At Pleasant Street Primary School we stimulate the children’s interest and understanding of the world around them. We help pupils gain knowledge and understanding of their local area and the wider world.
We teach children to locate, navigate and explore geographical features. They learn to value their own locality as well as diverse cultures from around the globe.
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The children have been looking at different maps and their features in Reception. Following our trip to see the beautiful Chinese arch we chose to draw maps showing the route we took from school to the Chinese arch. The children worked independently describing the route as they drew buildings and shops then labelled areas on their map.
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In geography we are learning about capital cities. Today we used the iPads and books to find out facts about Belfast. The children wanted to know what landmarks are in Belfast, is there a river in Belfast and what is it called?
Nursery have been learning all about the changing seasons, exploring our world around us. The children have been painting some wonderful winter themed pictures and using the loose parts to create some fabulous snowflakes.
We then discussed different clothes that we would wear in different seasons and how we need to wrap up warm in the winter. The children then completed a cut and stick activity to match the items to season.
The children used the programmable mice to navigate around the map this week.The children worked together using positional language to discuss the best route around the map helping the mouse find their way home.
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The children have been looking at and thinking about maps, we talked about what maps are used for and discussed maps that they have seen at home such as maps of the zoo, maps for our city, treasure maps and weather maps. Then the children chose to make their own maps in the creative area using grids, rulers, pens and pencils.
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Today using a Venn diagram we looked at what similarities Formy and Brisbane have and what differences there are.We looked at what maybe a physical and human feature.
🌍✨ Year 3 have been learning about how earthquakes happen!
We explained that the Earth’s tectonic plates can get stuck, build up pressure, and then suddenly snap, making the ground shake.💥One of our children had a fantastic explanation.👏
We visited Chester to see why it’s a tourist destination and to assess the human and physical features of the area.
As part of their North America topic, the class visited Birkenhead Park, which served as an inspiration for Central Park. Pupils used compasses and maps to locate various landmarks around the park.
Class 3 have been learning about the four tallest peaks in the UK. Using maps and atlases, they located and labelled the highest mountains in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The children coloured each country differently, then marked the position of each peak on their maps. This helped them understand UK geography, develop map-reading skills, and learn how physical features like mountains are shown on maps.
In this lesson, children learn that South America has many different ecosystems, which are places where plants and animals live together. They explore the Amazon Rainforest, home to tall trees, colourful birds, and thousands of other species. They also look at the Andes Mountains, where it is much colder and animals like llamas live, and the grasslands (called the Pampas), where lots of farming takes place.
Pupils discover that each ecosystem has its own climate, plants, and animals, and that people need to help protect these environments so they can stay healthy for the future.
Together, the class explored the factors that lead to areas with high and low population density.
The children worked ever so hard this afternoon to explain how the Grand Canyon was formed.
The class started their North America topic this afternoon by finding settlements on a map of the U.S.A.
This week, our Nursery children have been exploring the natural world and discovering the changes in autumn. Out in the garden, they have been busy collecting leaves, exploring pine cones and conkers using their senses to look closely, touch, and talk about what they notice.
Through play and exploration, they’re developing curiosity, observation skills, and a real sense of wonder about the changing seasons.
Our nursery children set off on an exciting shape hunt around the school! We navigated our way through our school using directions. Armed with sharp eyes and plenty of curiosity, they spotted circles, squares, triangles, and more hidden in everyday places from windows and doors to playground markings. The children loved naming each shape and talking about where they appear in our world.
Last week, as part of our geography topic, Class 4 took a trip to West Kirby and though we were not able to go across to Hilbre Island this time we did get the chance to observe it during our exploration of West Kirby marina and our walk through the dunes! Mr Verdan lead a discussion on the physical and human features we could see as we pointed out Hilbre Island, Middle Eye and Little Eye.
Today we went on a trip to The Wirral to explore Thurstaston, Parkgate and the River Dee. We enjoyed a lovely hike through the forest to explore the caves that were used to store stolen goods from passing ships in Thurstaston. Then we drove up to Parkgate to see where the river silted over and became Marshlands. We then enjoyed a lovely ice cream with the view.
Hilbre Island, a local nature reserve on the Wirral, is our current geography topic and as part of our learning we have been analysing maps and photographs to get a better understanding of the geographic features of the island.
In geography we have been learning about capital cities. The children researched each capital city and found information about them.
The children enjoyed a trip to Kirkby and Hightown today to follow the course of the River Alt. They investigated the flow of the river and observed changes in the landscape as the River Alt made its way into the Irish Sea.
In geography we are looking at the capital cities. We had a map and labelled where the capital cities are.
Reception class enjoyed a lovely outdoor learning session in the school garden. Armed with clipboards and pencils, the children observed the plants, flowers, and insects around them and created wonderful drawings based on what they saw. It was a great opportunity to explore nature and practise their observational skills in a fun, hands-on way.
In geography class 2 have been enjoying learning all about our world. We have been using atlas’s to help find the world’s seven continents as well as learning all about the five oceans. We have been using information books to compare the similarities and differences between countries and what human and physical features these countries have.
