retell story): 22nd June
 * 10) China
 * 11) France - Monet, Paris
 * 12) Y6 Japan - Hokusai (links to Y6 transition work on Kensuke's Kingdom)

Other schools' experiences and ideas for activities from other cultures: http://www.glc.me.uk/page.asp?section=000100020001 Virtual field trips: http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic35.htm

Plan/manage a habitat for a panda: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Education/ConservationCentral/challenge/default.cfm
 * Habitats:**


 * General ideas:**
 * Art based on images of [|Earth from the Air]
 * General map work - continents, [|climate] zones
 * [|Postcards]
 * Online research for each country (record in passport)
 * Graph work on [|weather data]
 * Drama on weather forecasts
 * Keep records of important [|news] events from around the world
 * Newspaper reports about [|extreme weather]
 * Y6 Maths HBJ: The Travel Agent
 * Learn a few words in different [|languages]
 * Use travel brochures and websites to plan a holiday for a family
 * Find out about some of the animals and how they are adapted to the climate
 * Orienteering - link to exploration
 * Write sections for a travel brochure

Bristol Zoo - workshop on Africa or polar regions http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/learning/visits/primary Leigh Woods - orienteering course http://www.avongorge.org.uk/educationalvisits.php?ContentID=20 http://www.avongorge.org.uk/visitingus.php?ContentID=5
 * Trips:**

Google Earth http://earth.google.co.uk/index.html BBC Video - [|Weather, Place and People] Travel agent brochures Collins / Longman Key Start World Atlas Copymasters Folens World Atlas Teacher's Resource Book Invicta Weather recording instruments
 * Resources:**

= = http://www.sparklebox2.co.uk/topics/geog/climate.html http://www.sparklebox2.co.uk/topics/geog/maps.html http://www.sparklebox2.co.uk/topics/geog/other.html
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