Blog by Tag: Geography

Today we learnt about the dangers of deforestation and made posters about how to look after the natural resources of the world.  We made the most of the hot weather and enjoyed working outside in the shade.

We celebrated the opening of the football World Cup today by finding out about some of the different countries that are taking place. We used atlases and found where the different countries were located around the world.

Today, we have used an atlas to locate the different countries, capital cities and other cities that are within the United Kingdom. We have also identified the different bodies of water that surround the UK.

This half term we are finding out about heroes in the community and superheroes in stories. The children are enjoying pretending to be firefighters.

This afternoon, we walked around Scotforth so that we can make maps and write a guide book. 
 

The change in the weather has prompted the children to talk about Winter. In Nursery we have looked at some animals who live in very cold places. We have been developing our pincer grip to feed the animals during continuous provision.

Today, we learned that maps look down at an area from above. We tried to make our own picture of the year 2 classroom using an aerial view. 
 

This afternoon, Year 4 went for a walk around the local area searching for different human and physical features of Geography. We considered which places might be considered as local landmarks, and made notes to help us when we make our own OS maps of the area. Unfortunately, the fish and chip…

In geography we have been learning about the locations of different countries across the world. We have looked at the 7 continents, the 5 oceans, the Equator and the Arctic and Antarctic Circles. Today we had to read descriptions of different countries and use atlases and world maps to find out…

What an exciting day. We saw lots of different birds including flamingos. Our favourite parts of the day were the stepping stones and the splash play area. We enjoyed our journey.

Year 6 went for a local history walk today. As we walked into town, we compared a modern OS map of Lancaster with one from 1610. We walked to the Castle via Penny Street and Church Street, both of which were built more than 400 years ago (appearing on the 1610 map). We learnt how the castle has…

We were so excited all afternoon after catching a glimpse of this. The sun shone as we watched the dance on the playground and learnt a little more about China.