This project teaches children about the characteristics and features of rivers and mountain ranges around the world, including a detailed exploration of the ecosystems and processes that shape them and the land around them.

Inspired by the magnificent mountains of the world, we’ll complete graphs showing heights, look at satellite images and create wonderful weavings. Using our literacy skills, we’ll write mountain-shaped poems and compose songs about the water cycle. We’ll also examine how mountains are displayed on a map, and build a water cycle to look at changing states of matter.

This term our class novel is 'King Of The Cloud Forests' by Michael Morpurgo.  We will be using this novel to develop our empathic skills via the EmpathyLab model.

More information on EmpathyLab can be found at: www.empathylab.uk 

Useful websites

BBC Bitesize – Rivers

DKfindout! – What Is A River?

BBC Bitesize – River stages

BBC iPlayer – Earth’s Great Rivers

Britannica Kids – Mountains – Homework Help

DKfindout! – How Are Mountains Formed? – Mountain Facts

BBC One – Planet Earth – Mountains

BBC Bitesize – Grid references, scale and measuring