Spring 1 Amazing America
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A day later than planned but...
HAPPY NEW YEAR Y6!
And of course, a new year brings a new and exciting book...
All thirteen-year old Cameron wants is a life full of friends, swimming and family.
Most thirteen-year-olds don't also desperately need a new heart because theirs doesn't work properly.
One doctor offers hope. Cameron could - if his parents agree - take part in a radical and controversial procedure involving the transplant of a pig's heart into his human body. And it's never been done before...
While Cameron comes to terms with the idea, he finds the world around him is much, much less accepting. But surely everyone will understand that it's better to have a pig's heart that works than a human heart that doesn't - won't they...?
We have enjoyed getting our teeth stuck into our new book 'Pig Heart Boy' by Malorie Blackman. We will be studying this compelling novel in our reading lessons and using it as a stimulus for our writing units this half term. Our first write will be a diary entry written in role as the main character. This week, we revised using dashes, brackets and commas to add parenthesis (extra detail).
Our Geography topic currently is Amazing America. This week, we have been focusing on biomes. A biome is an area of the world with a similar climate, flora ( plants) and fauna ( animals). We have been learning about the grassland biome of the American midwest. The children used i pads to research this biome and annotate their map . Well done Tygers!
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