Bluebirds have began their new topic, learning about the rivers and seas in the UK and worldwide.

Some children knew some facts already. They realised they had already learnt lots about the River Nile whilst studying their topic on Ancient Egyptians. Some children could name a few UK rivers and many knew where the River Thames was. Kerris knew a river runs through Cannon Hill Park. Mrs Parry explained this was the River Rea and its source is at the Waseley Hills. Mrs Parry told Bluebirds about another local river that the class had crossed over on their trip to Sarehole Mill, when they studied The Stone Age. This is the River Cole!

The children used atlases to locate the seas surrounding the UK and some of the main rivers in the UK. Carefully, the children used the maps to find out which sea the river flowed into.

Well done Year 3!

Bluebirds found out what a county was today and then used a UK map to find some counties, making a key for each one. They learned that a county is the top level of local government who controls the local area and services within it, such as education, transport, policing, fire safety, social care, libraries and waste management. We also found the UK on our globe and found out which countries make up the United Kingdom and their respective capital cities.

Taya – The capital of England is London. I’ve been to Cardiff before.
Moharnab – I’ve visited Edinburgh and the castle when I lived in Scotland.
Nyeema – Birmingham is in the West Midlands

Today we have learnt that the source of a river is where the river starts and the mouth of a river is where the river ends. We made a river by pouring water down a steep slope and watching the streams join together to make a larger stream of water.

We used maps to find 10 rivers in the UK. We worked out where they start and where they end.

Today we were looking at mountains and describing the features of a mountain range.

The Bluebirds were also able to draw and label a mountain range, using keywords such as summit, tree line and plateau. Fantastic work Bluebirds!

The Bluebirds have been looking at different geographical locations for their topic lesson today. The teacher asked all the children to colour the seven continents, using different colours. Once they completed that, they would then label them with the correct spellings. Finally, sir had asked them to find different countries on the globe.

Josh T was very excited when he found Cyprus, the country his family was from. Aisha couldn’t believe how small England looked on the map also.