Blog by Tag: Geography

In Geography Year 3 have been learning about the Continents of Europe and North America. We have been comparing the lives of British and Spanish people with those of the United States of America. 

We went on a plant hunt just like the famous plant explorer George Forrest. He was born in 1873 in Scotland. He went to lots of countries to find new plants. He brought 1200 plants and seeds back to the UK.  

Year 4 have been writing Nature Programme voiceovers.  The children had to focus on presenting their work with appropriate intonation, tone and volume to inform and entertain the reader. 

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Children in Year 4 have been using images to make prediction about our new Literacy book, 'Where the Forest Meets the Sea'. 

Children in Year 4 have been practising inserting text boxes and images, as well as using the Spell Check function to create a 'How to Survive Volcano' Guide,. 

In Y6, we have been using "Google Earth" to search exciting places around the world. We have been tracing the voyage Charles Darwin made on the HMS Beagle in 1832. We have explored the Galapagos, Tierra del Fuego and other interesting places on his 5 year expedition which helped formulate his…

In Year 1 we created symbols and labels to make a map of our school grounds. 

We have looked at where a number of famous artists created their most celebrated works of art and mapped them on our European map.. We have examined the work of Henri Matisse and his famous collage The snail. As a result we created our own animal collages in his style. 

Well done to Year 5 and Year 6 for attending a very successful and interesting collection of workshops held at the Boat Museum last week. There were many workshops ranging from computers, geography, science, design and technology and many more! Have a look at some of our pictures below!

Year 3 have been to look at the mouth of the River Mersey and the middle of the River Dee at Chester.    

Year 4 completed a Number and Place Value Orienteering course around the garden.   

Children in Year 5 have been to Helsby Hill today as part of their 'The World, Your Oyster'.  Children have learnt how to use a compass, practised their mapping skills as well as looking at physical and natural features of the local landscape.