Lesson 5: Producers, predators and prey in food chains

Understanding feeding relationships between animals and the effect this has on population size.

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Lesson 5: Producers, predators and prey in food chains

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Lesson 5: Are our school dinners locally sourced?

Discussing and designing data collection methods for qualitative data and conducting an interview.

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Y3/4 (A): Lesson 6: Poo clues

Exploring how biologists use faeces to find out about animals’ diets and constructing results tables to record observations. This lesson is part of the mixed-age scheme.

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Lesson 6: Balanced diets

Exploring Science in action to see how scientific research has contributed to modern advice. This lesson is part of the mixed-age scheme.

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Y3/4 (B): Unit 6: Gourmet tour of France

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Y3/4 (B): Unit 6: Gourmet tour of France

Unit outcomes

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

Listen and respond to single words, short phrases and full sentences.
Follow a short text or rhyme, listening and reading at the same time.
Recognise some familiar French words in written form.
Begin to understand and notice cognates and near cognates.
Begin to explore various language detective strategies.
Use a bilingual dictionary to find the meaning of unknown words and check the spelling of unfamiliar words.
Use visual and contextual clues to make predictions about the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary.
Discuss similarities and differences between customs and traditions in France and the UK.
Discover French festivals and their traditions.
Order typical French food and/or drink.