St Nicholas CE Primary Academy
Geography
Our Wonderful World
Vocabulary:Atlas, compass, continent, equator, geography, globe, human feature, Northern Hemisphere, physical feature, settlement, Southern Hemisphere |
In geography this term we our looking at the project 'Our Wonderful World' which explores the meaning the terms geography, physical feature and human feature. This essential skills and knowledge project teaches children about physical and human features, maps, cardinal compass points, and positional and directional language. We will learn about the equator, hemispheres and continents and are introduced to the countries, capital cities and settlements of the United Kingdom. We will then use our knowledge of the world and the United Kingdom to carry out simple fieldwork to find out about our local area and its physical and human features. We will be geographers by using maps, globes, a compass, study aerial photographs and conduct fieldwork in our local area.
Year 1 enjoyed learning about the features of villages, towns and cities. They then worked together to build a village, town or city.
Gospels enjoyed a geography lesson where they explored globes and maps.
Gospels were wowed by Google Earth and how they could use it to spot the school and other areas of interest.
Year 1 explored maps. They located the UK and Boston.
Year 1 used maps to locate the four countries in the UK and their capital city.
Physical Features:
Physical features are natural features that are not made by people. They include beaches, cliffs, coastlines, forests, hills, mountains, seas, oceans, rivers, valleys and lakes.
Have you seen any of these before?
Human Features:
Human features are made by people to help them live in a place or move around from one place
to another. They include cities, towns, villages, factories, farms, roads, bridges, houses, offices, ports, harbours and shops.
Have you seen any of these before?
