Blog by Tag: Geography

Year 2 are being very imaginative in creating their own townscape dioramas.

Knowledge: to use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of their school and its grounds and the key human and physical features of its surroundings.

Skills: to design a purposeful 3d…

Thank you so much Y6 for your special homework efforts to complete your geography inspired 'Learning Logs'  . . . .  All About Biomes!

Such variety and creativity!

I wanted to share them with you all!

Children have been playing 'Spot the Difference'. 

Can you spot any similarities and differences between Roman Chester (Deva) 2000years ago and Chester now?

KNOWLEDGE:

Lots of geography knowledge gained in Y6 this week. We have:

• read about the major biomes around the world and considered how human actions are affecting them
• considered how to make 4 and 6 figure grid references and gained some valuable map reading skills
• learnt the major…

Year 1 really enjoyed their visit to Chester Zoo. We have been learning about Antarctica and studying facts about penguins.

It was a very cold and snowy day at the zoo. The children and staff felt like we were actually in Antarctica! 

Reception class had so much fun this week learning about the new Lunar Year. We began the week learning all about China and how it was similar and different to England. We then learnt about Emperor Jade's 'Great Race' and found out this year was the year of the Rabbit. We have spent the week…

Year are exploring the differences and similarities of town and country life.

Knowledge: I know some differences between Ellesmere Port and Gwernymynydd

Skills: I can discuss what it is like in the country and what it is like in the town.

Vocab: quiet, busy, rural, town

Each class has been promoting and developing our pupils' knowledge and understanding of new vocabulary.  In Literacy, pupils have explored tier 1, 2 and 3 words linked to their topic, Read, Write Inc. or Pathways to Write.  In other subject areas such as Geography and IT, pupils are investigating…

We went orienteering in Year 1 for our geography lesson. 

In Geography, Y6 asked the questions:

What is the Earth made of?

How are volcanoes made?

What happens when a volcano erupts?

We looked at plate tectonics and asked the hinge question:

How many major tectonic plates are there?
A: 1
B: 7
C: 8

D: 18

Can you remember the answer…

After reading Oliver Jeffers, 'Here we are', Reception class decided to explore their local environment when they noticed a lot of rubbish! We had a discussion about what we could do about it and they were quick to suggest we should pick up the litter to protect and look after our local wildlife…

As part of our topic for this term, 'The World Is Our Oyster', we visited River Park in Bromborough.

Whilst there, we used Ordnance Survey maps to help us locate our postition in an outdoor setting. We also used the maps to help spot landmarks from the surrounding area

We also used fieldwork…