Geography
Geography at TIMU is an key part of our curriculum. We feel it is important for children to be curious about and have an understanding of the world with live in.
During their time with us, children have the opportunity to explore and learn about the whole world; from their local area, to learning about people and places thousands of miles away. We aim for children to be aware of human impacts on the natural world and what they can do in order to minimise their impact.
We intend to give children knowledge and an understanding of a range of geographical regions and give them skills which can be applied throughout their lives, including an understanding of direction, map reading and using a compass.
Geography is part of our Discovery curriculum and is based around the topics that year groups undertake. This gives children to opportunity to fully explore their topic and the geography related to it.
Some useful resources for parents
- https://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/geography-for-kids.html links for all countries/ continents etc.
- http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/geography/ useful help for various topics.
- https://www.layersoflondon.org/map Needs a free sign up but is very useful and also has historical maps.
- https://maphub.net/ very good tool to help with map skills- including a drawing tool. Great to explore.
- Google map street view and https://earth.google.com/web/ – great for games and understanding of the world and how other parts of the world look.