Wednesday
RIC
R:In which layer can most rainforest animals be found?
I: Why don’t animals live on the forest floor?
C:The few giant trees that thrust themselves above the dense canopy layer... What do you think ‘dense’ means in this sentence?
Wednesday 2nd April 2025
To retrieve information for a non-fiction text- The effects of deforestation.
Complete in your Science books
Think back to our learning in English on climate change.
Talk partners:
Who is responsible for deforestation?
Why do they cut down trees?
Let's find out more...
Deforestation
For thousands of years humans have been deforesting small areas of woodland to build their own houses or grow crops to feed their families. However, in recent years the increase in the human populations and development of industrial machinery has meant that much larger areas have been cleared. This is often by large companies who deforest to provide land for cattle, rice fields and growing crops for biofuels.
In the last 75 years we have cut down over half of the world's rainforests. It is estimated that nearly twenty percent of the Amazon rainforest has been cut down in the last fifty years, and the rate of this deforestation has increased in recent years.
Deforestation destroys the habitats of the organisms that live there and through this kills individuals of many species. Scientists estimate that several hundred species of plant, animal and insect are lost each day partly as a result of deforestation. This means that deforestation is causing extinctions and dramatically reducing biodiversity.
Learn the effects of deforestation | WWF
Answer the questions below.
Explain in your own words,
1. What is deforestation?
2. What effect does deforestation have on living things?
3. What can be done to stop the affects of deforestation on living things?
A word mat to help you with your spellings
Wednesday 2nd April 2025
LC: To write a poem including rhyming words.
Task:
Read through the texts below and in groups write down a variety of words related to climate change affecting polar bears.
You will be writing down a range of rhyming words below each word to help you write your polar bear poems.
You can use the documents below to help you.
read turn learn information cards 1 .pdf
Wednesday 2nd April 2025
LC- To understand the events of Holy Week.
The very last week of Lent is Holy Week. This was the last week of Jesus' life on earth and many events happened.
Holy Week
Task:
LC: To reflect what you are willing to sacrifice and for whom.
Jesus' sacrifice on the cross is very important for Christians and Easter is the time when Christians remember what Jesus did for the world He sacrificed his life for the sins of the people. It is the most important time in the Christian calendar.
Reflect and explain in detail:
Who would you make a sacrifice for?
What would you give up?
Why would you give this up?
Complete your Keynotes presentation.
