This half term, in topic, we’re geographers. A geographer is a type of scientist that studies the world around us. They look at the land and the people on it.
- We live on a planet called Earth.
- We live on a continent called Europe.
- We live in a country called England.
- England is a part of the United Kingdom – a union of 4 countries.
This week, we’ve been learning about the capital cities of the United Kingdom.
A capital city is an important city which is usually where the government works (they’re the people who make rules and decisions).
After learning about the capital cities of the United Kingdom, the children were tasked with locating them on a blank map and labelling them. We’ve got some impressive geographers in Year 1!
“Belfast is the capital city in Northern Ireland.”
“I’ve been to London.”
“Cardiff is in Wales.”
Help at home by:
- Map Hunt Find the capital cities of the UK on a map – perhaps in an atlas or on Google Earth.
- Build It Can you build any of the capital cities’ landmarks using blocks or LEGO?
- Travel Talk Have you visited any of the capital cities of the United Kingdom? Tell you child about your trip. What did you see?