Category: Geography

21 May 2021

Our Year 4 pupils have turned their worlds upside down to learn all they can about a little country at the south western edge of the Pacific Ocean called Aotearoa/New Zealand. They are becoming so well versed on the physical and human geography there so, as a challenge, they were asked to devise some really…

18 June 2020

Year 2 Sapphires have been learning about the seaside in Geography this half the term. As part of this, we have done some work on lighthouses and the famous heroine Grace Darling. She rescued a group of people by boat in 1838 when she had spotted a problem with their ship from her home –…

27 February 2020

Year 2 Sapphires have begun their geography unit ‘Magical Mapping’. We ventured out to explore the local area and complete our own map. We used compasses to work out how to describe the locations of different landmarks – Wandsworth Common and Clapham Junction.  

13 February 2020

On Monday, it was the Year 3 Rubies’ last lesson learning about Russia: but this was no ordinary lesson. We had a special visitor in the form of Vova from Year 6 who came to share his experiences of his life in Russia before coming to Dolphin. He was full of interesting information and spoke…

14 November 2019

Diwrnod da!” Who knew Mr Hinton could speak some Welsh? Certainly not Year 2! Mr Hinton went on to explain some interesting facts about his home country and heritage. Following Wales’ great success in this year’s World Cup, Mr Hinton shared the country’s passion for its national sport. The children became nearly as excited as…

10 October 2019

On Thursday 3 October, Year 4 Emeralds went on their much-anticipated trip to the Thames Explorer Trust at Kew Bridge. We started the day finding out where much of our London water is stored.  Who knew there were water tanks for the whole of London so close to us here at school! Much to our…

5 July 2019

Year 4 have been learning about India. We have also been learning about Indian food. So, on Monday afternoon, we had the amazing opportunity to try some Indian sauces and curries with a variety of breads. Everyone enjoyed trying the new tastes and textures, and each individual had a chance to try everything! Most of…

14 March 2019

Year 4’s Geography lesson was unexpectedly interrupted by a lost mountaineer on Monday afternoon. Somehow, he had managed to end up in our classroom whilst searching for a mountain to climb. Fortunately, our curious and caring pupils were able to offer him a chair and help him focus on where, when and why he climbs…

4 October 2018

In Geography Year 2 Sapphires have been studying the United Kingdom. As a part of this, they have been eating some popular national foods such as Scottish shortbread and Welsh cakes. This week was Year 2’s chance to put on their chef hats and have a go at baking their own traditional English scones. The…