This afternoon, Y3 have been researching how the local areas surrounding our academy schools (Herringthorpe, Greasbrough, Roughwood and Rockingham) have changed over time. We have found out that in early […]
Y3J had a wonderful time at Clifton Park this week! We loved using our Geodoodle books to help us explore our local area.
We all had an egg-cellent time at our Easter orienteering events this week. Thank you to everyone who put on their running shoes and came to join us. You all […]
Y3SE had a great day exploring their steelmen trail around Sheffield. Using their Geo Doodle books they looked for answers to the clues which led them to Meadowhall, where they […]
Our outdoor learning focus was to learn about and address misconceptions about Africa.
It has been a pleasure to see all of the wonderful geography learning taking place across school this week. Here are some of the lessons. Children completed map jigsaws to […]
In Geography this week Year 5 have been learning about trade. We discussed the differences between imports and exports and then played a game called The Trade Game. It helped […]
Today in Geography, Y5 learnt the importance of trade and how exporting and importing goods impacts on our country. To help with our understanding, we completed our own trading game […]
This week in year 3 we have been using Digimaps software to locate popular Victorian seaside locations. The children loved exploring the ordinance survey maps.
Today in 3SE, we focused on developing our geography locational skills using atlases by finding and naming the countries in Europe. We then looked closely at how, during the Victorian […]
In geography today we learnt about the physical features of the coastline and explored the process of erosion. To help us remember the process we used drama and created models.
This week, Y5 have been using digital mapping to locate the continents around the globe. Using this information, we added key locations to our maps which have been involved in […]
Today in Y3se we continued our georgraphy learning and learnt about the 8 points on a compass. The children loved having the opportunity to explore a real compass. We then […]
Some of Year 6 spent the day at Robin Hood’s Bay today. We had a lovely day in the sunshine exploring the rock pools, identifying crabs and small fish, lunch […]
This afternoon Y3SE have been using our Atlases to locate continents and countries. The children loved using the Atlases in the juniors for first time.
This morning our new Y3 children have participated in a fieldwork activity exploring their new school grounds. They used lots of teamwork to explore human and physical features within the […]
Today, y5 generated their own geographical investigation based around the question: why don’t rivers run straight? When asked to each draw a river, we noticed how everyone created bends and […]
Yesterday, the Y5 children continued their geography learning by exploring rivers around the world using digital mapping
This afternoon in Y3L, we have been using atlases to explore local and national geography.