Year 2 (Class 6) - Geography - The Great Fire of London

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In geography, class 6 enjoyed designing the rebuild of London following The Great Fire of London. 

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Year 2 (Class 6) - Geography / Oracy - 3D Map of London

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Our geography lesson had an oracy focus in class 6 this week.

We were working on the social and emotional strand as we worked in pairs to navigate around a map of London, using directional language, including compass points.

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Geography Oracy

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Year 2 (Class 6) - Geography - London Landmarks

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Class 6 enjoyed making posters about London landmarks in geography. 

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Year 3 (Class 9) - Geography / Science - Tropical World Trip

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Today we visited Tropical World to see what it is like in tropical climates and what animals live there. 

We all enjoyed seeing the butterflies emerging from their pupae as well as flying around or landing on our heads! We also enjoyed all of the fish, reptiles, monkeys and insects. 

We then…

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Science Geography

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Year 4 (Class 11) - Geography - Tropical World Trip

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Class 11 had a great day at Tropical World and Roundhay Park. 

We explored what different climates are like in the rainforest and desert and saw animals you would find there. We read about how these animals have adapted to their environment and evolved over time. 

We then took a walk around…

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Geography

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Year 6 (Class 16) - Geography / Oracy - Greenland

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This week in Geography, class 16 have learnt all about Greenland and how climate change is having an impact on the land and the people there. 

We looked at 2 case studies: one person who was happy about the effects that climate change was having and 1 person who was not happy. Children had to…

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Geography

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Year 4 (Class 12) - Geography - Tropical World Trip

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What a fantastic day we have had. We have been to Tropical World and learnt lots of new facts about the animals we could see. 

We then went into Roundhay Park and built maps of the school using what we could find in the woods. We also played at the park as a treat at the end of the…

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Year 5 (Class 13) - Geography - Gambia

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Class 13 have enjoyed investigating why a young boy might have to move and work away from his family in The Gambia region of Africa.

They then came up with their top 5 reasons as a group.

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Geography

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Reception (Class 1) - London

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This week we have been learning all about London as apart of our 'Where can I go and How can I get there?' topic.

We begun by looking at where Leeds and London on the UK map. We had a discussion about how we could get there - we don't need a plane or boat as we don't go over the water, walking…

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Reception (Class 1) - Where can I go?

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This week we have started our new learning question of 'Where can I go and How can I get there?'.

To begin, we have been recapping our previous learning about where we live. We have looked at maps of the UK and located our city of Leeds.

The children enjoyed drawing pictures of their homes…

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Year 3 (Class 9) - Geography - The Local Area

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In geography we have been looking at how our local area has changed over time.

Last week we thought about the things we would like to have in our local area and worked together to plan our perfect street.

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Year 2 (Class 5) - Geography - Climates

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This week we looked at the world map and discuss the climates of different countries we discussed polar, temperate and tropical countries.

When we looked closely we realised the countries near the equator had a tropical climate and countries furthest away had a polar climate. 

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Geography

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