Perfect for Years 3/4 How Animals Get Their Energy helps students explore how living things get the energy they need to survive through an engaging nonfiction activity.

This resource explains how energy begins with the Sun, how plants make their own food, and how animals obtain energy by eating plants, other animals, or both. Students learn about herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, food chains, producers, consumers, predators, prey, and the adaptations that help animals find food.

Ideal for ELA, science, or STEM lessons, this How Animals Get Their Energy activity supports understanding of food chains, ecosystems, scientific vocabulary, and how all living things are connected in nature.

Help your pupils create a record of thinking, not just complete another worksheet.

This Learning Journal shows pupils how to capture ideas, vocabulary, questions and reflections across reading, listening and discussion — built over time and owned by pupils.

This Learning Journal resource is designed to help pupils build a visible record of thinking across lessons, rather than completing one-off tasks.

Pupils create a two-page spread in their books that is added to gradually after different learning inputs, such as:
assemblies
reading texts
listening comprehension
short videos
reflection or discussion tasks

Instead of filling in a worksheet, pupils choose thinking structures, organise ideas with purpose, and explain their understanding using sentence starters and prompts.

What this Learning Journal supports:
deeper comprehension and reflection
vocabulary development in context
pupil ownership and choice
flexible outcomes at different depths
inclusive access for EAL, SEND and reluctant writers

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Learning Journals:
Turn learning into meaningful reflection with my Learning Journal templates, designed to help pupils capture key ideas, vocabulary, and thinking across any topic.

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Free Supporting Video
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