31st March 2025

Today, year 5 and 6 had a visit regarding Millom town deal. We learned about the exciting new plans to renovate, invest and create additional green spaces in our town. It was fantastic to hear about the plans for a new leisure centre, visitors centre, cafe and that there would be improvements to the cycle paths and walking routes around the nature reserve. As young geographers, it is essential to understand our local area and it is clear that our local area has a very exciting future.

September 2024

What a way to start off the year, a nature ramble on a beautiful September afternoon. Year 1 explored around our school and at the field, they found blackberries, feathers, sycamore seeds and the leaves beginning to change colour. Well done Year 1, you spotted lots of wonderful things.

Monday 3rd June

Year 5 explored the Coniston CopperValley for our geography field trip today. We learned about the mining history and geology of the area and got to explore the scenery and even a mine! What a great day!

Earth day - Monday April 22nd 

Earth Day is an annual event where people celebrate and aim to learn more about to help protect our planet. The theme for this year was 'Planet v’s Plastic'. As a school, we learned about the different challenges facing our planet and participated in a variety of activities to help us to learn more about how we can do our bit to help reduce plastic waste and help our planet.

As well as each class taking part in Earth Day activities, we also managed to raise a fantastic £110 for Cumbria Wildlife Trust by wearing green or blue for Earth day! Brilliant! Thank you to everyone that donated.

Monday 26th February 

We have been learning about climate change in Year 5. We listened to the story of Greta Thunberg and created posters to boost awareness of the challenges we are facing as a planet.

Monday 5th June

As part of their mountain topic, Year 5 visited Coniston and explored the Copper Valley. It was a blazing hot day but they didn’t let it distract them from learning all about the surrounding mountains (and life as a miner).

Wednesday 17th May

Year 4 Coniston River Study

What a fantastic day for Year 4 to visit Coniston. The weather was almost as beautiful as the scenery. Year 4 have been learning about rivers and today they have had the opportunity to study a river (in Coniston) themselves. They learned a lot but also had so much fun. Here are a few photos from today. 

Monday 15th May 2023

As part of our geography topic on mountains and volcanoes, Year 5 participated in a fantastic workshop. We learned about how different mountains form, we looked at a variety of different rock samples and finally, we experimented with volcano models. Here are a few pictures from the day.

Earth Day (22nd April 2023)

Earth Day is an annual event where people celebrate and aim to learn more about to help protect our planet. The theme for this year was 'Invest in our planet'. As a school, we learned about the different challenges facing our planet and participated in a variety of activities to help us to learn more about how we can all 'Invest in our planet'. Here is a quick video about some of the activities we were involved in.

To learn more you can visit the Earth Day website: https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2023/

November 2022

As a school, we participated in ‘The Great Cumbrian Litter Pick 2022’. Each class did their best to help keep our local area clean and litter free. What am amazing way to support out community and our local wildlife. Well done everyone!

Geography

Geography Curriculum Overview 2022-2023

EYFS

What Geography looks like in the Early Years Foundation Stage

Schemes of work

Year 1

Out and About in Millom, Where are we in the World? The Wonderful World Around Us.

Year 2

Seas and Continents. Mapping and Field work.

Year 3

 Where in the World are we? How does our Local Area Compare to Merseyside and Field work.

Year 4

Rivers and Study of the River Duddon. The countries of Europe and study of Italy.

Year 5

Latitude and Longitude. Vegetation Belts, Biomes and Antarctic Study. Earthquakes, Mountains and Volcanoes.

Year 6

 Map Skills. South America and the Amazon Rainforest. North America.

Knowledge Organisers

Year 1

Where are we in the world? Out & about in Millom. The wonderful world around us.

Year 2

 Seas and Continents.

Year 3

Where in the World are We?How Does our Local Area Compare to Merseyside and Fieldwork.

Year 4

Rivers and a study of the River Duddon. The Countries of Europe and Study of Italy.

Year 5

Latitude and Longitude. Biomes, Vegetation belts and Climate zones with study of Antarctica. Earthquakes, Mountains and Volcanoes.

Year 6

South America and The Amazon Rainforest. North America.