Help with your projects.

Your country projects: (Click on the map to see some great maps of the world from different points of view).

This map shows countries by the size of their population.

This is your homework for week 2.

You MUST	· Find out about some typical food or clothing from your country and include pictures.
You SHOULD	· Include some recipes of typical foods. · Find out what the national anthem of the country is called and include some of the words.
You COULD	· Have a go at making a typical food and take a picture of it (or bring it in for munching!). · Get a recording of the national anthem, or all the words. · Find out about famous musicians / actors / entertainers from your country. · Make a doll wearing an example of typical clothes

If you are looking for some cultural information about a country try this great site:

http://www.geographia.com/

If you do want to make something from your country, this website may be a good starting point:

http://www.recipeatlas.com/

School Facilities Research

You should now have completed your questionnaires and are starting to put your plans together. You may want to look at what other schools have done and also look at companies that make playground equipment.

Learning through landscapes offer lots of advice on what can be done to improve school grounds. See the articles at:

http://www.ltl.org.uk/schools_and_settings/resources/articles.htm

What do you think are top 3 most important things to sort out for our school grounds and why? Leave your comments.