Today, Year 3 and Year 4
were lucky enough to learn about the human and physical geography of Italy.
They split into four separate groups and rotated through each activity during the
course of the afternoon.
Children we given
ingredients to design and make their own Italian style pizzas. These pizzas
were calzone pizzas, which means they were made on tortilla wraps and then
folded and baked.
Next,
children learnt that Italy is split into separate areas; some for living, some
for farming and some areas for international trade. Crops are farmed and then
traded as food or drink to Europe. Children were then given the opportunity to
taste some of these Italian foods, such as olives, grape juice, biscotti,
garlic bread and panettone.
Using atlases, globes
and Google Maps, children then located Italy’s geographical position in the
world and then in Europe. They labelled nearby seas and continents. After
locating Italy, children then had to pretend they were Romans and marked their
route from the UK to Italy – how many countries did
they pass through on their route?
Finally, children used
the internet to research the physical geography of Italy and discovered that it
has hot, dry summers and cold wet winters. They also looked at the vegetation
belts and biomes of Italy and recorded these for their topic books. As a final
task for the day, they researched the names of the different rivers, mountains
and volcanoes across the country.
