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Activity
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Subject
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Description
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| Story
telling and story boards |
Miss
Miskell the minibeast maker |
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NEW
Minibeast parts
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Group
activity looking in details at minibeasts
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NEW
The great paper debate |
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An
assembly and activities on composting
and recycling paper
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Life cycle activity
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 An
activity on the life cycles of some different
plants and animals.
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Unit 5B Life Cycles
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Sc2 3d.
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Life cycle activity cards
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Cards
to use with the lifecycle activity.
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Wendell Wizard Worm Assembly
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Science
Geography
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Powerpoint
presentation to give as an assembly. Accompanying
script included as notes (right click
on slide and hit edit to see notes).
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Citizenship
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Wendells
Wacky Websites
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IT
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Activity
using the internet and e-mail to work
through a worksheet on composting and
the creatures involved.
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Unit
6D
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•English
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Minibeasts
in the compost heap
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Science
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Activity
using keys to identify the minibeasts
found in a compost bin.
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Unit
4A
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Art
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School
Compost Survey
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Literacy
Numeracy
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Survey
to discover how
much your school already knows about composting.
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Citizenship
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How
to Design a Poster
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Literacy
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Making
a poster with a clear message for a target
audience.
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Art & Design
• ICT
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Writing
an Article
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Literacy
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Useful
exercise to help children structure an
article to inform your community about
the Little Rotters.
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Citizenship
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School
Waste
Audit
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Geography
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Discover
how much waste the school produces in
a day and how much of it could be composted.
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Year
4
Unit 8
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Gg1b,
Gg5a
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Art & Design
• ICT
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What
can we Compost?
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Geography
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Quick
exercise to help children understand what
can be composted.
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Unit
8
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Gg5a
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•
Citizenship
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Where
to put the Compost Bin
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Geography
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This
activity gives pupils the opportunity
to contribute in finding the best location
for the compost bin.
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Year
4
Unit 8
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Gg3
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Rotting
Rates
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Science
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Investigate
how long different items take to rot.
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Unit
3C
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Sc3
1a
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•Numeracy
and
ICT
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The
Compost Heap Food Chain
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Science
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Demonstrates
the activity of creature inside a compost
heap.
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Unit
4B
6A 6B
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Sc2
5d/f
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Making
a
Wormery
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Science
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Step-by-step
to building a
wormery with your class and observing
the irreversible changes within.
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Unit
6D
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Sc2
5
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•Design
& Technology
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Get
to Know your Worms
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Science
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Discover
where worms like to live and their distinctive
characteristics.
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Unit
4B
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Sc2
5
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Numeracy
• Literacy
• Art
• Geography
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The
Banana Breakdown
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Science
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Investigate
how different conditions can effect decomposition.
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Unit
6B
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Sc2
5f
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•
Literacy
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Mini
composter
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Science
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Observe
how different materials decompose.
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Unit
4B, 6B, 6D
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Sc2
1/5
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•
Numeracy
and ICT
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The
Effects of Compost on Plant Growth
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Science
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Investigate
how a plants growth is effected by what
it is growing in.
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Unit
3B/5B/6A
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Sc2
3
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•Numeracy
And ICT Literacy
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Wendell
Waste Watch
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Numeracy
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Exercise
to help gain accurate weights on the amount
of waste being composted.
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How
to Make a Presentation
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ITC
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A
good frame work for designing a presentation
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Unit
6A
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•
Citizenship
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