The Jersey cow is one of the oldest dairy breeds in the world — dating back over 300 years! 🐄Jersey has its own parliament called the States Assembly — one of the oldest in the world! 🏛️Jersey is closer to France than to England — just 14 miles from the Normandy coast! 🇫🇷Jersey is the sunniest place in the British Isles — about 2,000 hours of sunshine every year! ☀️Common and bottlenose dolphins are frequently spotted around Jersey's coastline! 🐬Jersey has one of the largest tidal ranges in the world — the sea can go back nearly 1.5km at low tide! 🌊Mont Orgueil Castle has been standing for over 800 years — since around 1204! 🏰The Jersey Royal potato has its own Protected Designation of Origin — just like champagne! 🥔The Jersey cow is one of the oldest dairy breeds in the world — dating back over 300 years! 🐄Jersey has its own parliament called the States Assembly — one of the oldest in the world! 🏛️Jersey is closer to France than to England — just 14 miles from the Normandy coast! 🇫🇷Jersey is the sunniest place in the British Isles — about 2,000 hours of sunshine every year! ☀️Common and bottlenose dolphins are frequently spotted around Jersey's coastline! 🐬Jersey has one of the largest tidal ranges in the world — the sea can go back nearly 1.5km at low tide! 🌊Mont Orgueil Castle has been standing for over 800 years — since around 1204! 🏰The Jersey Royal potato has its own Protected Designation of Origin — just like champagne! 🥔

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🏖️ 🌍 Geography

Coasts

Explore how waves shape the coastline, creating cliffs, caves, arches and beaches.

✓ A coast is where the land meets the sea — the UK has around 17,800 km of coastline.

✓ Waves erode (wear away) cliffs and rocks to form features like caves, arches, stacks and beaches.

🌳 🌍 Geography

Rainforests and Biomes

Discover what biomes are and explore the incredible biodiversity of the tropical rainforest.

✓ A biome is a large region of the world with a distinctive climate, vegetation and wildlife.

✓ Tropical rainforests cover just 6% of Earth's surface but are home to more than half of the world's plant and animal species.

🏘️ 🌍 Geography

Settlements and Land Use

Explore how and why settlements developed and how land is used within them.

✓ Settlements range in size from isolated farms and hamlets to villages, towns and cities.

✓ Most settlements were founded near fresh water, flat land, and natural resources.

🌤️ 🌍 Geography

Weather and Seasons

Discover what causes the UK’s four seasons and how meteorologists measure the weather.

✓ Weather is the day-to-day condition of the atmosphere; climate is the average weather pattern over many years.

✓ The UK has four seasons — spring, summer, autumn and winter — caused by Earth's tilt as it orbits the sun.

🏞️ 🌍 Geography

Rivers

Find out how rivers form, flow and shape the landscape around them.

✓ Rivers begin at a source (usually high ground) and end where they meet the sea or a lake — called the mouth.

✓ The area of land drained by a river and its tributaries is called a river basin or catchment area.

🌍 🌍 Geography

Climate Zones

Explore Earth’s five climate zones and discover what shapes the world’s weather.

✓ The Earth has five main climate zones: tropical, dry, temperate, continental and polar.

✓ Climate zones are determined mainly by distance from the equator — areas near the equator are hottest.

💧 🌍 Geography

The Water Cycle

Learn how water travels around our planet in a never-ending journey.

✓ Water evaporates from oceans, rivers and lakes when heated by the sun.

✓ Water vapour rises into the atmosphere, cools, and condenses to form clouds.

🌋 🌍 Geography

Volcanoes

Find out what causes volcanic eruptions and where volcanoes are found.

✓ Volcanoes are openings in the Earth's crust through which hot molten rock called magma erupts.

✓ When magma reaches the surface it is called lava, which can flow at up to 60 km/h.

🧭 🌍 Geography

Maps and Compass Points

Learn how to read maps and use compass directions to navigate.

✓ The four main compass points are North, South, East and West.

✓ The eight compass points add the in-between directions: NE, SE, SW and NW.

How Maps Work — Latitude, Longitude and Grid References

Master the secret grid lines that allow explorers and sat-navs to find any location.

✓ Latitude lines run east to west, measuring north and south.

✓ Longitude lines run north to south, measuring east and west.

The Ocean Floor — Mountains, Trenches and Strange Life Below

Dive miles below the waves to find giant trenches and glowing deep-sea monsters.

✓ The Mariana Trench is deeper than Mount Everest is tall.

✓ Most of the ocean floor has never been seen by humans.

How Volcanoes Erupt and Why They Are Both Dangerous and Useful

Discover how erupting mountains destroy landscapes while creating the most fertile soil on our planet.

✓ Magma is molten rock underground, while lava is above ground.

✓ The Ring of Fire contains 75% of Earth's active volcanoes.