The scale on a map shows what size the area that is represented in the map really is.

An aerial photograph is a picture of an object or place that has been taken from above.

The mouth of a river is where it enters the sea or a lake.

A capital city is an important place where important decisions about how to run the country get made.

Locating London

Geography

London as a capital city

London travel and transport

London parks and green spaces

The River Thames

Planning a day out in London

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

used to represent real life distance on a map

What happens after the River Thames flows through London?

Which of these features would be visible on an aerial image?

Which of these do you usually find in a city?

one of the countries in the United Kingdom

What do we call water that flows across land until it meets the sea?

To find our way around an unfamiliar place

Locating London

Lesson outcome