Geography Open evening ideas

For our Geography Open Evening, the classroom will be transformed into an interactive space designed to show Year 5 pupils and their parents that Geography is exciting, surprising and relevant to everyday life. Visitors can explore our WOW! Geography displays featuring incredible questions about our planet, test their knowledge with the photographic “Where Is This?” challenge, and decide whether surprising geographical statements are true or false in Geography Myth Busters: Hard Mode. Families can compete in “Would You Rather? Geography”, voting on choices such as exploring the Amazon or crossing the Sahara, while “Your Clothes Have a Passport” encourages visitors to check their clothing labels, locate the country of manufacture on a world map and discover how globalisation connects us to places around the world. Finally, pupils can challenge their grown-ups in “Beat the Parent: 5 Second Geography Challenge”, racing against the clock to locate increasingly difficult countries on a world map and adding their points to the Year 5 versus Parents scoreboard. Alongside examples of work from Years 7–11, these quick, hands-on activities will give prospective pupils a fun introduction to the wide range of topics, skills and questions they will encounter in Geography at secondary school.