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Curriculum
links
National Curriculum
• Geography: Geographical enquiry and skills, Knowledge and understanding of places, Knowledge and
understanding of patterns and processes, Knowledge and understanding of environmental change and sustainable
development
• Science: Life processes and living things
• Citizenship: Developing confidence and responsibility and making the most of their abilities, Preparing to play an
active role as citizens
QCA Scheme of work
• Geography: Unit 16: What’s in the news?, Unit 24: Passport to the world
• Science: Unit 3B: Helping plants grow well, Unit 4B: Habitats, Unit 6a: Interdependence and adaptation
• Citizenship Unit 01: Taking part - developing skills of communication and participation, Unit 02: Choices, Unit 03:
Animals and us, Unit 05: Living in a diverse world, Unit 11: In the media – what’s the news?
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Resource 1
Key
question
Objective
NC link
QCA link
What are
rainforests?
To know the features of a
rainforest
Geography 1a: Ask geographical
questions
Geography Unit 24:
To investigate places
To know about the weather
and climate associated with
rainforests
Geography 2a: To use appropriate
geographical vocabulary
Geography Unit 24:
To use secondary sources
of information
To understand that a huge
variety of animals and
plants live in the world’s
rainforests
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Resource 2
Where are
the world’s
rainforests?
To identify the equator
and tropics of Cancer and
Capricorn and to know
that tropical rainforests are
found between the tropics
To know where rainforests
are found throughout the
world
To know the names of the
continents
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Resource 1
What is it
like in the
rainforest? (1)
Geography 2d: Use secondary sources
of information
Geography 3a: To identify and describe
what places are like
Science 5b: About the different plants
and animals found in different habitats
Geography 2c: To use atlases and
globes, and maps and plans at a range
of scales
Geography 3b: The location of
places and environments they study
and other significant places and
environments
Geography 3c: To describe where
places are
Geography Unit 24:
To investigate places
Geography Unit 24:
To identify the location of
different places in the world
Geography Unit 24:
To use secondary sources
of information
Geography 3g: To recognise how
places fit within a wider geographical
context
To know how much rain falls
in the rainforest
Geography 2a: To use appropriate
geographical vocabulary
Geography Unit 24:
To investigate places
To be able to describe the
rain cycle
Geography 2d: Use secondary sources
of information
Geography Unit 24:
To use secondary sources
of information
Geography 4a: Recognise and
explain patterns made by individual
physical and human features in the
environment
Geography 6c: Water and its effects on
landscapes and people
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Resource 2
What is it
like in the
rainforest? (2)
(continued on
next page)
To know that the rainforest
is made up of different
layers
Geography 2a: To use appropriate
geographical vocabulary
Geography Unit 24:
To investigate places
Geography2d: Use secondary sources
of information
Geography Unit 24:
To use secondary sources
of information
Geography 3a: To identify and describe
what places are like
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Resource 2
Key
question
Objective
Children should learn:
NC link
Children should learn:
QCA link
Children should learn:
What is it
like in the
rainforest? (2)
(continued)
To understand that each
layer of the rainforest has
different conditions and is
home to different plants
and animals
Science 3a: The effect of light, air,
water and temperature on plant
growth
Science Unit 4B: To identify
different types of habitat
Science 5b: About the different plants
and animals found in different habitats
Science 5c: How animals and plants
in two different habitats are suited to
their environment
Science Unit 4B:
That different animals are
found in different habitats
Science Unit 4B:
That animals are suited to
the environment in which
they are found
Science Unit 6a:
That different animals and
plants are found in different
habitats
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Resource 3
What is it
like in the
rainforest? (3)
To know that animals in the
rainforest communicate
with each other using sound
Science 5b: About the different plants
and animals found in different habitats
To know that rainforest
sounds change throughout
the day and night
Music 1b: Play tuned and untuned
instruments with control and rhythmic
accuracy
To be able to describe the
feelings that rainforest
sounds evoke
Music 2a: Improvise, developing
rhythmic and melodic material when
performing
To be able to replicate
rainforest sounds using
instruments
Music 2b: Explore, choose, combine
and organise musical ideas within
musical structures
Link with Music:
Music 3a: Analyse and compare sounds
Music 3b: Explore and explain their
own ideas and feelings about music
using movement, dance, expressive
language and musical vocabulary
Science Unit 6a:
That different animals
and plants are found in
different habitats
Link with Music: Unit 16:
Cyclic patterns – Exploring
rhythm and pulse:
Music: Unit 16:
That percussion instruments
can produce a wide range
of sounds
Music: Unit 16:
How different patterns can
fit together
Music: Unit 16:
How to invent simple
rhythmic patterns
Music 4a: To listen with attention to
detail and to internalise and recall
sounds with increasing aural memory
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Resource 1
What animals
live in the
rainforest? (1)
To know about a range
of animals that live in the
rainforest
To be familiar with the
vocabulary needed
to describe feeding
relationships, adaptations
and populations
To understand how
the destruction of the
rainforests is affecting
animal populations
Science 1c: To make links between
life processes in familiar animals and
plants and the environments in which
they are found
Science Unit 6a:
That different animals
and plants are found in
different habitats
Science 5a: About ways in which living
things and the environment need
protection
Geography Unit 24:
To investigate places
Science 5b: About the different plants
and animals found in different habitats
Science 5c: How animals and plants
in two different habitats are suited to
their environment
Geography 3e: To identify how and
why places change
Geography 4b: Recognise some
physical and human processes and
explain how these can cause changes
in places and environments.
