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23 Jun

Year 3 - Geography - Using Ordnance Survey Maps

Our Year 3 explorers swapped their textbooks for OS maps and compasses this afternoon, turning the classroom into a hub of navigation and discovery! As part of their geography learning, the children have been mastering the four cardinal points—North, South, East, and West—and putting their new skills to the test. Here is what our mini-explorers got up to: Finding North: Learning how to hold a compass steady and watching the needle magically align. Cracking the Code: Deciphering Ordnance Survey map symbols to locate everything from churches and campsites to forests and rivers.

23 Jun

Year 1 - Geography - Continents

This week, our Year 1 children took on the challenge of learning the world's continents. Using atlases, they explored different maps, symbols, and colours to see how our planet is represented. They also located the UK and China, which they will be comparing in their upcoming lesson. Can you name the largest continent?

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22 Jun

Nursery And Pre-School - Geography - Our Holiday To Bora Bora

This week, our Nursery and Pre-School children launched a brilliant child-led adventure by building their own role-play aeroplane. From issuing tickets and serving refreshments to piloting the flight, they had fantastic fun exploring transport, teamwork, and global environments!

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17 Jun

Nursery And Pre-School - Geography - Where Did I Go On Holiday?

This week, our Nursery and Pre-School children have been exploring different holiday destinations around the world to build their understanding of global geography. To support this topic, families kindly sent in photographs of the children on their own holidays. The children thoroughly enjoyed showcasing these pictures to their peers, proudly sharing stories about their personal holiday experiences, the things they saw, and how they traveled. Following these discussions, the classes gathered around our giant globe. Together, the children helped pinpoint exactly where each holiday destination was located in relation to where we live. This interactive lesson provided a wonderful, personal way for our youngest learners to begin understanding world maps, distance, and the diverse world around them.

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17 Jun

Year 5 - Geography - Map Work

Year 5 have been using atlas' to find geographical features.

16 Jun

Year 1 - Geography - To Create a Map

Following on from last week, Year 1 used the physical and human features found in their fieldwork to create their own maps. Using aerial views of our local area and lots of resources from around the classroom, the children constructed a messy map. After this, they labelled their own maps, remembering the human and physical features they had identified.

Image of Year 2 - Geography - Compass Points
10 Jun

Year 2 - Geography - Compass Points

Year 2 are finding their bearings! This term, we are diving into our new topic all about life on the coast. We started by mapping out the seas and oceans surrounding the UK, using compass points to describe their locations. To help us master this tricky new skill, we took our geography lesson out onto the playground! The children did a brilliant job directing their peers using clear compass instructions (like "go North 5 steps!"). Check out our fantastic photo collage to see our teamwork and outdoor learning in action! #PrimaryGeography #OutdoorLearning #Year2

Image of Year 1 - Geography - Identifying Human and Physical Features
8 Jun

Year 1 - Geography - Identifying Human and Physical Features

Today, our Year 1 adventurers kicked off their brand-new Geography topic: What is it like to live in Shanghai? To start our learning, we went on a local walk to hunt for human and physical features in our school's neighbourhood. The children did a fantastic job spotting everything from trees and grass (physical) to fences, roads, and buildings (human)! Next week, we will be using our brilliant fieldwork notes to create our very own maps before we start comparing our local area to the bustling city of Shanghai! A huge well done to Year 1 for their excellent behaviour and sharp eyes today. Check out some photos from our busy afternoon! #Year1 #PrimaryGeography #Fieldwork #LocalArea #SchoolCommunity

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6 May

Year 4 Geography and Science

This half term, Year 4 have really enjoyed their cross-curricular learning with similar themes between different subjects. We have conducted a water cycle experiment in Science to see the process in real life, and applied this to our Geography topic, learning about rivers. Our favourite part of this is the water cycle dance! The actions and song really help us remember the key words and different processes.

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28 Apr

Year 4 Geography - River Features

This week's Geography lesson was all about the different features of a river. We found out about the different river courses and what we could expect to find at each one and were all amazed to find out that all rivers end up at the sea! We had to work as a team to represent what we had been learning about, by creating our very own representations of rivers and their features out of Lego, before presenting our creations to others. It really helped us learn what we needed to include and all of the different feature names.

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31 Mar

Year 2 Geography: Collect and Present Data

Our Year 2 geographers were out doing fieldwork to investigate the wildlife and plants right on our doorstep! We’ve been busy collecting primary data to see exactly what shares our local environment, from moss and grass to ants and flies.

Image of Year 6: Geography - Solar Farm Debate
25 Mar

Year 6: Geography - Solar Farm Debate

This week in Geography, Year 6 have put together their previous learning and had a debate around the issue of solar farms. We used voice 21 talk tactics to instigate, build and challenge each other during the debate. Some really interesting points were raised!