Geography
Intent
We want all our children to appreciate the physical and human world around them and understand how it is changing. We want all our children to understand their place locally, nationally, globally and how they can impact their environment.
Useful websites:
- BBC Bitesize: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects
- Weather forecasts: https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather
- Find out about what’s happening in the world: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround
- Environmental themes – the children’s section has many useful facts, activities and animations including sections on: air, energy, land, climate change, people and lifestyles, resources and waste, water and wildlife: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency
- An introduction to maps into how maps work and how to interpret them for Key Stage 2: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/
- Find out about where you live: https://www.google.co.uk/maps
- Essex Wildlife Trust: https://www.essexwt.org.uk/
Local places of interest:
- Belfairs Nature Discovery Centre
- Hanningfield Reservoir
- Langdon Nature Discovery Park
- Thorndon Nature Discovery Centre
- Bradwell Shell Bank Nature Reserve
- Two Tree Island Nature Reserve
- Wat Tyler Country Park
- Greenwich – National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory
- Geocaching around Essex
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