Fancy a trip to somewhere warm, tropical, and adventurous but want to go somewhere you won't get attacked by any bloodthirsty wildlife ?

So did the year 4 class from Low Moor Primary School in Bradford. Their answer was to take a trip to Tropical World with some cameras and clip-boards to make a short documentary about the wildlife and how we can help save the rain forests.

    Seeing the 9 year old students of class 4L holding the big, bulky film cameras and shouting 'Quiet on Set!', 'Roll Cameras!', and 'Action!' was amusing both for the children taking part and for EdNews. Speaking to the class later we found that they all really liked the idea of filming and seeing what the 'real world' was like. They told us that it was enjoyable because they were the ones who came up with the script for what to say on camera, although they struggled due to the heat and humidity. One boy in the class who was the last one to shoot on camera was dripping from head to toe ! They said they did find the work hard but that it was worth it because it paid off seeing themselves on the tiny screen of the camera and told us it was a great day.
    While at Tropical World EdNews spoke to the teacher of class 4L and to the children in the class about why they were visiting and what they have been learning about recently (and of course if they were having fun). The main theme of the last half term has been rainforest destruction and how we can prevent it. "This is part of the International Primary Curriculum called 'Saving the World' that we have been studying." said their teacher Mr. Martyn Lord."The children have really enjoyed the 6 week project and have even been going home and carrying out further research to help them while making their wildlife-style documentary."

The DVD which contains the work done by the pupils of Low Moor Primary is part of a large project called "Language for Learning" led by Sonya Midgley of the Education Business partnership team within Bradford Council.