A school is a place people go to for their education.

An address is the name of a place with a postcode and other information such as street and town names to help you locate where it is.

Our school

Geography

Our school from above

Our school in ten photos

Jobs in our school

Describing locations

Fieldwork: Autumn in the school grounds

This unit provides a foundation for 'Local area: Where do we live?', which extends geographical investigation to the immediate locality, and for 'Local area: routes and maps' which investigates a specific land use, play areas. It lays the foundation for fieldwork investigations in the local area in 'Local area: how is our place special?' and a contrasting non-European locality.

This unit builds on explorations of the local area in EYFS,  focusing on the school site as a place. It develops basic geographical vocabulary and simple mapwork and fieldwork skills.

Explore the school environment to identify features, describe locations using simple vocabulary, interpret aerial photos and observe seasonal change through early fieldwork.

Local area: where do we go to school?

All schools have a name so you can tell them apart from others.

helps you find the exact place of a building.

Starter Quiz

A school is ...