Great Torrington Junior School

Autumn Term Curriculum

SEAL theme New beginnings

Food chains - prey and predator (Science life cycles unit 5b)

Seed dispersal

Tie Dye

Shelter building - Torrington Woods

Traditional Christmas wreaths

Spring Term Curriculum

Camp fire safety - collecting tinder, kindling and fire wood - lighting fires safely

Practical maths - area and perimeter including "Lost in the Woods" activity

Ageing trees by measuring the girth at one metre from the ground and dividing by 2.5 (the average annual growth in centimetres of a tree)

Map Making - making Treasure Hunt maps for use by Year 3

Charcoal making - using charcoal that's produced to make own pencils using elder

Summer Term Curriculum

Rivers - Identifying examples of erosion and deposition. Dam building competition

Willow coracles - making a coracle to take Action Man. Coracle testing in the stream.

Team Challenges - Healthy School Week

Rosemoor Visit - weaving and dyeing

Water purification and tranportation

Nettle cordage

Campfire cooking - oat cakes

Rosemoor - orienteering and woodland craft