Our weekly message: Friday 21 March 2025

Thank you if you managed to visit us this week for our second Topic Review session of the year. Please let us know your thoughts.

Thank you also if you made a contribution to today’s Comic Relief fundraising. We raised £324.21.

There are four articles in this week’s message, one of which is a question for you: Do you know someone who might be interested in becoming a governor?

I can find solutions to different problems.

Our Living and Learning statement this week has been I can find solutions to different problems. This is a really useful one to practise at home, too. We all encounter problems – disagreements with family or friends, for example. In the long run, supporting your child to find their own solutions to problems is better than getting involved yourself.

Help at home. Spend time thinking about the solution more than the problem itself – this will help to move on. Look out for problems in a film or a story you’re enjoying together. Pause and discuss different solutions. If your child comes to you with a real problem, responses such as ‘How do you think you can solve this?’ can be really powerful. (Of course, remain sympathetic and reassure them you’re around if they need more help.)

Find each week’s Living and Learning statement in our calendar – look for the entry at the start of each school week.

Ofsted

You might not be aware that all three Sphere Federation schools have been inspected in the last year:

• Moortown Primary almost exactly one year ago, on 19-20 March 2024
• Scholes (Elmet) Primary two months later, on 21-22 May 2024
• St James’ CE Primary most recently on 21-22 January 2025

The inspections judge schools in five separate areas:

• the quality of education
• behaviour and attitudes
• personal development
• leadership and management
• early years provision

We’re delighted to say that all three schools have been judged to be good or outstanding in all the areas. (In fact, Early Years is judged to be outstanding in all three schools!)

The power of schools working closely together in Sphere Federation is a key part of this. The successful federation has many benefits, including:

• better, broader offer for pupils – both curricular & extra-curricular
• really effective professional development for staff
• better recruitment, succession planning and retention of staff
• close cooperation so teachers and support staff learn from each other
• greater capacity for innovation
• strong governance

Talking of governance…

Do you know someone who might be interested in becoming a governor?

Here are two extracts from the inspection reports about the Sphere Federation Governing Board:

Governors support and challenge leaders in equal measure. They ensure funding is available to support vulnerable pupils. They fulfil their statutory duties effectively.

(Moortown Primary, March 2024)

Governors are skilled and knowledgeable and fulfil their responsibilities well. They make regular visits to school. They use these visits to evaluate the impact of leaders’ decisions.

(St James’ CE Primary, January 2025)

Our Governing Board has vacancies – do you know anyone who might be interested in becoming a governor?

There are already quite a few governors who are parents, but if you feel you can add to our Governing Board, please let us know. If you’ve a relative or friend (not a parent of a child attending a Sphere Federation school) who might have the time and skills, please encourage them to consider taking on the role. It would be great to develop the diversity of the Governing Board, too.

Interested individuals should contact our Chair of Governors, Rachel Cooper: rachelcooper@spherefederation.org

Finally this week, West Yorkshire Police have asked us to share the following…

Vaping

Whilst more of a problem amongst older children, some children of primary age are regularly using vapes.

Our weekly message: Friday 14 March 2025

From time to time. we like to remind you of information and guidance on a particular subject. This week, check out our packed lunch guidance, part of our Food in School website page. Why not try one of the packed lunch top tips!

Watching and browsing online

According to Ofcom, 90% of children are watching online videos and browsing the internet regularly. Many children like to stream videos and look up information. It can be a fun way to learn and relax. However, they must be guided. The online world is filled with inappropriate content and dangerous material. It’s important that you’re able to steer your child towards the right places when online. Internet Matters has published a guide dedicated to supporting adults in setting digital boundaries for children so that they can make smart choices and build healthy online habits. You’ll find practical tips on managing content access, the use of safety controls, advice on setting boundaries and ways to educate children on how to stay secure online.

EYFS survey

Thank you to the Reception parents and carers who completed our recent survey. All those who responded agree that…

• the transition into Reception was positive
• their child is happy at school
• we place a high priority on reading
• we provide enough information about their child’s progress, how to support learning at home, and about communications more generally

Two comments related to using an online tool to receive updates and pics and our use of e-books.

These are used a lot in nurseries and some schools use an app to get updates about your child’s learning. The problem is that, behind the scenes, your child’s teacher would spend a lot of time be behind an iPad – taking photos and writing observations. This takes the teacher away from having meaningful, engaging conversations and supporting your child’s learning in the classroom. Our decision not to use such a tool is made with your child at the centre – based on what we believe is best for your child’s learning.

