As part of our on-going support for mountain gorillas, last week, Year 4 received the latest update from the WWF charity.
| Welcome to your latest gorilla adoption news.
I hope The Year 4 is enjoying being a gorilla adopter, and learning more about these unique-looking, intelligent animals whose future you’re now a part of. Here’s your latest update on just how your support is helping. Together, we shared this information. The children had lots of questions. “What can be done to save these creatures?”
“What place do they have in the food chain?” |
| WHY MOUNTAIN GORILLAS MATTER |
| Gorillas, like all animals, play an important role in their ecosystem. Without the gorillas, which are large-scale grazers, eating a variety of vegetation, the natural balance in the food chain would be disrupted. This could negatively affect other wildlife, their habitats, and ultimately the people who depend on that environment for food, water and other resources. |
Year 4 are enjoying learning about these and other endangered animals. We have stories, leaflets, reports and lots of data in our reading area to further our knowledge of the amazing work done by the WWF.
“If we don’t look after these animals, then people in the future will never see them in real life!” commented Gurnoor.
Year 4 are learning lots of new vocabulary throughout of current topic of ‘Life Forces‘ and it has been great to hear them use these new words in their questions.
Here are some examples:
- extinct
- endangered
- habitat
- ecosystem
- vegetation
- environment
- life cycle
- nutrition
- predator/prey
- adaptations
- poaching
- conservation
- community
- threatened
- carnivore/herbivore
- reforestation
- vulnerable
…and many more new words.
Question your child about these words. Can they give you a definition? If not, can they find out how and where to get a definition from?
We constantly remind the children about using the internet for research safely.
Is all information online reliable?
Not all of the information you find on the internet is true because anybody can write anything they want to online.
Make sure you always compare the information you find online with other websites, books, or people who might know to make sure it is true. Use the 3 Website Rule.
Remember, when using the internet for research, use trusted child-friendly sites.
Stay safe online!