Year 4

Sharing the Planet

Central Idea: People Interact With, Use and Value the Environment in Different Ways.

1. An inquiry into the interaction between humans and animals.

2. An inquiry into the local and global impact of human choices.

3. An inquiry into changes in the environment can pose a danger to living things.

Areas of Learning with the Inquiry Cycle:

Science: Living things and their habitats

Geography: Human and Physical Geography

- Climate zones

- Biomes

- Vegetation belts

- Distribution of natural resources

PSHE: Health and wellbeing: Growing and changing; puberty.

Living in the wider world: Caring for others; the environment; people and animals; shared responsibilities, making choices and decisions.

Reading: What A Waste: Rubbish, Recycling, and Protecting our Planet (Protect the Planet), by Jess French

We are water protectors, by Carole Lindstrom.

Writing Outcomes

Explanation text / Non-Chronological report: This term, we wrote a detailed, informative non-chronological report on 'Our Oceans'. The children highlighted and explained their importance, how we affect them, how this can impact our local and global environments, as well as analysing the impact human choices have and how they can pose a danger to living things.

Writing Outcomes

Biography: We have also researched into the legendary conservationist and natural historian, Sir David Attenborough. The children loved learning all about his incredible life and the amazing work he has done. Here is an example: