Therfield First School
“Bringing Learning to Life”
Rooks Nest Class (KS2)
Geography in Rooks Nest
In Rooks Nest, we teach as many of our lessons as cross-curricular as possible. Our geography curriculum is taught within our geography-led half term topics. These include; Active Planet, Where Does My Food Come From?, Birds-Eye View, All Around the World and The Rainforest.
Geography-led topics, usually have a geography-inspired BIG BANG to launch the half term's learning. Enrichment sessions and class visits are planned to help Bring Learning to Life and lessons take place in the real life setting wherever possible.
Active Planet
As part of this topic, we looked at different types of natural disasters that occur around the world. We looked at how volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis occur and how they affect the world. This linked to our English topic as we wrote explanation texts based on the information that we learnt.
Where Does My Food Come From?
As part of our topic, we looked at how products are imported and exported around the world, as well as at how importing and exporting effects the environment. We also learned about vegetation belts, climate zones and biomes.
All Around the World