We send home a ‘Love of Reading’ book – that’s a real library book for sharing. This is the most important homework you can do at home. Developing your child’s love of reading so they become a lifelong reader is a wonderful gift. The e-book is for a short session for your child to practise their sounds and show off their skills – they’ll have read a real version of the book throughout the week at school. Find out more on the Little Wandle website or watch this video about reading at home.

We received some great feedback…

• Our son is thriving in school…we are so happy in our decision to choose Scholes as his place to learn.
• Great school. My son has come on massively since been there. Teachers are brilliant and my son is thriving.
• The school and teachers are supportive and welcoming, super approachable and [my son] loves all the staff that work with him.

We’ve passed on individual comments to the individual staff concerned.

Washing pods and capsules

Where do you keep your laundry and dishwasher washing pods? It’s quite common to store these in a cupboard low down. The Child Accident Prevention Trust has recently published guidance.

Finally, here’s another in our series of pieces about missing a series of days at school. This one relates to writing skills.

If your child was absent for five days in a row…

We typically teach writing in 2- or 3- week blocks. Children who miss five days struggle to access the learning in that whole block because they miss a large part of the sequence of learning. They might miss the initial lessons so they have no idea what they’re writing about or why; they might miss the teaching of key skills and the opportunity to practise these; or they might miss the opportunity to plan and write their own piece. They also miss the regular practice, and teaching, of handwriting, grammar, spelling and vocabulary.

Have a happy and healthy weekend.

FOSP raffle - your chance to win Kaiser Chiefs or Live at Leeds festival tickets!

FOSP are giving you the opportunity to win either 2 tickets to see Kaiser Chiefs or 2 tickets for Live at Leeds!

They have 8 tickets in total to give away:

2 pairs of Kaiser Chiefs tickets and 2 pairs of Live at Leeds tickets

The parents of a child at school has very kindly donated these to FOSP to be raffled off to raise funds for school.

Members of FOSP will be in the playground at school drop off, each day during the week commencing 10 March. Tickets are £1 each.

This can either be paid for in cash or on the School Gateway app for people with children at school (this must be paid for at the time of purchase).

Alternatively, you can email friendsofscholesprimary@gmail.com and make a payment on the School Gateway app.  

The Live at Leeds festival is on 24 May 2025 and is headlined by Bloc Party; and the Kaiser Chiefs concert is on 31 May 2025. Both are at Temple Newsam.

The raffle will take place during the week commencing 24th March.

Good luck!

Our weekly message: Friday 07 March 2025

This week’s message is about Computing, our current topic…

This half-term, we’re developing our knowledge of computers and computer programming.

Computer programming is super. Creating games, animations and solving real world problems is fun and encourages creativity – it’s challenging, too!

Importantly, the skills your child will use and develop are transferable to other subjects and areas of life. For example, the concept of decomposition in programming is concerned with breaking down a large task into smaller chunks. This concept could be used when writing a story, solving a maths problem or tidying a particularly messy bedroom! The process of debugging is about identifying and fixing an error in a program. It requires systematic, objective thinking and plenty of resilience.

Each phase has age-related specific knowledge, skill sand vocabulary. See pages 12 and 13 of our Topic Curriculum Guide.

Years 1 and 2

Children will learn about how technology is used beyond school in our homes and all around us. They’ll begin to consider what a computer is and isn’t.

In programming lessons, they’ll create animations in Scratch Jr by creating and debugging algorithms. They’ll then continue to use Scratch Jr to create an interactive quiz.

Years 3 and 4

Children will reason about what exactly makes a computer a computer. Is a games console a computer? Is a TV a computer? Is a bedside lamp a computer? Next, they will learn about inputs and outputs and identify different examples of them in everyday technology.

They’ll then be introduced to Scratch. They will learn how they can add or change sprites and backdrops and then begin to experiment with making their sprites move. They’ll look at programs created on Scratch and use logical reasoning to explain what will happen when these programs are run. They’ll learn about the importance of sequencing in programming when they recreate a well-known melody. Finally, they’ll create their own ‘band’ on Scratch by programming different instrument sprites to play sounds.

