KS1 and KS2 Geography: North of England and North of Australia

This film is from the series Your World available on BBC Teach.

A lively exploration of two children’s lives on opposite sides of the world.

Talia, 9, from Mossley, Greater Manchester tells us what it’s like to live in a town that experiences all weather types but where the weather is generally quite mild.

She explains that what she likes to do depends on what it’s like outside: playing the piano when it rains and having snowball fights when it snows.

In contrast, Khynaan, 9, from Townsville, Australia, goes to the beach on Christmas day and wears sunscreen all year round.

During cyclone season, his family takes various precautions, taping up the windows and staying inside.

Talia’s family also have to take weather related precautions, using pots and pan to catch the water coming through a leaky roof.

As well as the weather, we learn what it’s like to live where they do and how it affects their aspirations, their hobbies, the food they eat, the wildlife they encounter and why, for very different reasons, they both want to stay living in the same place when they’re older.

Together they illustrate the cultural and geographical differences and similarities of these two distinct places.

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