Children create a piece of rainforest in the classroom in this session. After looking at images of rainforests and their trees, children use coloured papers to create trees and leaves for display. Suitable for years 3 and 4.

Your lunch is what you find to eat in the rainforest, not the contents of mum’s packed lunch! But there are other important differences too! Children use their notes from the previous session to compare their lives to those of children in the Jungle.

Children find out about the diversity of music in Africa. African music has been influenced by the music of other cultures, but it has also influenced other music itself. Children listen to some African music, comment and try to identify instruments used. Suitable for years 5 and 6. Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Read Where the Forest Meets the Sea all about the Australian rainforest. Explore changing verb tenses and the features of recounts. Then move to the Amazon River and follow the adventures of Blue Peter presenter Helen. Write and present a recount. Suitable for years 3 and 4. Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Children continue their study of modern day Italy, looking at the climate and at how this differs from the climate in the UK. They investigate holiday brochures and plan the places they would like to visit if taking a holiday in Italy. Suitable for years 3 and 4. Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

What is global warning? Children find out what global warming is and how humans have caused and are contributing to the problem. Children compare life now to life 100 years ago and highlight the changes which have increased CO2 levels.

In this session children find out how the rain drops that fall from the clouds get back to the rivers and seas so that the cycle can start again. Children test a variety of natural Earth surfaces to see which allows water to flow through the fastest. Suitable for years 3 and 4.

Children use internet search engines in small groups to find out more about a specific threat to the worlds rainforests. Children collect information in the form of notes and present their concerns and solutions to the class.

Using Where the Forest Meets the Sea children study in detail the palette of colours created by the rainforest. Then using pastels and blending techniques children create a pastel rainforest picture. Suitable for years 3 and 4.

Read the poem Windrush Child by John Agard and get children’s reactions. Give brief history of SS Windrush’s journey to Britain in 1948. Children either mark the journey on a map or answer questions about photographs to do with Caribbean immigration on the Windrush.

Create an amazing rock and fossil museum to which you can invite other classes, parents and family, or even members of your local community like the Natural History or Geology Society! Each session you will build up your knowledge to become expert museum curators and make exhibits, quizzes and activities for your exciting pop-up museum. Includes 6 session plans & resources: 01 - Rock stars! 02 - Rock detectives 03 - Rock quest! 04 - Fantastic fossils 05 - Soil detectives 06 - Make ready for amazing rock and fossil museum! Hamilton’s science scheme provides children with a broad but comprehensive experience of primary science that systematically covers all of the National Curriculum for England objectives. Each year group is split into 6 blocks of 6 sessions, each of which can be completed within a half-term. We present them in a recommended teaching order, but you may adapt this to fit your requirements. Working scientifically, investigations and meaningful outcomes are fully incorporated in each block. Find out more: www.hamilton-trust.org.uk/scites

In this session children look at a globe to identity the equator, before finding the tropics of Capricorn and Cancer. They find out that the worlds rainforests lie between these lines and name each continent. Suitable for Years 3 and 4. Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Children have many opportunities to explore different styles and ways of presenting information texts. They note key features and move on to research and create their own rainforest layers book. Then finally they design web pages using the Hamilton WebLearner. Suitable for years 3 and 4. Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Children research the impact of dirty water on health. They present research to the class and identify the biggest killer diseases. Opportunity here to link back to the water topic, and understanding of a preventable disease. Suitable for years 5 and 6.

What would life be like if you lived in a rainforest? Children compare our climate to that in the rainforests – it’s very different! Children act out a rainforest scene to show how they would try to cope with the climate. Suitable for years 3 and 4. Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

In this session children take a look at typical examples of pots created by peoples of the Rainforests. They study the differences in pattern and decoration before creating their own pot from clay and decorating it.

Zooming in on South Africa, children are introduced to the incredible beadwork of the Ndebele people of KwaNdebele. Through web images children explore the history of this craft and investigate its key visual elements.

The boy in Where the Forest Meets the Sea imagines all kinds of things through the trunks of the trees and leaves of the forest. Children imagine what they might have seen before writing their own story. Suitable for years 3 and 4. Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

In this session children apply what they found out in the previous session about internet games to create their own Saving the Planet computer game. Whose will be most enjoyable? Which game will encourage us to do things differently?

This poetry unit allows children to explore the wonderful array of rainforest animals. They use two poetry books to explore different features and go on to use these as structures their own poems. They have fun performing their poems to other children in the school Suitable for years 3 and 4.