Years 5 and 6

Children will learn about what a computer network is and that the Internet is an enormous computer network. They’ll also learn about the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web.

In programming lessons, they’ll be introduced to BBC Microbits – pocket sized computers – which they’ll program to do lots of different things. This will allow children to gain a deeper understanding of concepts like sequence, selection and variables.

Some of this vocabulary may sound alien to you but, as the topic goes on, your child will be able to tell you what they mean and give examples of how they’ve used them in their projects. Some of the projects your children will be making are a magic 8-ball style program which will give you an answer to all your questions and a pedometer to count the number of steps they’re making.

How can you help?

Talk to your child about what they’ve been learning in class. Class News is a good place to go to find out more about what your child’s up to in school.

The school library and local libraries have lots of books about coding and computer games which your child will be able to borrow and develop both their reading skills and computing knowledge.

Finally, try programming with your child. There are loads of programming apps and software available to download, often for free.

Here’s a list for Key Stage 1:

• Daisy the Dinosaur (Apple only)
• Beebot
• Tynker Junior
• Scratch Jr
• Code Karts

…And one for Key Stage 2:

• Lightbot
• Tynker
• Scratch Jr
• Scratch

Our weekly message: Friday 28 February 2025

We’re now well and truly into the second half of the school year and we hope it’s a happy and healthy one for your child at Scholes (Elmet) Primary. Positive relationships between home and school have a key role to play in ensuring this. We welcome your questions, comments and concerns. Do catch us at the start or end of the school day for any quick conversation, and for anything longer or more sensitive, please call us or arrange a meeting.

School dinners

Our school dinner menus have been updated. Check out the updated menus.

On the same website page, please check out the information about free school meals, too. Free school meals are available to all children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. They’re also available to some older children according to family income. It’s important to register for entitlement to free school meals, even if your child has a packed lunch or is in a younger class – this is so we can receive additional funding (called the pupil premium) which we can use to help your child.

For the first half of the year, from September right up to the Spring half-term, our whole school attendance figure was 95.9%.

• that’s over one percentage point higher than the national figure for primary schools (94.8%)
• it means we’re in the top 10%-20% of schools nationally
• it’s higher than the full 2023-24 attendance figure (95.6%)

Here’s the attendance figures for each class:

• Sunshine (Miss Parling): 94.5%
• Rainbow (Mrs Allen-Kelly & Mrs Long): 94.5%
• 1A (Mrs Brown and Mrs Wilkins): 94.7%
• 1/2B (Mrs Latham): 96.5%
• 2C (Miss Young): 96.5%
• 3/4A (Mr Wain): 97.0% – amazing!
• 3/4B (Miss Gilliland): 95.8%
• 3/4C (Mrs Wadsworth): 96.8% – a very close second!
• 5/6A (Mr Goodwin): 96.1%
• 5/6B (Mrs Hogarth): 95.6%
• 5/6C (Mr Lindsay): 95.7%

Thank you for making sure your child attends school as much as they can.

Our weekly message: Friday 14 February 2025

This week, our Living and Learning theme has been I know that people should treat others respectfully when online. It tied in with Safer Internet Day. Check out the tips, advice, guides and resources for parents and carers.

We’ll start off this week’s message sticking to this theme… 

Online safety quiz

Does your child know how to stay safe online? Test their knowledge with this online quiz.

Maude and Scram – Fraud Advice for Infant Children

The West Yorkshire Police Fraud Team have devised a series of video stories to share with your child: check out Maude and Scram’s YouTube page. Have a read of the Maude and Scram Fact Sheet about online safety, too.

How Safe is WhatsApp for children?

WhatsApp is one of the most popular instant messaging apps, used by over 2 billion people in 180 countries. To set up an account, all you need is a phone number. Check out this blog from the NSPCC about the dangers of the app, and don’t miss their top tips.

Want to read more? This article from ParentZone is also worth a read.

Manipulative marketing in mobile games

Children are increasingly major components in the online games industry.

Free in the context of apps is a highly flexible term.Whilst they claim to be free, many games are deceptively pay to play: the download is free but most of the gameplay is locked. Online gaming firms use the ‘free’ label to draw in players. Money making tactics such as this can be hard to detect, even for adults.

Read more about manipulative marketing on the Better Internet for Kids site. You’ll learn why companies use these tactics and how they can impact your child and their rights. You’ll also learn how you can support your child to spot and avoid these issues, as well as where you can seek help and support.

