Geography: My Local Area
How do directions help me navigate?
Concepts: Locate, Place Knowledge, Skills & Fieldwork (compass, photos, investigating)
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Benenden
Village
School
Map
Symbol
Near
Far
Left
Right
Route
Direction
Area
Progressive Skills
Progressive Skills
Geographic Skills & Fieldwork
Geographic Skills & Fieldwork
Ask simple geographical questions.
Use simple observational skills to study the geography of school and its environment.
Use simple maps of the local area.
Use words such as near and far, left and right to talk about where things are.
Make simple maps and plans
Locational Knowledge
Locational Knowledge
Understand how some places are linked to other places. E.g; roads, trains.
Human & Physical Geography
Human & Physical Geography
Describe seasonal weather changes.
Place Knowledge
Place Knowledge
Name, describe and compare places I know.
Link home with other places in my area.
Show I know about changes that are happening in the local environment.
Suggest ideas for improving the school environment
Progressive Content
Progressive Content
How can I describe my village? We will start the topic by discussing what makes up our village (using terms such as: church, shop, school, green etc). We will use the sentence stems: ‘The… is next to the …’, ‘The … is in front of the school’ and ‘The … is near …’ to describe the locality of familiar places in our village.
What are the key areas of my village? We will look at a local area map and identify areas that we are familiar with and create our own key to represent these different areas. We will be using the sentence stems: ‘A symbol is better than words because …’, ‘I can see this is the … because …’ and ‘I will show the … with a …’.
How do I give and follow directions? In this lesson, we will be making a journey from the school to the park, recording our directions with a partner. We will be recording our directions by using arrows on a pre-drawn map.
How can I use language to direct along a route? In small groups, the children will go on a walk around the village using an ipad to photograph their location at different points on their journey. We will then use those pictures as a prompt to describe where we went around the village. We will be using a variety of sentence structures but focusing on the language: forward, backwards, left, right and straight ahead.
Can I navigate my way around my local area using a map? As a class we will create a map that will be used to navigate our way around the village to find hidden clues.
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