A government is the group of people who are in charge of running the country

Parliament is the group of people who make the laws for the country

To commute is to travel quite a long distance between your home and where you work

A feature in the landscape which has a particular meaning attached to it, for example to help with directions, is called a landmark.

Cardiff as a capital city

Geography

Locating Cardiff

Cardiff travel and transport

The River Taff

Cardiff parks and green spaces

Planning a day out in Cardiff

This unit supports pupils' enquiry about the uniqueness of place when they investigate their own locality through fieldwork in 'Local area: Why is (our place) special?' and compare this with a locality overseas in 'Contrasting locality: what is it like to live in Jamaica?'.

This unit deepens pupils' understanding of the UK in 'The UK: What kind of place is it?' by zooming in to explore its capital city, London, and how it is linked to other parts of the UK and the wider world.

This unit explores the capital cities of London and Cardiff through their landmarks, transport, rivers and green spaces. Pupils describe key physical and human features and plan a day out using maps, images and simple route planning.

Life in a capital city: London/Cardiff

What do we call people who travel into an area that is not where they live for work every day?

Unscramble the letters to reveal the word for a Cardiff landmark.

Complete the sentence. Cardiff grew and expanded because it was an important place for the {{ }} industry.

In Cardiff, what is the main thing that happens in the Senedd building?

Which city does the River Taff flow through?

How are the cities of Cardiff and London connected?

In which country are the following located?

True or false? Cardiff is a capital city. 

Which country of the United Kingdom is missing from this list? 
England, Wales, Northern Ireland, {{ }}.

Complete the sentence. The {{ }} on a map shows what size the area that is represented in the map really is.

Cardiff as a capital city

Lesson outcome