Local geography
Year 3 are looking at our local geography. We used the iPads and chrome books to research features of Rotherham. We then used this knowledge to create tourist leaflets to […]
Category Archives: Geography
Allies and Axis
Today we have been using atlases to locate allies and axis countries from WWII. We have also use longitude and latitude to locate some of their capital cities.
Y6 Tourism Debate
In Y6 we have been debating the question, ‘Is tourism on the coast a good thing?’. We have researched the impact of tourism on different places which helped us to […]
Y5 Space Exploration 🗺
Today, Y5 located the continents around the globe before plotting historical space travel events on their world maps. We used Atlases to help us with our learning!
Y3 are cartographers
Today Y3F started to develop their map drawing skills by drawing our classroom from an aerial perspective. We carefully worked to our rubric specifications to create our maps.
Y6 Coastal Erosion Animations
This week in our geography lessons, Year 6 have been learning about coastal erosion. They have made their own animations to explain and show the process of erosion using the […]
Shaking things up in Y3K
We have been finding out about where our food comes from. This led to a discussion about how butter is made. Today, Y3K were given the challenge of making their […]
Year 6 Visit Robin Hood’s Bay
What a wonderful day at Robin Hood’s Bay! Our children who have not been able to go to Northumberland have enjoyed a day at the coast. As well as exploring […]
Urban or rural
Y3 have been using the iPads and iMovie to showcase their understanding of urban and rural spaces around Rotherham. They showed excellent teamwork skills supporting each other navigating iMovie for […]
Y6 Visit Rotherham Minster
What a wonderful walk to Rotherham Minster to support our geography and history work, as well learning more about a Religious building. The children asked very interesting questions, all of […]
Y4 journey of The Black Death
In Year 4 we have looked at where the plague started, its journey and how far it travelled across the world using maps. Take a look at our learning using […]
Map skills in Y3
Today Y3 have been learning about symbols they could find on an a map. They then used this knowledge to create their own symbols they could use on a map […]
Y3 Observational Geography
Our geography over the next weeks is focused on field work. We asked the children to use their observational skills on their daily walks and to look carefully in their […]
Y6 Coastal Erosion
We discovered the process of coastal erosion and created an animation to show the process.
Y6 Physical Geography
The Year 6 school bubble have been exploring the physical geographical features of Australia as part of our exploration topic. We looked at the diversity of the regions of Australia […]
Festive Forest Forage
Today Y6Sn visited our local park to collect some resources to make our Christmas decorations. We found some incredibly shaped leaves, twigs, berries and conkers. We even came across the […]
Y6Sn visit Clifton Park memorial
Today Y6Sn walked to our local memorial at Clifton Park. It was quite emotional looking at all the names of the people who lost their lives to save ours. Many […]
Y3 Mapwork: Identifying cities in the UK
This week all of our year 3 children have been using our new atlas to find cities in the UK. We located several cities and discussed the population of these.
