Blog by Tag: Geography

Children around the world week - India

Wow, we have had an amazing week learning all about India. From researching about the physical and human Geography, different religions, native animals, cultures and celebrations, to making chapattis and tasting India food, from making and decorating…

Brazil

We have had an amazing week learning all about Brazil. We have researched where in the world Brazil is and found out all the countries that border Brazil.

We have looked at lots of famous landmarks in Rio such as Sugarloaf Mountain, Copacabana Beach, Christ the Redeemer and even…

Local Geography Study

This week in Geography we started to look at our new topic of local geography in comparison to a town/ city in Europe. To start off our new topic we started to look at our local area of Aberford and get to know more about the area at our doorstep! Through looking at facts…

Comparing Localities

This week, as part of our Geography topic 'Comparing Localities', Class 2 learnt about the Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough.

As a local town, many of the children had visited Scarborough with their families and friends. Therefore, it was an ideal coastal location…

Chinese Zodiac Signs

On the last day of spring term, Class 2 completed their geography topic about China.

Class 2 created these Chinese Zodiac plaques using lolly sticks, glue, red paint and card. Once they’d made their signs, the children used black marker pens to write the symbols of the…

Tangram Puzzles

This week, Class 2 created tangram puzzles. The tangram puzzle is made up of seven geometric pieces, which are typically boxed in the shape of a square. The pieces, called 'tans', are used to create different patterns, such as animals, people, numbers, and geometric…

Famous French Geographical Landmarks

Our topic in Geography this term is all about France! We are carrying out a geographical study of the country. Today, we worked in pairs to each research a famous French landmark, building or area. We looked at;

• The Eiffel Tower - Did you know the…

Geographical study of France

Today, we started our geographical study of France. We used atlases to find out which countries surround France. Using a map of Europe, we coloured coded the countries accordingly. We found out the countries that boarder France…