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Geography Unit 24:
To use secondary sources
of information
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Resource 2
Key
question
Objective
Children should learn:
NC link
Children should learn:
QCA link
Children should learn:
What animals
live in the
rainforest? (2)
To know about a variety
of animals that live in the
rainforest
Science 1c: To make links between
life processes in familiar animals and
plants and the environments in which
they are found
Science Unit 6a:
That different animals and
plants are found in different
habitats
Science 5a: About ways in which living
things and the environment need
protection
Geography Unit 24:
To investigate places
To understand how
the destruction of the
rainforests is affecting
animal populations
Science 5b: About the different plants
and animals found in different habitats
Geography Unit 24:
To use secondary sources of
information
Science 5c: How animals and plants
in two different habitats are suited to
their environment
Citizenship Unit 03: That all
animals should be treated
with respect
Geography 3e: To identify how and
why places change
Citizenship Unit 03:
That humans have a
responsibility to ensure the
well-being of animals
Geography 4b: Recognise some
physical and human processes and
explain how these can cause changes
in places and environments
Geography 5a: Recognise how people
can improve the environment or
damage it and how decisions about
places and environments affect the
future quality of people's lives
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Resource 1
What plants
grow in the
rainforest? (1)
To know about a variety of
rainforest plants
To understand how plants
and animals have adapted
to life in the rainforest
Science 1a: That the life processes
common to humans and other animals
include nutrition, movement, growth
and reproduction
Science 1b: That the life processes
common to plants include growth,
nutrition and reproduction
Science 1c: To make links between
life processes in familiar animals and
plants and the environments in which
they are found
Science 5b: About the different plants
and animals found in different habitats
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Resource 2
What plants
grow in the
rainforest? (2)
To know that many of the
foods we eat originally came
from rainforest plants
To know that people living
in rainforests get their food
from the plants that grow
there
To know that sometimes the
rainforest is destroyed so
that more of the plants that
provide us with food can be
grown
To recognise the effect that
this has on the animals that
live in the rainforest
Science 5b: About the different plants
and animals found in different habitats
Geography 3e: To identify how and
why places change
Geography 4b: Recognise some
physical and human processes and
explain how these can cause changes
in places and environments
Geography 5a: Recognise how people
can improve the environment or
damage it and how decisions about
places and environments affect the
future quality of people's lives
Citizenship Unit 03:
About different animal
welfare issues and how
these are presented in
the media
Science Unit 4B: To identify
different types of habitat
Science Unit 4B:
That different animals are
found in different habitats
Science Unit 4B: That
animals are suited to the
environment in which they
are found
Science Unit 6a:
That different animals and
plants are found in different
habitats Science Unit 6a:
How animals and plants in
a local habitat are suited to
their environment
Science: Unit 3B: That plants
can provide food for us and
some plants are grown for
this
Geography Unit 24:
To investigate places
Geography Unit 24:
To use secondary sources
of information
Citizenship: Unit 02:
To recognise that they
can make choices
Citizenship 2a: To research, discuss
and debate topical issues, problems
and events
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Resource 3
Key
question
Objective
Children should learn:
NC link
Children should learn:
QCA link
Children should learn:
What plants
grow in the
rainforest? (3)
To know that rainforest
plants can be used for food,
medicine and cosmetics
Science 5b: About the different plants
and animals found in different habitats
Science: Unit 3B:
That plants can provide
food for us and some plants
are grown for this
To understand that many
useful plants are yet to be
discovered
To understand that
the destruction of the
rainforests may mean that
useful plants may never be
discovered
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Resource 1
Do humans
live in the
rainforest?
