We have has a particularly fun well looking at deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest. Students were given the facts, then after two weeks of building up their skills they were asked to write a persuasive letter to stop a company from practicing deforestation. Here of some of the quotes from their work.

“England is an animal-loving country, however these heinous actions, you heinous actions could lead to their extinction.” -Annaika

“Your actions towards these lovely, innocent creatures is not acceptable. Tearing animals’ homes down is not the answer for you problems.” Aarya.

“Everybody knows that for years their [tribes] ancestors lived there and now they are being moved away. This is disgraceful!” – Zach

You have convinced me year 4!

This week in science we have been looking at animals and their habitats. We found it particularly fun when we began to research food chains. Here’s why…

Yesterday we were all given a role in the food chain. We were either producers (plants), herbivores (plant eaters), omnivores (plant and meat eaters) or carnivores (meat eaters). We looked at how each part of the food chain gains its energy, by consuming. Not only this but we also looked at the impact upon a food chain if an element was removed from it and realised the importance of each part of this chain

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Mya was an oak tree and got her energy from the sun.

Harvey was a fungi and he was able to get his energy from all the dead plants and animals.