Primary Geography

This article was contributed by Jane M (class teacher) as part of her work for the Young Geographers project. Posting this activity here is helping me to learn how Edublogs works.

Discussion prior to building the stream

I scribed while the children thought of the materials they would need to make a stream. This led to a lot of discussion about: where we would get the water from; that the stream we visited last week was probably too far away (hence a quick map to recap our journey); how we could carry the water. Which would be better the suggestion a cup or a bucket, and why? They decided the bucket. Suzannah thought that we would need teamwork to get the job done.

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February and March have been busy months for those of us moderating school applications for the Primary Geography Quality Mark. Last month saw me visiting schools in Northants, Stockport, Cheshire and NE Lincolnshire. One of the highlights was a visit to a Stockport school that has developed its curriculum around strong international links to other countries. The Year One class are focusing on Australia and by way of saying thank you for my visit I created some simple PowerPoint stories for the class teacher to share. My daughter, son-in-law and now my two grandchildren live approximately seventy miles north of Sydney so I have a wealth of photographs from my previous two visits which have provided me with two separate stories.

From a geographical point of view these stories are designed to help children think about `places’ what they are like and what people can do there. Let me know if you’ve been able to use them. My next visit will probably be in October/ November so there should be further stories to follow. Perhaps for older children next time.

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