Year Two have been learning lots of facts about Sydney in Australia. They have discovered new information about the city, the people, different animals, weather and have compared this to their own local area of Harold Hill.
"Harold Hill has lots of green in it. I think these are all the parks and fields." Jennifer
"We have lots of things the same- buildings, shops and cars" Peter
The children enjoyed looking at graphs and data to find out which place was the warmest, which had the most people, which was bigger and which was the oldest. They also looked at Google Earth to try and locate Sydney and their school and looked at how they visually differed.
"Sydney has a lot more blue, which is the sea and there's a lot of grey- you can see it is a big city with lots of houses and buildings' Adefolawemi
"On Google Earth, I found the school and even found Miss Hammond's car!" Sophie
Here are some facts the children wrote down about Sydney:
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is the widest bridge in the world
It is the 12th most expensive city
There is a tall structure called the Sydney Tower
The Harbour Bridge is known by the locals as "The Coat Hanger" due to its distinct shape
English, Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, Greek and Vietnamese are the main languages spoken in Sydney.
Cricket is the most popular summer sport in Sydney
There are lots of different animals, such as, Koala, Kangaroo, Australian Dingo, Wombat, Quoll, Tasmanian Devil, Green Tree Frog, Frilled Neck Lizard.
