Geography

16Jan2025

This week, in Geography, we started our new unit of ‘Human and physical geography within a region of South America and the UK’. The children started the topic by locating South America on a world map. Once we had located South America, we took a closer look at the countries within it, focusing on Ar

6Dec2024

Year 6 have been learning some vital geographical skills over the last two weeks which have linked to their Peacekeepers topic and World War 2. Within their lessons, children have used atlases, compasses, tube maps, street maps and grids to study the geography of the UK – and London in particular. T

6Dec2024

In Geography, we have enjoyed learning about climate zones and starting learning more about the different counties within Europe. It has inspired us to travel and explore more, identify where some of us have been on holiday, where some of our family lives and decide whether we like the weather we ha

15Nov2024

The children in Year 1 began their first block of Geography this week.   They learnt that we live in England and that it is part of the United  Kingdom.  They enjoyed looking at a map of the world and then looking at the four countries that make up the United Kingdom.  The children made their o

26Sep2024

In Geography, Year Two have been learning about maps and compass points. They have also looked at human and physical features in our local area and identified them on a map. First, the children learnt that a map is a flat picture of an area seen from above. They found out that maps contain symbols t

20Sep2024

Yesterday, Year 5 took a trip to the Breamish Valley in Ingram to explore how the river has had an effect on the surrounding landscape as well as looking at features of rivers such as the speed and depth. After a long bus ride, the classes split off in to two groups. Across the day, the children got