You can travel the seas, poles and deserts and see nothing. To really understand the world, you need to get under the skin of the people and places. In other words, learn about geography. I can’t imagine a subject more relevant in schools. We’d all be lost without it.
A high-quality geography education should inspire in pupils a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. Teaching should equip pupils with knowledge about diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes. As pupils progress, their growing knowledge about the world should help them to deepen their understanding of the interaction between physical and human processes, and of the formation and use of landscapes and environments. Geographical knowledge, understanding and skills provide the frameworks and approaches that explain how the Earth’s features at different scales are shaped, interconnected and change over time. National Curriculum for Geography, purpose of study
Continents, Oceans and more
In geography this week, year 3 have been singing to retrieve what we already know about the world's continents and oceans. We realised that our lessons in year one and two have taught us so much, and we are ready to continue building on this as the year progresses....
New Year New Learning
By Sara and Fabiha This week in geography we learnt about the 3 forces during World War 2 ( allied forces, axis forces and neutral forces) Allied forces fought alongside Great Britain where as Axis forces fought along Germany. However neutral forces stayed safe and...
Touring the Lansbury Estate
Hepworth class went on local walk around the Lansbury Estate Festival of Britain logo! "This church was here in 1951 and even now!" - Yusra On the hunt for Festival of Britain landmarks. We spotted the FoB flag on the window of the Festival Inn Sketching the Clock...
A tour of our community
Year 3 took a stroll around the local sites to walk the 1951 Festival of Britain route around our community. Setting off and returning to school The children spotted the Festival Star logo in surprising places and on key buildings as they sketched pictures and made...
Year 2 – Community – Autumn 1 Term
This term in year 2, we have been learning about the emergency services in our community and comparing them with the emergency services in the past. First, we learnt about 21st century fire fighters by reading a non-chronological report and writing our own, we then...
Year 2 – Geography Fieldwork
All across Lansbury Lawrence this half term is about community. Each year group look at a different aspect of our local community and in year 2 we are looking at the emergency services in Poplar. For our geography feildwork expedition we used a map of our local area...
Exploring the Thames in Hadid Class
This half term our geography learning has been based around rivers, specifically our own River Thames. We have investigated the question 'What has changed and what has stayed the same about the River Thames?' Arissa Ahsana Zainab H Fatima Remayssa Amelia Ibrahim...
Van Gogh’s End of Spring 2
Van Gogh have had an amazing half term learning all about the Vikings in History and Geography. Here are some of the wonderful work the children produced in History and Geography. Below is their work from Maths this half term as well their cooking lesson with Chef...
End of Spring Term in Hirst Class
Blog written by children in Hirst ClassThis term we have been learning about Rivers with a particular focus on What has changed and What has stayed the same about the River Thames? This was was our Geography focus for the half term and linked well to our local...
Geography in Hamilton Class
We read the story - 'The Snail and the Whale', and then explored the different environments that the snail visited. We looked at volcanoes, beaches and mountains and then used Google Earth to find them on our planet. We also did a volcano experiment and had a go at...