Using our senses in the Rainforest!

Today we were transported into the Rainforest! Year 3 sat amongst the dark leaves and could hear the parrots squawking and the monkeys calling and we didn't even need to leave the school (we were in the teepee!) We tasted pineapple, coconut and papaya and thought what it would be like as an animal of the Rainforest. We used our senses to write descriptive sentences describing how the animals moved and the sounds they were making.

This afternoon we started to learn about the French artist Henri Rousseau. In particular we looked at his painting 'tiger in a tropical storm'.



I wonder if your child can remember a fact about Henri Rousseau? What did he used to do?

Year 3 followed step by step instructions of how to draw their own tiger. These are on display in our classroom. I was so impressed with how open minded the children were about this task and didn't let this challenge put them off.

Whilst one group were drawing tigers, we had another making Rainforest terrariums. These mini ecosystems will start to look more like a Rainforest in the next few weeks. If you want to have a go at home then there are lots of suggestions on how to make them on pinterest.