In Geography are intent is to develop the children’s interest in a variety of physical and human environments in the wider world by expanding horizons out of the local community. The implication of this will mean the children have a number of opportunities to use a range of investigative and problem-solving skills inside the classroom which are rooted in each topic area the study. The impact of these skills will mean our children have: a better understanding of the world they live in; understand the impact the decisions they make have on their world and are fully equipped to travel and investigate the places they visit.
HOME LEARNING
Please see below some useful websites that you will be able to access for online home learning;
Firstly, a reminder about what your child will be learning about in Spring Term in geography;
Year 1- Let's go to the Arctic
Year 1/2 - Let's go on Safari
Year 2 - Let's go to the Jungle
Year 3 - Paris Today
Year 3/4 - Exploring Madagascar
Year 4 - Spain and Catalonia
Year 5 - Investigating Rivers
Year 6 - Natural Resources
There a number of websites that you can access, which provide lots of free resources to help your child at home.
Please see the following:
Twinkl
www.twinkl.co.uk/offer
Twinkl have a range of useful resources and are currently offering free access to subjects at the moment, using code - UKTWINKLHELPS
PlanBee
www.planbee.com
Planbee have a great selection of resources available that that cover all of our geography topics
TES
www.tes.com
TES are a trusted source, containing lots of powerpoints and activities that cover all of our geography topics.
BBC learning
www.bbc.co.uk/learning
Although the site is no longer available, there are still some really good resources, including video clips etc on the site covering a range of geographical topics.
National Geographic Kids
www.natgeokids.com/uk/
Really useful website offering lots of fantastic geographical resources
Nature Detectives
https://naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetectives/
A useful website and a lot of the activities can be done in your garden.
Geography Games
https://world-geography-games.com/world.html
Geography gaming
Blue Peter Badges
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/about-blue-peter-badges
If you have a stamp and a nearby post box, this is a great website.
Purple Mash
www.purplemash.com/stcleopasl8
This website offers a whole range of topics (including history) and lots of interactive games and activities. Each class teacher has individual login details for every child in their class (please ask the class teacher).
Digimap
https://digimapforschools.edina.ac.uk/login
Username:xi96jjqv
Password:snived0442
This website is a fantastic resource for both geography and history as it allows you to look at different versions of maps, including historical maps too.