Blog by Tag: Geography

Last term we visited the brook of Brookside!

The brook has been here since before the oldest Ordnance survey maps existed.

It is now partially covered by housing estates as it flows to the Mersey.

We have been looking at birds eye view maps. We created maps of our classroom. 

This afternoon, Year 5 used atlases to locate the 8 countries, the mountain range, the Alps are spread across. Great work Year 5!

We are using maps to locate the Jurassic coast

Knowledge:

Locate coasts in the UK

Skills: 

Identify physical features of a coast

Vocab: coast, coastline, arch, stack, shoreline, beach

Children have been inspired by the work of William Morris to design and create a rainforest print.

The children learnt how to batik fabric.  

We found animals which were native to each of the seven continents.  

Year 3 undertook some field work in Chester last week to understand how the river is used in the middle part of its journey towards the sea. 

In our geography session this afternoon, Year 5 were asked a simple question - 'Do oceans matter?'

Our first task involved examining how we use our oceans and exploring how Australia imports and exports goods. Australia sends most of their top exports (iron, coal and petroleum gas) largely by…