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Volcanoes and Earthquakes

Subject: Geography

Age Group: KS2

Region: London/Greater London, North West, West Midlands

Take cover! Adventure to some of the world’s most dangerous places in our Volcanoes & Earthquakes KS2 Workshop!

Led by the Earth Explorer (an adventure-loving traveller!), your pupils will visit the sites of natural disasters, learn about the stages of a volcano and the causes and effects of an earthquake.

With storytelling, role-play, and hands-on activities, this session is an engaging way to explore your extreme earth topic.

Children participating in a Volcanoes and Earthquakes KS2 Workshop

Why choose Freshwater?

Our sessions:

    • Are highly interactive, offering hands-on learning, which allow all your pupils to access the topic.
    • Add depth and richness to the curriculum and stimulate further learning.
    • Use carefully chosen drama techniques, so that children feel a personal involvement in the topic which helps to embed subject knowledge.
    • Allow the teacher an opportunity to observe pupils’ progress from a different perspective.
    • Are led by experienced drama facilitators who immerse the children in an imaginative world, helping to make learning fun!

Interested in something else? Check out more of our workshops to support your Geography curriculum.

Important Events Link

Our Volcanoes and Earthquakes KS2 workshop is perfect to support year-round learning as well as the following important events in your year planner:

  • International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction (13th October)

The children had an absolutely fantastic experience and couldn’t stop talking about the session afterwards. The children will be able to use this as a stimulus across the curriculum from writing volcano poems in English to map work in Geography!

Nina May, St Peter & St Pauls Primary School, Bolton

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Details

  • Length of session: 60 minutes

  • Price: One session costs £142 + VAT

  • Number of Children: up to 30

  • Extra children are negotiable

  • All facilitators are DBS checked

Curriculum Link

  • This workshop also links to topics like Extreme Earth and Natural Disasters

  • Describing and understanding key aspects of physical geography including volcanoes and earthquakes.

Key Areas

  • The stages of a volcano

  • Notorious volcanos including Mount Vesuvius, Mount St Helens

  • Tsunami in the Indian Ocean

  • Richter Scale

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