Geography
We are delighted to announce that our geography curriculum was awarded the Silver Primary Geography Quality Mark. Here are some of the key comments from the assessors:
‘quality learning is supported through providing pupils with appropriate knowledge and evidence.’
‘The rational for teaching Geography is clear – taking into account the school’s local context and cohort.’
‘Effective monitoring helps to drive improvement’
‘Professional development of staff is clearly supported’
At Smithdown Primary School we believe that Geography enables children to make sense of the complex and dynamically changing world that they live in. Our aim is for children to develop a natural curiosity about their immediate surroundings and the wider world, becoming more aware of people, places and environments. Children will be confident using their taught geographical skills to collect and communicate information, including drawing and interpreting maps. They will be taught through engaging, fun Geography lessons and given the opportunity for meaningful learning opportunities and field work.
In Key Stage 1 children will develop their knowledge about the United Kingdom and their own locality. They’ll learn how to use maps, atlases and globes as well as learn simple compass directions. The children will also study seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom and look at the hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the equator and the North and South Poles.
In Key Stage 2 the children will look to extend their knowledge to beyond their local area and will study Europe as well as North and South America. They will begin to look at similarities and differences of human geography such as types of settlement and land use. They will also study physical geography elements such as climate zones, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes. Children will continue to use maps, atlases and globes and will use the 8 points of the compass in their work. They will start to consider the use of four and six figure grid references and ordinance survey maps.
Progression will be assessed through evaluation of your child’s written work and consideration of their responses and contributions to discussions.
National Curriculum for Geography
Geography Chatter
Pic Collage – Kenyan Village
07-07-2024
As part of our Geography topic we are comparing Kenyan villages and cities with Liverpool. We are making pic collages in computing to depict life in each area. On Thursday we made our Village posters of Maasai. Keep your eyes peeled for more next week as begin to compare and contrast in more detail,
Map Making and Directions
07-07-2024
We made our own maps of Lila’s village and used compass point directions to direct a friend around the map.
VOLCANIC ERUPTION!!!
05-07-2024
I’m sure many of us thought we would never witness a volcanic eruption!!! Today we did. The children in year 3 have been learning about volcanoes. We created our own, painted these and even made them erupt! We a had so much fun doing this experiment!!!
Cooking time again!
01-07-2024
We had our second group to make our traditional Italian bolognese. They had a great time preparing the ingredient and seasoning it to perfection! Thanks to our amazing head chef once again – Monica.
5EHD Geography statistics work
28-06-2024
This week year 5 have compared Liverpool to the city of Manaus in Brazil and plotted data and different style graphs.
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Volcanoes Eruptions!
27-06-2024
We had an amazing afternoon erupting our volcanoes! We even had a very dangerous and violent composite volcano with thick magma which increased the pressure when erupting.
Spaghetti Bolognese time!
25-06-2024
Our first group created their very own authentic traditional bolognese sauce! We have linked our DT unit with our Geography topic of Italy. Super behaviour and sensible cooks.
Volcanoes!
25-06-2024
We have created our volcanoes and painted them. They look amazing! We are going to erupt them this week and see what happens when an active volcano blows. Watch this space…
Modifying Text and Images
24-05-2024
We created posters on Word.
We shared our favourite animals, changed the font, colour, size and style and even added images too,
Amazing work Year 2
Liverpool Skyline
22-05-2024
Here is a FABULOUS finished skyline picture to accompany our Geography work on our ‘Walking Tours Around Liverpool.’ Amazing work from this young artist.
Watercolour Skylines
17-05-2024
We have started our watercolour skylines to link with our Walking Tour of Liverpool which we wrote in Geography.
not finished yet, but they’re looking good already.
Designing our own maps to add OS symbols.
25-04-2024
In Geography, we have been designing our very own islands. When completed, they will show OS symbols and we will locate places using 6 figure grid references.
World ? Earth Day
24-04-2024
In Reception we enjoyed reusing our milk cartons to make musical shakers using natural objects outdoors.
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Geography: 6 Figure grid references today for Year 6.
18-04-2024
After locating places using 4 digit grid references, we progressed to 6 digit references today.
Year 4 had an amazing geography lesson creating their own structures of the earth’s layers, and how they link to earthquakes!?
20-11-2023
So informative and so incredibly well presented
19-10-2023
How AMAZING is this piece of work informing us about the consequences of palm oil! ? So informative and so incredibly well presented. #smithdowngeog #smithdownwriters
Learning about endangered animals in geography
19-10-2023
Learning about endangered animals in #smithdowngeog what threats each are facing and what needs to be done to help.
Year 2 had such a good time on the tour bus looking for local landmarks
19-10-2023
Year 2 had such a good time on the tour bus looking for local landmarks and your behaviour was exceptional too #smithdowngeog
Today we explored our local area using Google maps
19-10-2023
Today we explored our local area using Google maps. We used our postcode to find our own homes and spotted familiar places around school too. #smithdowngeog
We then moved onto learning about the surrounding waters of the UK
19-10-2023
.We then moved onto learning about the surrounding waters of the UK. We completed a jigsaw of the UK and used a map to help us to label the water around us. #smithdowngeog
We worked so well with a partner In Geography
19-10-2023
In Geography this afternoon we used an atlas to help us name the countries of the UK and the capital cities. We worked so well with a partner #smithdowngeog
We walked around our local area today and took pictures of different
19-10-2023
We walked around our local area today and took pictures of different, important places of interest #smithdowngeog
We enjoyed using Google Earth ?
19-10-2023
We enjoyed using Google Earth ? to explore the school and the local area from an aerial view #smithdowngeog
This week we enjoyed looking at where we live…
19-10-2023
This week we enjoyed looking at where we live. We painted and made models of our homes.#smithdowneyfs #smithdowngeog @SmithdownPr
