We have studied our local area and got a good sense of WHERE we are in the world. We’ve also looked at our local culture and history to better understand WHO we are and HOW Barnsley was shaped.

We’re now going to compare all of this to a contrasting location, France.  Our closest European neighbours.

We always start our topic studies with WHEN and WHERE so we have made a map of France. BUT! We’re Year 4! You didn’t think it would be as simple as that did you?

Mr Swallow gave us a blank map of France and lots of places to look for IN FRENCH!!!!

Thats right! We had to read the locations and find them on maps written in English. It’s a good job we are clever! We soon figured out that some of the places were cities, some rivers, seas or oceans and even some mountain ranges.

All of the places were not on 1 map. We had to use a POLITICAL map to find anything made by humans and a PHYSICAL map to find the natural locations!!! Wow.