Wild Earth: Bringing the Savannah to the classroom

At the start of our Wild Earth theme I tried to decorate our classroom to represent the Savannah (too many trees I know). It had the desired ‘wow’ effect when the children walked into the classroom for the first time and set the scene really well for what was to come.

What was to come was complete immersion in the Wii game: Wild Earth. The children used the game to familiarise themselves with the setting, take notes, work cooperatively and generally get a real feel for what it would be like on Safari (including frustrating waits trying to find an animal before the elation of finally coming across it). I would love to have taken the use of the game further but we only had 6 weeks for the entire theme. Of all the themes we have carried out this year, it is Wild Earth that the children wanted to continue with when it had finished.