The World: Close and Far.

The examples of work below share the theme of using maps to represent geographical information. In particular, they show a progression in the children’s understanding of using a key to show geographical features.

Tracking Paths Travelled in Nursery

In Nursery, the children have been using computers to find out about the theme of driving. In doing this research, important foundation work has been laid in preparing our younger children to use the internet in a safe and responsible manner. As part of their investigating, the children discovered that Emil and Liliana Schmid have driven the furthest distance - and they still haven’t stopped travelling yet. The children developed their familiarity with using a 2D world map in order to track where the couple have visited to so far on their travels.

The Kingdoms of the UK

Year 1 have been learning about the countries that make up the United Kingdom: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The children we able to identify some of the characteristics of each country, including their distinctive national flags. They then used these flags in a key to label the four countries of the United Kingdom.

A Look at Climate Zones with Year 4

In this Autumn term, Year 4 have learnt about what climate zones are and where each of them can be found around the world. The children were amazed to discover that all of the main climate zones can be found in China, showing that climate is not solely caused by proximity to the Equator. Year 4 children completed a world map of climate zones, choosing their own colour key in the process. They also discussed how climate zones can change in the context of climate change.

Mastering Maps of Our Area with Year 5

Year 5 carried out a local study of Greenwich that took in both history and geography skills. In this learning, the children were given two types of map of the same area - an 1862 map and a recent Ordinance Survey map - and then asked to compare them in order to make inferences about the changing use of land over time. The children had to juggle two sets of keys from very different maps in order to accurately read the information before identifying similarities and differences.