LITERACY - Report on rivers. - Diary of an explorer. - Poetry – river journeys.

1. RIVER DEEP Year 6 Summer 2014 • LITERACY • - Report on rivers. • - Diary of an explorer. • - Poetry – river journeys. • - News reports – floods and their impacts. • - Descriptive writing - journey down a river. • GEOGRAPHY • - Features and sources of rivers. • - River flooding, drought and pollution - environmental issues. • - Research rivers in one continent (including climate & farming). • - Map work: UK rivers & World rivers. • - Local river study (Hughenden)-river dipping. • ART / DT • - Hatching and cross-hatching techniques using ink. • - Marbling and river landscapes. • - Silhouette river creatures. • - Watercolour rivers in Monet style. MUSIC - Poptastic production. • PSHE • - Keeping safe in water. • - Survival in extreme climates. • - Drought & developing countries. • - Life cycles - growing up. • - Moving on. SCIENCE - Forces- Parachute and Raft building investigations. - Life cycles of a river creature. - Pollution-using pH paper to test acid level in local river. ICT - Posters - danger & safety. - Research rivers of the world. - Plot length of rivers using MS Excel. - Programming and control using Scratch.