Moving from staying safe online, we’ve two more articles this week…

Our annual Number Challenge

Each year, we raise money with an annual sponsored number event:

• children in Years 1, 2 and 3 do an addition/subtraction challenge
• children in Years 4, 5 and 6 do a multiplication/division challenge

On Wednesday 26 February, we’ll repeat the challenge, hopefully seeing some huge improvements and raising lots of money along the way.

Children have their facts to work on over the holiday and hopefully get some family and friends to sponsor them on their journey to improvement. Can you help your child get sponsors for each correct answer they get?

Children in Reception join in, too – they’ll do a tens frame challenge on the same day.

Money that we raise will be shared between our chosen charity, Willow Foundation, and FOSP.

Our annual Reception parents/carers survey

Have you completed our Reception survey yet?

Each year, we ask parents/carers of children in Reception to complete a short survey. It should only take 5-10 minutes or so. Your feedback helps us to explore ways we might be able to improve the Reception year. It’s also an opportunity to let us know any specific questions or concerns you might have – we’ll try to respond to all of these (leaving your name will help, but that’s optional).

Have a happy and healthy weekend.

Our weekly message: Friday 07 February 2025

We’re looking forward to seeing you next week at parent-teacher meetings. To help the sessions go smoothly, please stick to the timings as much as you can – you can always arrange for a longer meeting if you think it’s needed.

There’s also Safer Internet Day next week – make sure you keep talking with your child about the precautions we all need to take when online.

Consent

Our Living and Learning theme this week has been I know the importance of consent. Help at home so your child knows the importance of consent or permission. As well as exploring consent generally, consider permission-seeking and permission-giving when online eg getting permission before taking and sharing images of others. As a parent / carer, you might want to start seeking permission before uploading images of your child online (‘Shall I share this pic, or would you prefer me not to?’ is one way to ask, for example.)

Policies

Governors have asked us to remind you that our key policies are available on our website – check out the Policies and Other Points page for most of these. Please ask us if you can’t see a particular policy or if you need a paper copy of one.

Class trips

Did you know we’ve a schedule of class trips? The plan is subject to change – there might be another event or trip opportunity which comes up, and the trips can only go ahead if we get enough voluntary contributions – but we try to stick to the schedule so children have a broad and balanced range of enrichment opportunities. You can check the schedule out on page 4 of our Topic Curriculum Guide.

Next, here’s another description of the learning that your child misses if they have a week away from school for a term-time holiday. This week, it’s the turn of Science.

If your child was absent for five days in a row…

Science lessons build learning in small steps across a number of weeks. If your child misses five days of school, they’ll miss one or two of these important steps. For example, in a Key Stage 2 unit of learning about the circulatory system, your child might miss a lesson which teaches them about the different blood vessels in the body. This will mean that they may not have the relevant prior knowledge when later learning about how blood is transported around the body.

Your child would also miss out on an opportunity to work scientifically. This may be planning or carrying out an investigation; taking measurements; recording and presenting results; or making conclusions and evaluations.

Finally, your child would miss out on an opportunity to ‘recap’ previously taught science learning from previous years.

Sticking with attendance, a reminder to check the NHS Is my child too ill for school? if in doubt.

Have a good weekend.

Our weekly message: Friday 31 January 2025

It’s the last day of January – what a busy month it’s been. If you celebrated the lunar new year, then a belated Happy New Year to you (and check out what zodiac animal you are!).

National storytelling week

National Storytelling Week starts tomorrow. It’s an annual event that celebrates stories and storytelling – it’s the perfect opportunity for families to share the joy of stories together. Storytelling is one of the oldest forms of communication, fostering empathy and imagination in ways that resonate deeply with children. Whether through traditional folk tales, family anecdotes, or made-up adventures, storytelling helps children develop a love of language and encourages their natural curiosity about the world.

Join the at home by making storytelling part of your family routine. You can celebrate at home by reading a favourite book aloud with your child, recreating your own family stories and adventures or even acting out a tale together with props and costumes. Bedtime is a great time to bring stories to life, especially if you encourage your child to add their own twists to the tale. You could also explore audiobooks or visit your local library to find collections of folktales from around the world to share.

