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    • Year 2 Spring 2 Great Fire of London
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    • Year 3 Spring 2 Romans Topic
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  • Year 4
    • Year 4 Spring Term Inventions Topic
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    • Reading Rockets
  • Year 5
    • Year 5 Spring 2 Africa Topic
    • Spellings Year 5 Spring 2
    • Maths Facts Year 5 Spring 2
  • Year 6
    • Year 6 Spring 2 Gone with the Wind Topic
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Year 2 Spring 1 Topic


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Read...

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Look out for these books in your classroom, in the hall or at Brierfield Library!

Key words...​

Amazon
climate
deforestation
environment
extinction
habitat
rainforest
South America
species
tribes

Fun facts...

  • The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world.

  • It is known as the lungs of the planet because it produces 20% of the world’s oxygen.

  • It is home to many dangerous animals such as poisonous dart frogs, flesh eating piranhas and venomous snakes.

  • Some of the tribe’s people living in the Amazon have never met any other people from outside their tribe.

  • It is estimated an area the size of 20 football pitches is lost to deforestation in rainforests around the world.

Explore...

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Play the rainforest sound detective game by clicking on the link to visit the CBeebies website.
Explore the rainforest with these videos and games from BBC Bitesize.
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Explore the Rainforest Alliance virtual treehouse to play lots of rainforest online games.
Be a Jungle Ranger with this online activity.  Click on the picture to get started!
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Visit...

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Chester Zoo - Chester

Do...

  • Make a paper chain or concertina rainforest snake

  • Use a shoe box to create a rainforest diorama.​
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In school...

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Class Novel - The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
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