On Thursday, the children started stage one of our market place activity.Each group were given a different aspect of Snowdonia to investigate:
a) The Countryside Code and the role of the National Trust
b) Safety issues, weather and seasons.
c) The summit.
d) Visitors and workers in Snowdonia.
e) Key geographical features of Snowdonia.
f) Key geographical terms relating to mountain environments.
g) Activities and footpaths in Snowdonia
We identified as a class that throughout this activity we were developing our thinking and communication skills primarily and would be using ICT skills where appropriate.
It was important for the children to write out an action plan before commencing to ensure that everyone knew their role.
As you can see, all children were engaged in the activity and our plenary showed that plnty of learning had taken place.Our school governors Mrs Ellis, Mrs Jones and Mrs Bolton came to visit us carrying out our research at different stages.
Where next? The children will have one more hour to finalise their collages and facts and practise a short presentation to the rest of Year 5 explaining their findings. We hope to video a few of these.
Where next? The children will have one more hour to finalise their collages and facts and practise a short presentation to the rest of Year 5 explaining their findings. We hope to video a few of these.
After presenting to the other class members, each group will rotate around and learn from each other's work.
Our aim is that by the end of the mini project, all children will have a good understanding of all seven areas of Snowdonia.
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