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

A symbol is used to show an important landmark, place, feature or area of a map, diagram or drawing.

A detail is a particular piece of information about something.

A large-scale map shows a small area on a map in a great amount of detail.

A street map is a map of an area showing the locations and names of all the roads and some buildings.

Mapping our journey to school

Geography

Our homes

Our local area

The street outside our school

Buildings and features near our school

A survey of how we get to school

This unit provides a foundation for 'Local area: Routes and maps', which focuses on investigating a specific land use - play areas. It lays the foundation for subsequent fieldwork investigations in the local area in 'Local area: how is (our place) special?', and a contrasting non-European locality.

This unit builds on 'Local area: Where do we go to school?', which focuses on the school site as a place, by extending the area of investigation into the local area. It develops basic geographical vocabulary and simple mapwork and fieldwork skills, focusing on human geographical features such as local buildings, land use and  journeys.

This unit investigates the area around school and home by identifying local features, exploring buildings, using simple maps, collecting data on how we travel to school, and describing familiar routes using basic geographical vocabulary.

Local area: where do we live?

it marks the start and end point of a journey

What do we call the images on maps used to represent places/features?

Which of these features could be displayed using symbols?

{{}} language helps to describe where a feature is in relation to another.

Why might a geographer add labels to a map or photo?

A detailed map with locations and names of all the roads on.

Match the key word to the correct definition. 

a collection of information that can be used to answer questions

decisions made based on a range of options

a way of sharing your findings and can be written, drawn, spoken

If people live close to school, what would be a popular type of transport to get there?

Information from your fieldwork can be displayed on {{}} graphs.

When must you complete a risk assessment?

Are these familiar features human or physical features?

Mapping our journey to school

Lesson outcome