Geography is essentially about the study of places, the human and physical process that shape them, and the people who live in them.

Global Citizenship and Sustainable development are both studied within our Georgraphy Curriculum.

Both also occur incidently during lessons through discussions and planned activities. 

Examples of GEOGRAPHY HOMEWORK

by Year 6 pupil

Paige Williams

Highest mountains in each continent

1. Asia- Mt Everest 8848m

2. S. America- Aconcagua 6959m

3. N. America- Mt mckinley

                       6194m

4. Africa- Mt Kilimanjaro 5895m

5. Europe- Mt Elbrus 5633m

6. Antatica- Vinson Massif 5139m

7. Australia- Mt Kosiusko 2230m

IN HAWAII THERE IS A MOUNTAIN CALLED MAUNA KEAWICH IS HIGHER THAN 1,300M HIGHER THAN MOUNT EVREST. BUT MOST IF IT IS UNDER WATER

THE HIGHEST SNOW MAN EVR BUILT WAS MORE THAN 22  METERS HIGH ITS ABOUT THE SAME HIGHT AS A 7 STORY BUILDING

10 Facts on the Earth

 and China. It is a staggering 29,035 feet high.
*The longest river in the world is the Nile. Egypt's greatest river is 4,160 miles  

 long.
*The Earth is 4.6 billion years old.
*The average temperature is 15 degrees Celsius.
*The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world. It covers almost a third of the Earth's surface.
*The smallest ocean is the Arctic Ocean, which is about 10 times smaller than the

 Pacific Ocean.
*Football (What the Americans call Soccer) is the world’s most popular sport.
*The driest place on Earth is the Atacama Desert in Chile. Over 37 the average

 annual rainfall was only a tiny 0.5mm!!
*The largest gorge in the world is the Grand Canyon. It is 1.6km deep.
*The largest desert is the Sahara. It is 5,150km from east to West.

Researched by Jack Griffiths

WELSH FACTS

1. Cardiff is the capital of Wales as it is the biggest city.
2. Did you know wales isn’t represented on the British Flag!
3.The last British person to die in WW I was a Welshman
4.The automobile was invented by a Welshman
5.wales won the grand slam 2005 and 08
6.  A welsh discovered Canada
7.the prince of wales is NOT  welsh
8. A welsh man was the first man to transmit a radio wave
9. The world's longest name of any railroad station is on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales.the name is “Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantisiliogogogoch”
10.A Welshman discovered the link between Asian and European Languages.

Researched by Joe 'S' Gaughan

               France                                                                 

1) Capital: Paris
2) Population: 60,424,213 (July 2004 est.)
3) France is the second largest country in Europe, with the fifth largest population

   in Europe.
4) Paris was founded by, and named after, the Celtic tribe, the Parisii.
5) Two thirds of France is mountains and hills, with the Alps, Pyrenees and Vosges

   ranges. Mont Blanc in the Alps is the highest mountain in Europe.
   The Cathedral of Notre Dame was built in 1163. It is the largest church in

   Northern France.

Famous landmarks in the France!!!
6) The Eiffel tower
7) The Cathedral of Notre Dame
8) The Louvre
9) The Arc de Triomphe
10) The Mediterranean coast includes the popular tourist area, the French Riviera.

    Its hot, dry summers and mild winters make it a popular beach area.

10 Facts on Brazil

1) Brazilian metropolis has hosted the IV Pan American Games in 1964 and three

   FIBA Women´s World Championships in 1957, 1971 and 1983.

2) Brazilian people produce world´s best coffee.

3) Brasilia is the capital city of Brazil. It was designed by the architect Oscar

   Niemeyer, who is one of the best architects in the world. Brasilia is considered

   one of the world´s most beautiful cities.

4) Brazil is bigger than Japan, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Indonesia and South Africa.

5) In the 20th century, John McEnroe, a famous tennis player, was coached by

   Tomas Koch, who was born in Brazil.

6) Juscelino Kubitschek, who was president of Brazil (1956-1961), had Czech

   ancestry.

7) Ivo Helcio Jardim de Campos Pitanguy is one of the most famous plastic surgeons

   in the world.

8) Of the population of 176.876 million, about 90 percent are adherents of the

   Roman Catholic Church. The official language is Portuguese

9) Brazil is a federal republic. Under the 1998 constitution, legislative power is 

   exercised by the bicameral National Congress,comprising the Federal Senate and

   Chamber of Deputies

10) The Federative Republic of Brazil, the fifth largest country inthe world, lies in

    central and north-eastern South America. It hasa very long coastline on the

    Atlantic Ocean.

Researched by Rees The Man Alloway

 Top Ten Facts

Russia is the biggest country by size
China is the biggest population in the world
Calfornya has deapest valley point
Did you know a welsh man discover cananda
(space)flaring temper causing sun to quake
first man on the moon was neil armstrong
First telescope made in 300's by china
You know looking through a 3d telescope looks like a gray and and litte blue spotted apple
Henry ford made the first petrol car ever.
Caspian sea (371,000 sq km)

10 Facts on the Earth

Fact One:
Earth is the only planet in the Solar System to have water in its three states of matter: as a solid (ice), a liquid (sea, rain, etc.) and as a gas (clouds). These are all shown below. Water is, of course, the most important liquid for life.

