Geography at Excalibur

A Showcase of Geography

Year 1 - Exploring the UK

In Year 1's spring learning, they used atlases to locate where the UK is in the world. They then focussed on a map of the United Kingdom and located the foour capital cities: London, Cardiff, Belfast and Edinburgh.

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 - Discovering Antarctica 

Year 3 used digital mapping software to explore the landscape of Antarctica. They zoomed in on various physical features, such as mountains and glaciers and even used street view to explore areas where people live in Antarctica on a temporary basis.

Year 4 - Structure of the Earth

As part of their learning on the Earth's structure, Year 4 constructed their own Earth out of modelling clay. They created each of the sections: the inner core, outer core, mantle and crust.

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.