Year 3's Glorious Geography!

In Geography this term, we are learning all about Earthquakes and Volcanoes. We started by reactivating our knowledge and discussed what volcanos we have learnt about in year 3. The children were very keen to use their reflectiveness skills to reflect on their Literacy lessons and remembered Mount Vesuvius from our book, Escape from Pompeii. We then explored the features of Earth and the different layers that Earth is made up of. Excitingly, the children used play dough to create a 3D structure of Earth and labelled the different layers (core, mantle and crust). 

Then, we moved on to exploring the features of a volcano. The children looked at two different types of volcanoes, composite and shield volcanoes. We discussed tectonic plates and how they can cause volcanic eruptions. As their task, the children then labelled the different features of a volcano. 

'We also learnt about Mount Tambora!' - Ayaan 

'The core is at the centre.' - Georgia

'The crust is the part we can see!' - Sophie