Recently in Geography, we’ve been comparing “Human and Physical Geographical Features”. We were able to explain as we looked at Heywood, London and the Arctic, the things that were either created by nature or by humans. Soon, we will be going to visit Queen’s Park. This blog post was written Read more…
This week we have been comparing the UK to another European country – Norway. We had a great introduction to some of the similarities and differences. We learned all about the geographical features of the country as well as their school life and finally their common foods. We then sampled Read more…
We had a great introduction to the Norwegian culture in Geography. We learned all about their countries geographical features as well as their school life and finally their common foods. we then sampled some delicious fish dishes inspired by Norwegian cuisine.
Class 14 took part in a virtual reality experience to the Americas. We started with our Geography topic (North America) and experienced New York by day and night. We then took a trip to the Amazon in South America to see exciting creatures such as Jaguars and Tarantulas. This linked Read more…
Today in Class 10, we took part in a PrimeVR workshop to support our understanding of the polar regions and climate change. We really enjoyed it!
Today in Class 9, we took part in a PrimeVR workshop. We visited the Polar regions and met some cute arctic creatures. We also looked at the impact of climate change. It was really fun!
Class 9 were history detectives this week finding out how Heywood had changed over the past 130 years. Using historical maps, we investigated the land use in Heywood in the present day, the 1950s and the 1890s. We discovered that over time, Heywood has become more urban, with more houses Read more…
As part of our ‘remember more’ activity this week in geography, we looked at physical and human geography and their features and what makes something a human or physical feature. When then sorted the images into physical or human features.
In geography, we have been learning all about the water cycle as party of our human and physical unit of work. Last week we learnt how the water cycle works and became more confident using words such as evaporation, precipitation, condensation and accumulation. Today we created a model version of Read more…
Today the children worked in pairs to dress people in suitable clothes according to the seasons as part of our geography topic and learning how the seasons affect the weather.