The Year 3 Den Project

The children have been learning about woodland habitats this half term. As part of this topic they have been asked to think about how they might survive in a woodland. After a trip to our local woodland, Heaton's Common, the children are asked to make a den without planning or finding out how to make one:

The children had a great go at their den making but they all realised that they need to find out more about dens and plan what they were going to do to be more successful. So the children reflected upon this experienced, did some product research on the internet, designed their own den using what they had learnt and planned how they were to make their den using a flow chart. They then had a final attempt at making a den:

They presented their dens to the rest of the class.

After it had rained heavily the children went back to their dens to check how effective they were.

The children reflected upon their experience in their topic books. It is clear the children have really enjoyed and learnt a lot from this experience!