In Geography, as part of our whole school theme of ’Seven Worlds, One Planet’, Year 5 are studying the continent of Africa and in particular the country Kenya. Our learning journey includes using maps, atlases and globes to focus on key physical and human characteristics, countries and major cities; allowing the children to be immersed in learning about this continent.
We kick started our learning by using an atlas to help us label the countries in Africa. Did you know that there is a glacier in Africa?
Team work
We wanted to create an enormous map of Africa and to complete this activity successfully, it was important to work well as a team. By cutting out the countries, we familiarised ourselves with the shapes of the different countries. We then arranged the shapes that represented the countries of Africa to fit together on a map.This helped us learn about which countries share a border. Do you know how many countries are in Africa? How many can you name and locate on a map?
Did you know that there are over 1000 languages spoken in Africa?