Geography at Excalibur

A Showcase of Geography

Year 1 - Maps and the Local Environment

In Year 1's autumn learning, the children learnt about their classroom and the school grounds. They read and drew basic maps. They used a key to identify key features on the maps which they used.

Year 2 - Our Local Area Fieldwork

Our dedicated Year 2 geographers visited Delarmere for and, as part of their residential, carried out a fieldwork study on the wildlife found in a local woodland habitat. During their work, they found a variety of species, including shrimp, waterbeetle, newts, water boatmen and larvae. In some cases, they humanely trapped the species and observed them carefully, before returning them to their habitat. On their return to school, they completed a bar chart showing the number of plants and animals they had seen. They then concluded their findings by answering the following key questions: Which creature did we find the most of? Which creature did we find the least of? Why do we need to protect these habitats?

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Year 3 - Rainforest Discovery 

As part of their learning about rainforests, Year 3 visited Chester Zoo, where they saw some rainforest animals. They also learnt about the layers of the rainforest and did an activity where they learnt about things which were damaging the rainforest.

Year 4 - River Uses

Year 4 learnt about different uses of rivers as part of their geography learning.

Year 5 - Effect of Population - Fieldtrip

As part of thier learning about population, Year 5 went on a field trip around Alsager to investigate how the number of people had effects on things like traffic congestion and litter. During the visit, they surveyed members of the public and completed a tally chart of types of vehicles observed.

Year 6 - All About Deserts

Year 6 learnt all about deserts, with a particular focus on the Mojave Desert, a hot desert in the United States of America. During their learning, they learnt about the physical features found there and what sort of human features could be found in deserts. They also learnt about the threats to the desert, including desertification and droughts.