What is our knowledge worth if we know nothing about the world that sustains us, nothing about natural systems and climate, nothing about other countries and climates?    Jonathon Porritt

At Thornbury we aim to foster children’s sense of wonder at the beauty of the world around them whilst helping them to develop a concern about the quality of the environment.  We take care to develop their understanding of social and physical processes and to inspire them to think about their own place in the world, their values and their rights and responsibilities to other people and their environment.

Geography Topics at Thornbury

Reception Holidays Barnaby Bear and his travels Where we live and go to school Routes Year 1 Barnaby Bear and his travels Around our school The Caribbean Year 2 The seaside China Year3 Village settlers A country in Africa – Tanzania Year 4 Comparison of Thornbury and Plympton St Maurice Plymouth as a natural harbour India Year 5 Rivers France Year 6  Dartmoor Brazil Water supply

All of these units of work are designed to incorporate geographical skills and concepts such as map work, climatography, settlement patterns, comparison of localities, sustainabilty, tourism, cause and effect and knowledge and understanding of systems.  Most units of work are linked to other curriculum areas such as science and history.

Geography Websites

Information for parents about the geography national curriculum:

http://www.dfes.gov.uk/parents/
www.educate.org.uk

For kids:
www.old-maps.co.uk
www.multimap.com
www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet
www.streetmap.co.uk
www.getmapping.com/
www.worldclimate.com
www.nationalgeographic.com

For Africa:
www.enchantedlearning.com/school/Africa

For China:
www.enchantedlearning.com/subject/greatwall

Aerial photographs of the Plymouth area.