SOMEWHERE SPECIAL
We are excited to launch our new Spring Term Projects which will be geography-based this year. The title for the projects is ‘Somewhere Special’, and you should think of a place in the world that is special to you, that you would like to research in more depth, and that you can create a project about.
You might like to research a country where you have relatives.
You might like to research a place that you have visited on holiday that has special memories for you.
You might like to research a place that you know about, and has always interested you, but you’ve never visited.
You might like to research the area where you live in more detail.
The choice of location is up to you; you can research a city, a country, a mountain, a village, a lake or any other geographical location. In addition, you can decide how you would like to create and present your project; you could create a video guide, a poster, a diorama, a slideshow or anything else that shows what you’ve learnt.
Step 1 – Your teacher will give you a Project brief to fill in which should be returned on Wednesday 21st January.
Step 2 – Your teacher will advise you if the location you have chosen is suitable and then you can start working on the list of Questions to be answered when creating your project.
Step 3 – During the last week of this half-term, your teacher will collect in your project to review your progress and advise on how to improve your work.
Step 4 – On Tuesday 24th March 2015, we will hold a Project Exhibition in which you will show your projects to children in other classes (during school time) and to parents (at the end of the school day).
When you are creating your project, make sure that you try to refer to the following things:
1. Mapwork and Compass Directions;
2. the different features of the physical geography of your locality;
3. the different features of the human geography of your locality; and
4. Fieldwork and research.
Enjoy researching your special location and making your projects.