Fieldwork is investigating the outdoors using geographical tools and thinking to gather information or data.

A journey stick is a way to remember a route by collecting items on the route and fixing them to a stick.

Play equipment are structures that children use for play such as swings, slides, climbing frames and sand boxes.

An opinion is a thought, feeling or belief held by a person or group of people.

Fieldwork: Observing geographical features on our route

Geography

Locating places in our school grounds

Mapping our school grounds

Planning a route

Making a map of our route

Improving our school grounds

This unit provides a foundation for 'Local to global: Identifying special places' and subsequent fieldwork investigations in 'Local area: how is our place special?' and a contrasting non-European locality in 'Contrasting locality: What is it like to live in (location) Jamaica/ Tanzania?'.

This unit builds on explorations of the local area in EYFS, and on 'Local area: Where do we live?' and 'Local area: Where do we go to school?'. It extends work on the school and immediate locality through investigating a specific land use - play areas. It develops basic geographical vocabulary and simple mapwork and fieldwork skills.

This unit develops pupils’ understanding of maps and route planning by exploring their school grounds. Pupils create maps, use symbols and keys, plan and follow routes, and apply their knowledge through simple fieldwork and observation.

Local area: how do we read maps and plan routes?

Physical activity and equipment requiring safe use

Activity that requires collection of items from an area (room, building).

Which of these are human geography features you might see on your route to school? 

Fieldwork is investigating the {{}} using geographical tools and thinking to gather information or data.

What type of information can we collect when we do fieldwork?

What sort of things can be attaached to a journey stick?

When you complete fieldwork you must avoid dangers. Which of these rules must you follow?

Which of these is a feature that you could walk past in your local area?

A risk is something that might put us in...

What must you consider when planning a route?

What colour represents play areas on a map?

Maps have one of these to help us understand the colours and symbols they show, what is it called?

Starter Quiz

Which of these is a feature that you could walk past in your local area?