We know that children are more likely to enjoy reading if:

• someone reads to them regularly
• they find time to read
• they have books at home and at school
• they know a trusted person who can help them find the right books
• we make reading fun for them
• they are given a choice in what they read

Talking of reading…

World Book Day

World Book Day is on Thursday 06 March is another wonderful event that complements National Storytelling Week.

This year, we aren’t inviting children to dress up. (We alternate this each year.) Instead, we’ll mark the day in school with a host of fun and engaging reading-related activities. Amongst other things, we’ll hear teachers read aloud their favourite stories, spend time in other classes reading with different children and explore new authors and books. And remember to keep an eye out for a competition where you can win book vouchers!

National curriculum assessments

Primary school pupils in England take part in various assessments…

• Reception baseline assessment: within the first 6 weeks of entering reception
• Early Years Foundation Stage profile assessment: between April and June of the academic year in which they turn 5 (usually the Reception year)
• Phonics Screening Check: in June of Year 1
• Key Stage 1 tests: optional, these are at the end of Year 2
• Multiplication Tables Check: in June of Year 4
• Key Stage 2 tests (known as SATs): in May of Year 6

The government has updated its guides for parents about the different assessments.

Park up with respect

Getting to school by foot, scooter or bike is the happiest and healthiest. We know sometimes people might need to use their car – but if you do, please remember to park carefully. Check out this advice from Leeds City Council.

Finally, across the year we’ve been spotlighting the impact of a week away from school for a term-time holiday. This week, it’s the turn of Maths…

If your child was absent for five days in a row…

Daily maths lessons build learning in sequences of small steps. If your child misses five days of school, they’ll miss a large part of the sequence.

Our Maths curriculum is divided into blocks of learning (eg place value, fractions, length) that often last a week or two. If it’s the beginning of a new sequence that your child misses, it makes it much harder to understand the learning in the following weeks. If it’s the middle part of a sequence that your child misses, this means there will be gaps in their knowledge and skills. Either way, five days of absence means your child might well struggle to catch up or keep up.

Five days of absence would also mean your child misses the regular practice of calculation procedures and of recalling number facts and times tables times tables – all vital in developing fluency and confidence in Maths.

Have a happy and healthy weekend.

Our weekly message: Friday 24 January 2025

Thank you to those who were able to come to ‘Watch Us While We Work’ yesterday. We hope you enjoyed the session and were able to take some ideas away with you. We’d love to hear your feedback.

Cooking

Over the course of the year, your child has three opportunities to prepare food. A couple of things to remember…

• Please consider making a voluntary contribution (£3 to £6 to pay for the ingredients) so that we can continue to offer this. You might have already donated this year – if so, thank you.
• Don’t forget to alert us to any allergies your child has. We’ll do our best to adapt recipes.

For more about our Cooking curriculum, please check out our Cooking and Nutrition Curriculum Guide. (We’re in Year B this year.)

Next, a reminder about the importance of reading (and for your child to use their Reading Record)…

Read, read, read

Reading together at home is a wonderful way to bond with your child while fostering a love for books. Set aside a regular time each day for reading, whether it’s before bed, after school, or during quiet afternoons. Choose books that align with your child’s interests, from adventure stories to fantasy or even non-fiction, allowing them to explore different genres. Alternatively, choose something that they’d not normally read to expose them to new vocabulary. Take turns reading aloud to each other, using voices and expression – this helps build fluency and makes the experience more interactive and enjoyable.

To further enhance the reading experience, ask open-ended questions about the story, encourage your child to predict what might happen next, and discuss the characters or themes. Creating a cozy reading space with comfy seating and good lighting can make this time feel special. Remember, it’s not just about the quantity of books, but the quality of the time spent together, sparking your child’s imagination and making reading an enjoyable part of their daily routine.

In Key Stage 2, Reading Record activities should be about exploring the story to aid understanding and memory. We’ve listened to your feedback: this year, there are more, and more varied, activities to support this.

NHS Healthy Start

The NHS Healthy Start scheme helps young families on low incomes to buy healthy food and milk. If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have children under four and receive certain benefits, you could be eligible for NHS Healthy Start. Find out if you’re eligible and apply online.

Finally this week, another of our occasional messages about what a child misses if they’re absent for a prolonged time.

