Reception
During the first half of the summer term, reception children created a class story maps for The Three Little Pigs and Jack and the Beanstalk. They also had the opportunity to create their own story maps.
The children have also created models of real places, both locally and further away.
As part of the topic ‘Around the World’, Reception children have been learning about maps and plans. They began the topic by looking at a plan of our school, then created a whole class plan of the classroom. They used google maps to find our school and familiar places in the local community, then explored further afield. One child decided to search for the North Pole as they believed they might find Santa’s house. During independent learning time, some children chose to create their own maps and choose route and map related activities. The children develop their sense of place and knowledge of jungles, oceans, deserts, grasslands and tundra over the half term.
Year 1
Year one children learnt about Norfolk and their local area. They looked at a map of Norfolk and had a great discussion of places they had visited and where they would like to go. The children were given riddles and had to work out places that could be located on a map. The children had an in depth conversation about the physical features of these places and if they had visited them before.
Year one children also created maps of Holkham Hall, following on from their visit.
Year 2
Year two studied the topic “Art around the world” in spring 2 and the first half of the summer term. They studied a variety of countries, including Africa, Australasia, South and North America.