Geography 3e: To identify how and
why places change
Geography 4b: Recognise some
physical and human processes and
explain how these can cause changes
in places and environments
Geography 5a: Recognise how people
can improve the environment or
damage it and how decisions about
places and environments affect the
future quality of people's lives
Geography Unit 24:
To investigate places
Geography Unit 24:
To use secondary sources
of information
To know that the world’s
rainforests are home to
indigenous tribes
Citizenship 2a: To research, discuss
and debate topical issues, problems
and events
Citizenship: Unit 02:
To recognise that they
can make choices
To understand how the lives
of indigenous people are
similar and different to ours
Citizenship 4b: To think about the lives
of people living in other places and
times, and people with different values
and customs
Citizenship: Unit 05:
To recognise and show
respect for similarities and
differences
Geography 3e: To identify how and
why places change and how they may
change in the future
Citizenship: Unit 05:
About different
communities
Geography 3f: To describe and explain
how and why places are similar to and
different from other places in the same
country and elsewhere in the world
Citizenship: Unit 05:
That there are similarities, as
well as differences, between
communities in other parts
of the world and our own
To understand that
indigenous people treat the
rainforest in a sustainable
way
To recognise how the
destruction of the rainforest
can affect the lives of
indigenous people
Geography 4a: Recognise and
explain patterns made by individual
physical and human features in the
environment
Geography 4b: Recognise some
physical and human processes and
explain how these can cause changes
in places and environments.
Geography Unit 24:
To investigate places
Geography Unit 24:
To use secondary sources
of information
Geography 5a: Recognise how people
can improve the environment or
damage it and how decisions about
places and environments affect the
future quality of people's lives
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Resource 1
What is
happening
to the
rainforests? (1)
To recognise that the
rainforests are being
destroyed
Geography 3e: To identify how and
why places change and how they may
change in the future
To understand the causes
and effects of deforestation
Geography 4a: Recognise and
explain patterns made by individual
physical and human features in the
environment
To understand the
importance of conserving
rainforests
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Geography 4b: Recognise some
physical and human processes and
explain how these can cause changes
in places and environments.
Geography 5a: Recognise how people
can improve the environment or
damage it and how decisions about
places and environments affect the
future quality of people's lives
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Geography Unit 16/24:
To investigate places
Geography Unit16/ 24:
To use secondary sources
of information
Geography Unit 24:
To collect and record
evidence about places
Geography Unit 24: About
current affairs
Citizenship: Unit 11:
To research, discuss and
debate topical issues,
problems and events
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Resource 1
Key
question
Objective
Children should learn:
What is
happening
to the
rainforests? (1)
(continued)
NC link
Children should learn:
QCA link
Children should learn:
Geography 5b: Recognise how and
why people may seek to manage
environments sustainably, and to
identify opportunities for their own
involvement
Citizenship 2a: To research, discuss
and debate topical issues, problems
and events
Resource 2
What is
happening
to the
rainforests?
(2)
To understand how soya
farming contributes to the
destruction of the rainforest
Geography 3e: To identify how and
why places change and how they may
change in the future
To recognise that people
can have different
viewpoints
Geography 4a: Recognise and
explain patterns made by individual
physical and human features in the
environment
To understand that action
can be taken to conserve
the rainforest
Geography 4b: Recognise some
physical and human processes and
explain how these can cause changes
in places and environments.
Why must
we protect
the world’s
rainforests?