If your child was absent for five days in a row…

We know children are sometimes ill and have to spend time out of school – that’s inevitable. However, taking a week’s holiday during term-time means your child misses…

• over 4 hours of learning in Reading
• over 4 hours of learning in Writing
• over 5 hours of learning in Maths
• over 10 hours of learning in other subjects
• over 6 hours of opportunities for social time and play

Missing all this in one week means your child will miss significant chunks of teaching and will therefore have gaps in their learning.

Have a happy and healthy weekend!

Our weekly message: Friday 17 January 2025

The second weekly message of every half-term is always about our new topic – this half-term, it’s Geography. Before that, just a reminder about changes to penalty notices for term-time absences…

Penalty notices are issued per parent, per child (this means, for example, if there are 3 children in a family, each parent may receive 3 separate penalty notices).

In the Autumn term, Leeds City Council issued 2,908 penalty notices for term-time absences – usually holidays.

What is this half-term’s topic?

This half-term, your child is a geographer. The topic focusses on either environmental issues or natural disasters. Children in Years 1 and 2 will investigate their locality; Years 3 and 4 children will learn about volcanoes; and Y5,6 children are investigating climate change.

Check out our Topic Curriculum Guide for more information about key concepts (page 16) and age-related expectations and vocabulary (page 21 and 22).

Years 1 and 2

Children begin the topic by learning about the four countries and capital cities that make up the United Kingdom. They then go on to learn about the difference between human and physical geography features. They’ll then investigate human and physical features in their locality. The key part of this topic is to investigate their locality and identify what they like about it and why. They will also investigate something that could be improved and how it could be improved. For example, they may notice that litter is an issue and raise awareness of this issue with their peers in school, local residents and even a local councillor.

Years 3 and 4

Children will be learning about volcanoes. They’ll begin by learning about what lies beneath the Earth’s surface. They’ll investigate plate tectonics and how these move and the different types of volcanoes formed by this movement. They’ll learn about how mountains are formed and name and locate the tallest peaks in the UK – did you know that these peaks are the remains of ancient volcanoes? Next, they’ll move onto some specific case studies: Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland and Mount Vesuvius in Italy. They’ll investigate how volcanoes can be dangerous but also bring benefits to the people who live in their shadows.

Years 5 and 6

Children are learning about climate change. They’ll begin by learning about latitude and the link to world climate. They’ll then learn about what climate change is and what is causing it. They’ll look at three case studies to learn more about the consequences of climate change across the world: melting sea ice in Greenland, rising sea levels in the Solomon Islands and coastal erosion in East Yorkshire. Finally, they’ll consider how climate change can be slowed and whose responsibility it is.

How can you help?

Regardless of the year group your child is in, Google Earth is a brilliant tool to help develop children’s understanding of space, place, scale and interdependence. Zoom right in on your home and then zoom out to reveal the area of Leeds that you live in. Zoom further out to see what city you live. Zoom further for the county. A little further and you might start to spot some national parks. Further still and you can see the country that we live in. Keep zooming and you’ll see the continent we live in (though this isn’t labelled). Before you know it, you’re floating in space and circling the Earth!

Google Maps is another great tool for comparing places.

• Year 1,2: Can you find your school? Your classroom? Your house? Your local park?
• Year 3,4: Can you locate the two volcanoes you’ll be studying? Can you zoom into the craters? What similarities and differences can you see?
• Year 5,6: Use this mapping tool to investigate how a place has changed over time. We’ll be focusing on coastal erosion but you could find where you live and compare today’s map with one from fifty or a hundred years ago. What has changed and what has stayed the same?

Quizzing your children about some locational knowledge will help them to remember important information. We’ve listed some examples below. Use the age-related expectations in our Topic Curriculum Guide  to find the right pitch for your child.

• Which continent do we live in?
• Which country do we live in?
• In which hemisphere is our country located?
• Which county do we live in?
• Which city do we live in?
• Which part of Leeds do we live in?
• Which four countries make up the United Kingdom?

Go to the library and get some geography-related books, especially an atlas. You could compare maps of the same place to see what type of information they show. For example, you find lots of maps of the United Kingdom. One might show the countries and capital cities. Another might show the mountains, rivers and National Parks. Another might give information about the climate.

For KS2 children, there are lots of different games and activities on the Ordnance Survey Mapzone website. We especially like the jigsaws in the Map Puzzles section of the Games. Click here for the website.

Also for KS2 children, there is lots of information and some tasks and quizzes on the BBC Bitesize website.