Geography

Geography

Spring Term!

Here is a brief overview of this term's topics and their Geography links:

Nursery - Talking Animals!

In Nursery we are learning about some traditional tales. We will be taking a trip to Rice Lane City Farm in our local environment.

Reception - Spring Awake!

Reception will be continuing to learn about seasonal changes and looking for signs of Spring!

Year 1 - Poles Apart

Use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the continents of the world.
Identify the location of hot and cold countries in relation to the Equator and North and South Poles

Year 2 - Wonder Women

Year 3 -Transport

To locate a range of localities using local and world maps, identifying transport links
To identify different modes of transport and their uses
To investigate the most popular types of transport in the local area
To look at the location of airports and their key features

Year 4 - The World's Kitchen

To use maps and atlases to locate continents, oceans and countries and capital cities around the world
To learn about traditional cuisines which belong to different countries
To know where our food comes from and how it arrives in our country

Year 5 - Mexico and the Mayans

To use maps, atlases and globes to locate Mexico
To describe the differences between Mexico and the UK e.g. climate, time zones, food, population, religion and homes
To understand what attracts people to holiday in Mexico

Year 6 - Disaster!

To use maps, atlases and globes to locate volcanoes and fault lines and identify countries most severely affected by volcanoes
To understand how a volcano is formed and why it erupts
To describe and understand the impact of volcanic eruptions on human settlements

Some useful websites!

www.ngkids.co.uk

www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/geography/index.html

www.dkfindout.com/uk/

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/geography.shtml

Just for year 5!

www.kidzworld.com/article/26424-all-about-mayan-culture