Geography
Geography at St Austin's
At St Austin's, we aim for all children to be passionate learners of Geography. We aim for every pupil to be inquisitive with their learning, thus understanding at depth the world we live in. At St Austin's, we work towards every child becoming a Geographer, so they can use their skills in different contexts.
What our children have to say about Geography...
Year 1 - "We like to learn new words and what they mean. We also like to draw maps and places in Stafford." - Mia and
Year 2 - "It was fun learning about Antarctica and the expeditions the explorers went on." - Ashton and Sophie
Year 3 - "We enjoy learning where things come from and looking at where they are on a map." - Luke and Ella
Year 4 - "We like learning Geography because it teaches us about different countries for when we travel the world like North America." - Noah and Jake
Year 5 - "Geography is fun because we like listening to different songs and watching different videos to see how things work like when we watched about Volcanoes." - Lennox and Talitha
Year 6 -
Did you know?
The largest desert in the world is the Sahara desert in Africa. Sahara is only the largest HOT desert as the Arctic desert and the Antarctic desert are bigger, but are usually referred to as polar deserts.
The largest country in the world is Russia with a land area of 16,376,870 Km², equivalent to 11% of the total world's landmass!
Mount Everest is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. It is located in Asia.
The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, and is the longest river in Africa and the disputed longest river in the world, as the Brazilian government says that the Amazon River is longer than the Nile.
Angel Falls is a waterfall in Venezuela. It is the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 meters and a plunge of 807 m.