Writing Activities: Year 5
Hippopotamus
Weighing up to a whopping four tons, hippos are the third-largest land-living mammal after elephants and white rhinos. Hippopotamuses love water and can spend up to 16 hours a day in it to keep them cool in the hot sun. However, at sunset, they leave the water to grab a bite to eat.
In this clip, we will see some hippos dining out in a place we might not expect – a South African town!
Credit: BBC Two - Cities: Nature's New Wild
Literacy idea
From the perspective of a hippopotamus, write a review about your dining experience in St Lucia that will be posted on the World Wildlife Web for all hippos to see.
Make sure you…
- Describe your first impressions of your dining area
- Discuss the range of food on offer
- Describe how the food looked and tasted
- Rate your overall experience out of five stars
- State whether you would return to this restaurant and explain why/why not
Wider Curriculum ideas
Use this information from natgeokids.com to create a fact file on hippos. Make sure you take pride in your presentation, and draw images to accompany the key information you record.