Year Three took part of the Orienteering unit linked in Geography, applying their learning at reading a map. They went around the school to find a location and answered questions using a details map.
Category Archives: Geography
Coronation Celebrations in Reception
Reception have been celebrating the upcoming Coronation of King Charles. Everyone looked fantastic in their coronation outfits. We have learned lots about the royal family and where they live in London as well as making fantastic crowns for our afternoon tea. 🇬🇧👑
Reception – Computing on the Farm with Purple Mash
This week we having been reading the story of the Little Red Hen and talking about the animals on the farm. On PurpleMash, we have been pairing up the baby and adult animals and completing jigsaws based on images from the farm. We talked about the features of the farm and how it looked really […]
Djembe music in Reception
This week Reception have been reading the story of Handa’s Surprise, a lovely story about a little girl who lives in Kenya, Africa. We learned a song about the story called 7 Juicy Fruits and accompanied it with these African drums which are called Djembes. The children were amazing and loved learning about African cultures […]
Handa’s Surprise in Reception
This week Reception have been reading the lovely story of Handa’s Surprise. The story is about a little girl who lives in a rural village in Kenya, Africa. After reading the story, we found Kenya on our world map, then discussed the similarities and differences between Handa’s homelife and ours.
Reception exploring the woods
Reception have had a fantastic afternoon exploring in the woods. We made our own muddy puddle so that we could investigate muddy wellie and hand prints. We made some great patterns. We also worked together carrying large branches to make dens, enjoyed climbing in the trees and just enjoyed being out in out lovely woodland […]
Year Five Atlas hunt
We’ve begun our new area of learning in geography in Year Five – Scandinavia. As a start to this unit, we investigated the continent of Europe via an atlas hunt. The children demonstrated a fantastic understanding of the different countries in Europe and their locality.
Chinese New Year in Nursery
This week we have been learning about the Chinese New Year, we have looked at where China is on the world map and thought about how their celebrations are similar to ours in the UK. We have been making Chinese lanterns, practising to paint Chinese numbers and joining in with a Chinese dragon dance!
Historical Local Maps in Year Two
Year Two began their local history topic by comparing two maps of Baddeley Green: one from 1950 and one from 2023. They coloured in differences with one colour and similarities with another. They found lots of interesting changes!
Nursery welcome in the New Year!
This week we have been learning about the New Year Celebrations. We have talked about what we did with our families for New Year and found out about some of the celebrations that happen around the world. We watched London’s celebrations, counting down with Big Ben and enjoying the fantastic firework display. We then all […]