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Fact Two:
Earth is almost five billion years old, although life (resembling life as we know it) has only existed on the planet for the last 150 million to 200 million years. This means that life has only been present on Earth for only 5%-10% of its lifetime.

Fact Three:
Earth and Mercury are the two most dense planets in the Solar System. This means that particles inside the planet are most closely packed together.

Fact Four:
The length of time it takes for Earth to orbit the Sun is 365 and a quarter days. To make up this extra quarter which isn't counted at the end of a year, we have an extra day every four years on 29th February. This year, 2000, is a Leap Year. The next Leap Year will be in 2004.

Fact Five:
Earth is gradually slowing down. Every few years, an extra second is added to make up for lost time. Millions of years ago, a day on Earth will have been 20 hours long. It is believed that, in millions of years time, a day on Earth will be 27 hours long.

Fact Six:
The centre of the Earth, its core, is molten. This means that it is liquid rock which sometimes erupts onto the surface through volcanic eruptions. This core is 7,500°c, hotter than the surface of the Sun!

Fact Seven:
Earth is the only planet in the Solar System not to be named after a mythical God.

Fact Eight:
Despite being called Earth, only 29% of the surface is actually 'earth.' The rest of the planet's surface (71%) is made up of water.

Fact Nine:
From a distance, Earth would be the brightest of the 9 planets. This is because sunlight is reflected by the planet's water.

Fact Ten:
Earth is the only planet in the Solar System known to be geologically active, with Earthquakes and volcanoes forming the landscape, replenishing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and erasing impact craters from meteors.

Researched by Thomas Hamilton Harvey

Italy

1) Its longest border is with Switzerland.

2) The longest river in Italy is the Po.

3) With almost 40 million visitors, Italy is the fourth most visited country in the world.

4) Italy's major industries include tourism, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, food processing, textiles, motor vehicles, clothing, footwear, and ceramics.

5) The telephone was created by an Italian
 

Fomous Italian Land Marks

The Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Colosseum of Rome
Vatican city
Vesuvius
Monza

Researched by HANDSOME ITALIAN HARRY

My favorite places to eat in Wales

1. The Tides Restaurant, St.Davids Hotel & Spa- Here they serve lovely

   Sunday Roast and excellent club sandwiches.

2. The Golden Well Chinese Restaurant, Brocastle, Nr Bridgend- They have

    a really big menu with favourites likes chicken satay, muo shou, rices   

    and garlic chicken.

3. Signor Valentino, Cardiff Bay- They make amasing pepperoni pizza, and

    fantastic garlic bread and pasta.

4. La Marina, Penarth Marina - Here they offer great steaks, some very

   interesting starters such as smoked duck chilli salad, and also an

   excellent Sunday Roast.

5. First Floor Restaurant, Holland House Hotel - I love going here for

    lunch when I am out shopping  with my mum, they have great pasta and in

    the evening they have wonderful steaks, chicken and the desserts are

    like works of art they come served on mirrored platters.

6. Mugharal Emperor, Cowbridge- Here they have great curries and rice,

    and also the nann breads are huge. I like the Chicken Tikka, and chicken

    bhuna. I always ask them to make it nice and hot for me.

Why don't you try out some of these restaurants and let me know what you think, or you could add some of your favourite restaurants and I could try those.

Signing off: The FULL Tom Hamilton Harvey.....

World Disasters

1. The Titanic was an Olympic class passenger liner owned by the White Star line.On the 14th April 1912 during her first voyage,the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank 2 hours 40 minutes later in the early hours of the 15/4/12.She was the largest passenger steam ship in the world.1517 people lost their lives and this disaster is ranked as one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters in history.
2. The World Trade Center(Twin Towers) in New York City,USA was a complex of 7 buildings.They were all destroyed by terrorists linked to Al Quaeda on the 11th September 2001.
3. Tsunami Disaster Thailand 2004.A Tsunami is a series of waves when a body of water for example the ocean is quickly displaced on a huge scale.
4. World War 1(1914-1918) began as a local European war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia.It moved on to involve Germany and Russia and eventually became a global war involving 32 nations.
5. World War 11, a global military conflict classed as the most devastating war in human history due to lives lost and the destruction caused.It began in 1939 and ended in 1945.
6. Climate related disasters which kill thousands of people and cost millions by blocking aid to poorer populations for example droughts in India and Africa.
7. The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on the 1st February 2003 when the Shuttle disintegrated over Texas trying to re-enter thr Earth's atmosphere killing all seven crew on board.
8. On the 22nd November 1963 the influential American President John F Kennedy was shot dead by an assassin.The prime suspect was Lee Harvey Oswald.This was destined to become one of the most infamous days in modern history.
9. The people of Pompeii were quite unprepared for the eruption of Versuvius on the morning of 24th August AD 79.
10. The crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123 in 1985 is the single aircraft disaster with the highest number of fatalities.520 people died on board this Boeing 747 when the plane suffered an explosive decompression making it uncontrollable.    

Written by Iori 'Man U' Moore