A beautiful sunny morning on the lake playing games in canoes to travel in each compass direction and building our own rafts. If the rafts weren’t balanced, we got wet!
Robin Wood Desert group
Category Archives: Geography
5M’s trip to Manchester Museum
Year 5 took a trip to Manchester Museum where we learnt how to become creative curators! We learnt about how museums group animals and we practised our curative skills – looking, connecting and discussing.
We enjoyed looking at some of the taxidermy animals up close, learning about how it is done and had a go at creating our own museum! Then we got to explore the museum. There was lots of interesting information in the vivarium. They had live poison dart frogs and plenty of information about our topic – The Rainforest!
Unfortunately we had to cut our trip short and got caught in the rain on the way back though, but despite the weather, we had the best day!
Year 5 trip to Manchester Museum
We had a fabulous day at Manchester Museum making links with rainforests, Ancient Egypt, animal classification and fossils. Everything was totally engrossing and we recommend a visit – it’s free!
Year 1 Visit to Heaton Park
On Monday Year 1 went on a great walk to Heaton Park as we are learning about our local area in Geography. The children used their maps to locate where we were and naviagte to different places in the park. We were lucky enough to be invited into the Tram Museum, where we learned lots of history about trams in Manchester, which was so interesting. The children were able to identify human and physical features of the park and they even enjoyed a good play on the play park.
Well done Year 1!
Marvellous Maps in Year 2
In Year 2 the children have been exploring and drawing simple maps. They asked questions, shared information and communicated their growing interest in everyday discoveries about their local community.
Year 2 Geography
In Year 2, the children are learning that a compass is a navigational instrument which shows us directions (North, South, East and West). The children put their knowledge of compass directions to the test by exploring key landmarks in our playground. In addition, the children labelled the compass points using a word bank and used their knowledge of directional language to plan a route to Heaton Hall.
Year 2 – Outdoor orienteering History lesson.
Year 2 loved orienteering to find out information all about Heaton Hall! The children found in 1772 Heaton Hall was built and this was part of the Georgian Period! Many more facts were found along the way by combining their map reading skills to find the fact cards!
Year 2 Orienteering
This week, Year 2 had to combine their map reading, history and running skills. An orienteering course was marked on a map and the children had to find detailed historical information about Heaton Hall.
All About Antarctica
In assembly this morning we learned about Antarctica. We were invited to join a special mission –
to become Champions of Antarctica and a 2041 School.
We watched the first film on this website – there are lots more to look at at home.
I have asked children to find out a fact about Antarctica and write it below in the comments – all facts will receive a Gold Sticker!
Year 2 Geography
The children in Year 2 have been learning to name and locate the world’s seven continents and five oceans. In addition, they used world maps, atlases and globes to identify the UK and its countries.
