A map is a two-dimensional representation of an area, showing geographical features and where they are in relation to each other.

A visitor is someone who goes to a place for a while but does not stay there permanently.

A route shows the starting point and end point of a journey, sometimes with stops in between.

Mapping our school grounds

Geography

Locating places in our school grounds

Planning a route

Fieldwork: Observing geographical features on our 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?

A path taken on a journey can be described as a...

Which of these are examples of locational language?

a vet coming to do a special talk to Year 3

Which of these people are visitors at a school?

Why would a visitor need a map of the school?

Geographers use images, words and {{}} to help them describe a place.

You collect {{}} when you do geography fieldwork. 

How do school grounds help with your development?

Which of these is an example of a large-scale map?

Mapping our school grounds

Lesson outcome