Chestnut 1

Summer Term

This week, we are flowing into our new topic - Tales of the Riverbank. Below outlines what the children will be learning and you will find a topic web document at the bottom for more details.

Our learning Journey ...                       

• Finding out about Otters; habitats, diet, behaviour and the difficulties they face.How can we help to save this endangered British mammal?

• How the river changes through the seasons

• Studying other creatures that make their homes in and around the water and the plants that grow there

• Swans and swan-upping

• A historical study on the life and work of Stanley Spencer and his links to Cookham

• Rules for river safety

• Canal boats; their links to the Industrial Revolution, life on a barge, canal boat art.

• The journey of a raindrop

• What is a river?

• Water conservation, local and global

• Comparing rivers around the world

• Learning about man-made and natural waterways

  
  In school this term, we hope to enrich the learning with ...

• Pond dipping

• Visiting speakers

• A ballerina

• Scientific investigation

   

  Questions we hope to answer this term ...

• What is a river?

• How can we save water?

• What types of animals live by a river?

• How would we recognise an otter?

• How does the riverbank change over the seasons?

• What is swan-upping?

• Is it true that all swans belong to the Queen?

• Who was Stanley Spencer?

• How can we make sure we are safe on the river?

• Where does water go?