Year 1 had a great time on their Geography trip to Sefton Park. They explored Old Nick’s Cave, the Palm House and the Fairy Glen. They used compasses and maps to navigate around the park.
In geography we are learning about Sefton Park. Today we made our own timeline to show when Sefton Park was made. The children put down the dates when the teachers were born and compared them to when Sefton Park was made.
Today we have been learning about UK countries and city’s .There are four countries in the UK.
They are England,Northern Ireland,Scotland and Wales.
Sarah from the Tree Council visited us today to lead an assembly on the work of the Tree Council and it’s importance. We were so interested to find out their work and to hear about the impact trees have on our physical and mental health and wellbeing.
Children from KS2 then worked together with Sarah to plant our new hedgerow area and some fruit trees finding out lots of facts and information along the way. This is the start of a project we have started to change and improve our playground. We can’t wait to keep you updated on the progress!
Today we visited the Aquarium inside the Museum to further explore our under the sea topic, the children were able to first hand see different types of fish and sea creatures.
The children enjoyed looking at a Map of Liverpool, we looked around our school and tried to navigate areas that we may recognise or have visited before.
The class worked really hard to identify the top ten and bottom ten American states by population.
Class 5 have enjoyed a lovely morning at Birkenhead park for their geography topic. We looked at finding links with North America and discovering that the park was the inspiration for Central Park in New York.
Reception have been learning all about maps this week in Geography, the class explored what a map is, why we use maps and had a go at creating their very own maps.
We learned the names of all 7 continents and worked hard to label them on a world map.
We have completed some fantastic field sketches after our trip to Hilbre Island this week.
We have worked hard locating the surrounding seas and oceans of the UK. We used atlases to help locate them and discussed the difference between a sea and ocean.
The children marked continents on a world map this afternoon before discussing places in the world they had visited and using Google Earth to explore!
In Geography we have been learning about hot and cold, we discussed where different animals live depending on the temperature. The children done an amazing job putting them in the correct category independently.
We used blocks to help us work out the distance from Liverpool to each capital city in the United Kingdom. We discussed which capital city was the closest to our city and which was the furthest away.
The children spent the afternoon completing their pre-task – using an atlas to find countries within continents.
Today Reception explored the school gardens looking for signs of seasonal change, they first planned which route they would walk around the gardens following directions. Then Reception examined the different plants and even saw some animals in the gardens. They loved seeing how much they have grown. After Reception had looked at the plants, vegetables and bugs they drew a picture to show what seasonal change they had found, some children drew trees that now had beautiful green leaves on and some children drew bugs and flowers.
Group 1 enjoyed a full day activity today, Gorge Scrambling. They explored rugged rocky ravines and their flowing streams and icy pools. They worked brilliantly together to get through the challenges, encouraging each other every step of the way!
Group 3 enjoyed a morning climbing a Via Feratta (Iron Path). They showed bravery and resilience as they faced their fears and they worked brilliantly together as a team.
Group Two enjoyed a morning on the water, paddle boarding. The headed down to the Menai Strait in their wet suits and jumped into the very chilly water. After getting to grips with the basics of turning, spinning and trying to travel in a straight line, they walked up the shore and travelled back to the beach. It was great to see some brilliant teamwork on display, helping each other to get into the safety equipment and encouraging each other on the boards.
This morning, some of us enjoyed a brisk walk around the beautiful grounds of the National Trust property next to our adventure centre. We enjoyed taking in our surroundings as we walked along the Menai Strait. We then all enjoyed a delicious breakfast. Today groups are enjoying gorge scrambling, paddle boarding, via ferreta, low ropes and the zip wire. We will post some more updates this evening.
For geography, class 3 explored Mold in Wales. We used our map reading skills to help us walk up loggerheads. We had a great day!
We had a fantastic afternoon at Sefton Park. We used a map to follow our planned route and a compass. We visited Sefton Park Lake, Old Nicks Cave, Sefton Palm House and The Fairy Glen. We identified human and physical features in the park.
Before the half term Reception enjoyed exploring maps on the computer and guessing where we lived in the world, Reception then drew their houses on a map to show where they lived.
This term for Spring we explored again different places around the world using the computer, Reception let me know where they wanted to go on google earth and we discovered lots of different countries and places some children have been on holiday to and some places they have never been before. Reception also investigated some atlases.
Year 3 enjoyed a fantastic geography trip to the University of Liverpool. We learnt about different rocks and we looked at volcanos. During the session we enjoyed dressing up in lab coats and performing an experiment. ?
Our EYFS garden looked like a Winter Wonderland this morning so we couldn’t resist the opportunity to explore seasonal changes to our environment………… and to have some fun ? ❄️ ⛄️
As part of our North America topic, we visited Birkenhead Park – did you know that this was the inspiration behind New York’s Central Park as it was the very first public park.
We enjoyed a trip to Chester as part of our Geography topic comparing the North West and the Mediterranean. Whilst there we looked at the features of the area and completed surveys and studies on land use and the reasons why people were visiting the area on the day.
The children used images of Brisbane, Australia and Formby to discuss similarities and differences between these two locations.
