We were inspired by our story ‘clean up’ to go out and clean up our own environment to take care of the animals and nature.
Looking after our environment
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Geography
Geographical differences between Spain and the UK using maps
The Arctic Circle
We used atlases and globes to find out where the Arctic Circle is in the world and then identified the countries that it covers. We know that the Arctic Circle only covers parts of these countries and we showed this on our maps.
Locating the rivers and seas of the UK
Filling our bowls
Just like Handa we filled our bowls of our favourite fruit to make milkshakes to deliver to our friends. During our group times we discussed the differences between where we live and where Handa lives in Kenya.
Geography
Today in year 6, we explored what it would be like to live as a Mayan. We looked at how geography impacts on different settlements and made a list of pros and cons. We made lists for settlements in the mountains, rainforest, the coast or a cenote.
What is the coastline in Britain like?
Making maps
Year 1 and Year 2 had a wonderful time visualising and creating the journey from the play park to school in the hall and then physically taking part in the journey around the room to help to remember the key landmarks. We then drew our own maps to show the journey we...
Locating mountain ranges and hills in the UK
Bird watching week
This week we have been identifying the features of a bird through different information sources including a bird watch walk. We made a giant birds nest to house us all. [gallery...