At Holy Trinity, we aim for a high quality geography curriculum which inspires pupils' curiosity and fascination about the world and its people. We want children to enjoy and love learning about geography by gaining knowledge and skills, not just through experiences in the classroom, but also with the use of fieldwork and educational visits.

Documents are available to view at the bottom of the page (overview of topics, progression of skills etc...)

Here are some examples of Geography in our school:

Geography 2024-2025:

Class 1 have been looking at different maps and our local area. They then built a map of our school and local area.

        

Class 1 have been exploring pirate maps,

Class 1 had an amazing trip to Woodend Farm. They learnt about how a farm works, walked sheep, cuddled alpacas, fed pigs, brushed a pony and much more!

The Reception children have been talking about their immediate environment where they live.

                                                                    

Class 3 had great fun on their geography field trip to look at their local woodland area.

                                                               

Class 4 have been using Ordnance Survey Maps to plan their route for their Fieldwork Study. They also looked at 4 and 6 figure grid references.

  

Themed Weeks

As part of Fairtrade Fortnight, the Pre-School children looked at what Fairtrade is and which products are Fairtrade.

    

For Fairtrade Fortnight in Class 2, the children learnt about what it means and what foods that can be bought to help.

 

Class 3 designed Fairtrade logos as part of Fairtrade Fortnight. 

To finish off Fairtrade Fortnight, Class 4 played the Fairtrade Banana Split Game. They had great discussions about how much money each worker should get and what was fair and unfair about the system.

As part of Recycling week, Class 1 looked at the different items that can be recycled.

Around the World Week 2024: 

The children and staff dressed up in the colours of the flags of the countries that they were learning about. 

In Class 1, the children learnt about the country Belgium. They also tasted food from this country (waffles, chocolate and cheese). 

                                          

                                         

In Class 2, the children learnt about Scotland. They looked at cities and towns, sketched their National flower, danced the Highland Fling and tasted some yummy Scottish food.

  

In Class 3, they have been doing some food tasting. They tried, kabanos, krolik flips, busyness and of course pierogi! The Polish children in the class taught everybody how to say some Polish phrases, and they brought in some books and money to share with them! 

Class 4 have been learning more about the country of France. They researched geographical human and physical facts, practised speaking vocabulary in Au salon de thé and have learnt about some of the key facts about some of the popular landmarks. 

Geography 2023-2024

The Reception children have been looking at maps. They made a map of our school and the surrounding area using road and blocks. 

                                                      

As part of COP 28, Class 1 discussed how to look after our environment. They looked at what we can recycle and what is rubbish.

Class 2 created messy maps to design a new playground for our school. 

 

Class 3 carried out a Volcano experiment!

  Class 3 have been investigating Brierfield past and present using ordnance survey maps dating back to 1912.

 

Class 3 carried out some fantastic geography homework! They created their own settlements, located places on a map and made fact files about different places!

Around the World Week 2023

As part of ‘Around the World’ week, Class 1 looked at Switzerland. They tasted some cheese and chocolate, danced to some Swiss songs and learnt some facts about the country.

   

Class 2 learnt about Italy. They enjoyed dancing to Italian music, looking at maps showing the capital, learning some Italian vocabulary and making and tasting pizza and a variety of Italian meats!

Class 3 began their ‘Around the World Week’ by exploring Spain! They had a look at map of Spain and located different places. They also tried some Spanish food! They explored the tradition of flamenco dancing. 

   

Class 4 learnt all about the Netherlands. They enjoyed some traditional clog dancing alongside comparing Dutch education to that in the UK and looked at some Dutch artists such as Van Gogh.