The Geography Zone

 This is the World Study and Topics page

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World Study

Click on a flag to go to the country links

United Kingdom

France

Greece

Italy

Brazil

China

India

Year 1

Join Barnaby and Belinda bear on their adventures

http://www.swgfl.org.uk/belinda/

Find out about Wales 

http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/274/ 

Find out about and play games about your world

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Year 1

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Year 2

Contrasting physical and/or human features to locality of school  

Study at a local scale (a study of a small area e.g. a neighbourhood, village or small town)

People, customs, geographical features, maps

http://iboard.swgfl.org.uk/pages/redset/chinesenewyear/index.htm 

Chinese New Year

http://iboard.swgfl.org.uk/pages/redset/chinesenewyear/index.htm

http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/chinese/games.htm

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Places/Find/China

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Years 3 & 4

Locating Kenya , examine languages, culture, landscape and animals.

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Places/Find/Kenya

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Years 5&6

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Years 3 & 4

Fact finding about the culture and lives of people in India

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Topics

Year 1   

Year 2

Years 3 & 4

Year 5

Years 5 & 6

Year 6

Year 1

                   Topic                              

Relevant Websites

http://iboard.swgfl.org.uk/pages/purpleset/weatherandseasons/index.htm

Weather and seasons.  Games to play and activities to try.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/keystage_1/games/geography1.shtml

General games and mapping skills 

http://www.globaleye.org.uk/primary_spring03/focuson/index.html

http://www.globaleye.org.uk/primary_spring03/oncamera/index.html

Different houses 

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=aroundyourhome

Matching items and rooms around the home  

 Seaside:

Contrasting UK Locality

http://bdo.swgfl.org.uk/

Big day Out.  Seaside activities and things to make

http://www.teacherxpress.com/f.php?gid=25&id=1

Seaside games

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Places/Find/United-kingdom

Facts, activities and games about the UK

Year 2

                             Topic                     

Relevant Websites

See World Study Page

 Local Area:  Stoke Gifford

Locality of School

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/keystage_1/games/geography1.shtml

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Places/Find/United-kingdom

Years 3 & 4

                     Topic                              

Relevant Websites

See World Study Page

Treasure Island and Orienteering

Simple map reading and keys

mapping

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/clickon/imagemagnets/uk/uk.htm

Living on an island.  games etc

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/4_11/tykids/islandlife/

Practical maps and plans

http://www.learnpremium.co.uk/learnpremium/Geogra~00/Keysta~05/direction/northsout/whiteboar/lppopup.htm

Co-ordinates

http://www.learnpremium.co.uk/learnpremium/Geogra~00/Keysta~05/direction/coordinat/whiteboar/lppopup.htm

Map symbols

http://www.learnpremium.co.uk/learnpremium/Geogra~00/Keysta~05/direction/usingmaps/whiteboar/lppopup.htm

Local Study

What do we know about our local area and what can we do to improve it.

See attachment below

Kenya

See World Study Page

Year 5

Relevant Websites

 Water and Rivers :

Y5 Forest of Dean field study camp.

Following the course of a river and learning about its features.  How can we conserve water? 

 http://www.globaleye.org.uk/primary_autumn2001/focuson/index.html

Focus on rivers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/riversandcoasts/

Information and facts to find out

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=RiverJigsaw

Make a rivers jigsaw

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/rivers-wordsearch/picturegrid.html

Rivers wordsearch

Extreme Weather       

http://www.tornadoproject.com/

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/primary/students/flash.htm

Cloud buster game

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/primary/students/index.html

Weather facts and information to research

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/whatisweather/aboutweather/index.shtml

What is weather?

Years 5 and 6

Topic

Relevant Websites

 Rainforests and Brazil

Global Study

See World Study Page

 Environmental and Global Issues

Own research topic

Year 6

Topic

Relevant Websites

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=CoastJigsaw

Make a coastal jigsaw

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/riversandcoasts/

Information and facts to find out

Also see Year 5 water links