Rattlesden Church of England Primary Academy
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Welcome
    • Our History
    • Meet The Staff
    • Governors
    • Ofsted
    • Road Safety
    • SIAMS
    • School Performance
    • Affiliations
    • Friends Of Rattlesden School
    • Forest School
    • Outdoor Learning
  • Key Info
    • COVID-19 Key Information
    • Academy Scheme of Delegation
    • Admissions
    • Attendance
    • Anti-Bullying Statement
    • British Values
    • Collective Worship
    • Curriculum
    • ICT and Computing
    • Literacy
    • Mathematics
    • Modern Foreign Languages (MFL)
    • Religious Education
    • History
    • Geography
    • Science
    • Physical Education >
      • Swimming
    • E-Safety
    • Equality
    • Policies
    • GDPR
    • Pupil Premium
    • Safeguarding
    • SEND
    • Sports Premium
  • Parents
    • Wraparound Care >
      • Breakfast Club
      • After School Club
    • Clubs & Activities
    • Emergency School Closure
    • ParentView
    • School Meals
    • Free School Meals
    • School Payment System
    • School Uniform
    • Term Dates
    • The School Day
    • Thurston Community College
    • Useful Forms
  • Our Classes
    • Willow (Years EYFS & 1) >
      • Willow Home Learning Gallery
      • New Intake
    • Willow Home Learning
    • Maple (Years 1 & 2) >
      • The Maple Gallery
    • Maple Home Learning >
      • Year 1 Home Learning
      • Year 2 Home Learning
    • Oak (Years 3 & 4)
    • Oak Class Home Learning Gallery
    • Oak Home Learning
    • Cedar (Years 4 & 5)
    • Cedar Home Learning
    • Beech (Year 6)
    • Beech Home Learning
  • News & Events
    • Letters to Parents
    • Job Vacancies
    • Gallery
    • Holy Week
    • Sporting Events and Teams
  • Contact Us

Rainforests

Our new KS2 curriculum is being developed with the children through 12 imaginative learning themes taught over 4 years. The first and new to 2018 is  'Rainforests'. Follow now to discover a rich menu of exciting and motivating learning activities that share creative links between all aspects of our children's learning in Key Stage 2.

​​Our 4 year plan
​Bringing it to Life...

We believe that children learn best when they are encouraged to use their imagination and apply their learning to engaging and exciting contexts. Our new curriculum will provide learning opportunities that will require challenge, problem solving, creativity and the chance to express knowledge and understanding across all curriculum subjects.

Wow days!

Amazon Rainforest – Creative dance and music workshop 

These sessions will be led by an experienced Norfolk based multicultural dance specialist and based on the Amazon Rainforest and its importance. Dances of the tribes-people of the Amazon will be taught to the children whilst instruments, face paints and masks
add to this fantastic workshop experience!
 
Lion Learners –  Rainforest Animal workshop

The whole school enjoyed the opportunity to meet a range of animals linked to their topics. Each session allowed the children to discuss the different types of animals that live in the rainforests. A range of exciting animals native to rainforests visited the school for the children to see.
 
Rainforest Encounter

Parents we invited into school to share with their children some of the learning that has taken place this term. Celebrate our new creative curriculum and take the opportunity to test your own knowledge of this important area of our world!
  
The ‘Lion Learners’ event and dance workshop
has kindly been funded by FORS.
Picture

​Useful links:

Rainforest Information
Rainforest Foundation

Rainforest Information for Kids
World Wildlife Fund
Rainforests: Sources of Chocolate

What the children are saying:


"Writing facts and a story about the rainforest animals has been fun.
I like imagining things and writing them down"

- Jyoti, Year 3


"I have learnt that a Venus fly trap closes and fill up with acid when a fly has flown in. It eats it!" 
- Evan, Year 4 


"Im looking forward to writing poetry about the rainforest"
- Isla H, Year 3


​"We could act out that we are in the rainforest!"
- Millie, Year 6 



Happening now:

Rainforests Autumn Term Plan


One of our Rainforest Encounter displays
Picture
Picture

​How are we assessing this learning?

Our school’s creative curriculum engages all our pupils so that their experience of school is rich and exciting. We ensure that they have the opportunity to learn about the wider world and their role in it. The school’s values permeate through our curriculum content and delivery.

Topics are often taught through the creative approaches of drama, art and music and outdoor learning is weaved into lessons as appropriate. ICT is used to collate and record information. Visits out of school and visitors to school are seen as an important aspect of our creative curriculum and records of their value kept through photographs and comments from pupils. 

Where writing and maths is used in afternoon topic lessons, the presentation and quality is of the same standard as in writing and maths lessons undertaken in the morning. However, because we try to integrate disciplines, topic writing will often be undertaken in the English lessons
and found in their writing books.
​

The school is developing a range of methods of recording and assessing the whole curriculum which includes: Class books and displays, school living displays that grow as the topic develops and opportunities for children to share their knowledge and understanding with others. Subject leaders assess the impact of their subjects through talking to children about their learning, examining work completed by pupils and the presentation of knowledge and understanding of a topic through a range of media. 
Picture
Rainforest Encounter Fundraising

We raised money through our Rainforest Encounter event.  This money was donated to 'The Woodland Trust' and was used to purchase and protect two acres of theatened habitat and wildlife.

Rainforest dance workshop
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Welcome
    • Our History
    • Meet The Staff
    • Governors
    • Ofsted
    • Road Safety
    • SIAMS
    • School Performance
    • Affiliations
    • Friends Of Rattlesden School
    • Forest School
    • Outdoor Learning
  • Key Info
    • COVID-19 Key Information
    • Academy Scheme of Delegation
    • Admissions
    • Attendance
    • Anti-Bullying Statement
    • British Values
    • Collective Worship
    • Curriculum
    • ICT and Computing
    • Literacy
    • Mathematics
    • Modern Foreign Languages (MFL)
    • Religious Education
    • History
    • Geography
    • Science
    • Physical Education >
      • Swimming
    • E-Safety
    • Equality
    • Policies
    • GDPR
    • Pupil Premium
    • Safeguarding
    • SEND
    • Sports Premium
  • Parents
    • Wraparound Care >
      • Breakfast Club
      • After School Club
    • Clubs & Activities
    • Emergency School Closure
    • ParentView
    • School Meals
    • Free School Meals
    • School Payment System
    • School Uniform
    • Term Dates
    • The School Day
    • Thurston Community College
    • Useful Forms
  • Our Classes
    • Willow (Years EYFS & 1) >
      • Willow Home Learning Gallery
      • New Intake
    • Willow Home Learning
    • Maple (Years 1 & 2) >
      • The Maple Gallery
    • Maple Home Learning >
      • Year 1 Home Learning
      • Year 2 Home Learning
    • Oak (Years 3 & 4)
    • Oak Class Home Learning Gallery
    • Oak Home Learning
    • Cedar (Years 4 & 5)
    • Cedar Home Learning
    • Beech (Year 6)
    • Beech Home Learning
  • News & Events
    • Letters to Parents
    • Job Vacancies
    • Gallery
    • Holy Week
    • Sporting Events and Teams
  • Contact Us