To understand the
importance of the world’s
rainforests
To be able to prioritise
a list of reasons for why
the rainforests should be
conserved
(continued on next page)
Geography Unit 24:
To collect and record
evidence about places
Geography Unit 24:
About current affairs
Citizenship: Unit 01: To hold
a discussion with one other
person, offering their own
opinions and listening to
and taking on board the
views of the other person
Geography 5b: Recognise how and
why people may seek to manage
environments sustainably, and to
identify opportunities for their own
involvement
Citizenship: Unit 01:
To contribute to a simple
debate on an issue and to
listen to the views of others
Citizenship 2a: To research, discuss
and debate topical issues, problems
and events
Resource 1
Geography Unit16/ 24:
To use secondary sources
of information
Geography: 5a: Recognise how people
can improve the environment or
damage it and how decisions about
places and environments affect the
future quality of people's lives
Citizenship 1a: To talk and write about
their opinions, and explain their views,
on issues that affect themselves and
society
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Geography Unit 16/24:
To investigate places
Citizenship 1a: To talk and write about
their opinions, and explain their views,
on issues that affect themselves and
society
Citizenship 1c: To face new challenges
positively by collecting information,
looking for help, making responsible
choices, and taking action
Citizenship: Unit 02:
To recognise that they can
make choices
Citizenship: Unit 11:
To research, discuss and
debate topical issues,
problems and events
Citizenship: Unit 11:
To try to see things from
others' points of view
Citizenship: Unit 01:
To hold a discussion with
one other person, offering
their own opinions and
listening to and taking on
board the views of the other
person
Citizenship 2a: To research, discuss
and debate topical issues, problems
and events
Citizenship: Unit 01:
To contribute to a simple
debate on an issue and to
listen to the views of others
Geography 3e: To identify how and
why places change and how they may
change in the future
Citizenship: Unit 02:
To recognise that they can
make choices
Geography 4a: Recognise and
explain patterns made by individual
physical and human features in the
environment
Geography Unit 24:
To investigate places
Geography Unit 24:
To use secondary sources
of information
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Resource 1
Key
question
Objective
Children should learn:
NC link
Children should learn:
Why must
we protect
the world’s
rainforests?
Geography 4b: Recognise some
physical and human processes and
explain how these can cause changes
in places and environments.
(continued)
Geography 5a: Recognise how people
can improve the environment or
damage it and how decisions about
places and environments affect the
future quality of people's lives
QCA link
Children should learn:
Geography 5b: Recognise how and
why people may seek to manage
environments sustainably, and to
identify opportunities for their
own involvement
Resource 2
What can we
do to save the
rainforest?
To understand the role of
governments, organisations
and charities working to
conserve the rainforests
Citizenship 1a: To talk and write about
their opinions, and explain their views,
on issues that affect themselves and
society
To identify personal actions
that will help to conserve
the rainforests
Citizenship 1c: To face new challenges
positively by collecting information,
looking for help, making responsible
choices, and taking action
Citizenship: Unit 01:
To hold a discussion with
one other person, offering
their own opinions and
listening to and taking on
board the views of the other
person
Citizenship 2h: To recognise the role
of voluntary, community and pressure
groups
Citizenship: Unit 01:
To contribute to a simple
debate on an issue and to
listen to the views of others
Geography 3e: To identify how and
why places change and how they may
change in the future
Citizenship: Unit 02:
To recognise that they can
make choices
Geography 4a: Recognise and
explain patterns made by individual
physical and human features in the
environment
Citizenship: Unit 03:
About voluntary/charitable
organisations and why we
need them
Geography 4b: Recognise some
physical and human processes and
explain how these can cause changes
in places and environments.
Citizenship: Unit 03: About what a volunteer is
Geography 5a: Recognise how people
can improve the environment or
damage it and how decisions about
places and environments affect the
future quality of people's lives
Geography 5b: Recognise how and
why people may seek to manage
environments sustainably, and to
identify opportunities for their own
involvement
Citizenship: Unit 11:
To research, discuss and
debate topical issues,
problems and events
Citizenship: Unit 11:
To try to see things from
others' points of view
Geography Unit 16/24:
To investigate places
Geography Unit16/ 24:
To use secondary sources of
information
Geography Unit 24:
To collect and record
evidence about places
Geography Unit 24:
About current affairs
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Resource 1
Key
question
Objective
Children should learn:
NC link
Children should learn:
QCA link
Children should learn:
What have we
learned?
To assess pupils’ knowledge
and understanding of
rainforests
Science 5b: About the different plants
and animals found in different habitats
Science: Unit 3B:
That plants can provide
food for us and some plants
are grown for this
Geography 5a: Recognise how people
can improve the environment or
damage it and how decisions about
places and environments affect the
future quality of people's lives
Science Unit 6a:
That different animals
and plants are found in
different habitats
Geography Unit 24:
To investigate places
Geography Unit 24:
To use secondary sources
of information
Citizenship: Unit 05:
About different
communities
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