1. Year 3: Meerkat Mail – Why wouldn’t a Meerkat live at the South Pole?
RRSA Link:providing children with the opportunity to learn about the right to be with
your parent is this is what is best for you.
KS2 Computing : Learning about Meerkats; where they live; Meerkat Mail
WOW: Open and from Sunny talking about his adventures.
LC1
Who are meerkats and where do the hang?
LC2
How does a meerkat have a sunny adventure?
LC3
How could we persuade Sunny to visit our special place?
LC4
Do Meerkats use sun block?
LC5
How can Sunny safely keep in touch with his mob?
LC6
Can we write our own penguin post story?
Literacy Link: LC2, LC3 and LC6 will provide children with the opportunity to develop their understanding of a range of different writing styles including Writing, diaries, letters and adventure stories.
Forest Schools/Science Link: LC1 and LC4 will
provide children With the opportunity for
Learning about Meerkats and how to
keep safe in the sun.
Computing link: writing s
And attaching attachments.
Numeracy links: Children will be provided with
Opportunities to learn about volume and capacity.
Meerkat Ian
Mail Whybrow
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2. Year 3:Computing, Literacy, Georgraphy, Year 3 (Challenging)
Year 3: Meerkat Mail – Why wouldn’t a Meerkat live at the South Pole?
Year 3:Computing, Literacy, Georgraphy,
Geography
Science
Can they name a number of countries in the Northern Hemisphere?
Can they name and locate some well-known European countries?
Can they name and locate the capital cities of neighbouring European countries?
Are they aware of different weather in different parts of the world, especially Europe?
Can they sort the same group of materials in different ways?
Can they sort materials by a number of different criteria?
Can they suggest materials which could be used for specific jobs?
Can they set up a simple test to explore the differences between materials?
Can they set up a test to explore whether or not materials are attracted to magnets?
Can they set up a test to explore whether or not a material will float or sink?
Can they compare the properties of materials in different situations e.g. floating in salty water, magnetism in water?
Can they describe what it means to reverse a change?
Can they describe which changes can be reversed?
Can they describe which changes cannot be reversed?
Year 3 (Challenging)
Can they explain different ways that they can sort the same group of materials?
Can they sort materials by a number of different criteria and explain their reasons?
Can they explain why certain materials are used for specific jobs?
Can they explain how people’s lives vary due to weather?
Computing
Can they use the address book?
Can they open and send an attachment?
© Focus Education 2014

3. Year 3: Meerkat Mail – Why wouldn’t a Meerkat live at the South Pole?
LC1Who are meerkats and where do the hang?
LC2 How does a meerkat have a sunny adventure?
LC 6: Can we write our own penguin post story?
Show the class the from Sunny and explain that we will be learning about him over the next 6 week. Discuss what we know about meerkats and what we would like to find out. (WW)
Research about meerkats: where in the world do they come from? What type of habitat do they have? What do they eat?
Children to conduct research about different countries and their environments and whether this would be suitable for a meerkat.
Children to create an argument for where they think the best habitat for a meerkat would be.
Children will be reading Meerkat Mail. They will be identifying the features of it and will be acting out parts of the story.
Children will be drafting and writing their own sunny adventures along the theme of Meerkat Mail.
LC3 How could we persuade Sunny to visit our special place?
Children will be thinking about the place that we live in. What is special about this place? How can we make it a place that Sunny would want to visit?
Children to write a letter to Sunny, persuading him to come and visit Croydon and why.
Children to think about their own special place that they would want Sunny to visit. Why do you think he would want to visit it? Children to record all their reasons for Sunny to want to visit it. They will then be sharing with their class their ideas and the rest of the class to vote which one they think is the best.
LC4 Do Meerkats use sun block?
Why is it important to use sun block? Children to take part in Forest School experiments to see the effects of using sun block and not.
Children to write diary entries in the role of Sunny, talking about how he felt when he didn’t have sun block.
Children will be sorting and experimenting with different materials.
Children will be learning about magnetism and how this works.
Children will be learning about the different properties of materials and whether they float of sink.
Children will be learning about reversible change.
Children will be writing up different parts of experiments, thinking about fair testing and predicting.

4. Year 3: Meerkat Mail – Why wouldn’t a Meerkat live at the South Pole?
LC 5: How can Sunny safely keep in touch with his mob
Outcome – Creating Talking animals
Children will be thinking about hiw we communicate with our friends and family now. Talk about how is the easiest way. Discuss E safety. (e safety session)
Discuss what in informal /letter would look like? What are the features?
Children will be drafting an to their friends/family.
Children will be writing an in the correct format.
To create Meerkat videos of talking animals.
Children to explore, plan and create their talking animals and the scripts for what they will say.