The course of a river is the path it takes from its source at the start to its mouth at the end

To divert something is to make it take a different route

Pollution is anything that makes the environment dirty or unhealthy

The River Taff

Geography

Locating Cardiff

Cardiff as a capital city

Cardiff travel and transport

Cardiff parks and green spaces

Planning a day out in Cardiff

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

Which of these historic people was an engineer?

Which of these species would you find in the River Taff?

Complete the sentence. 
A lot of pollution in the River Taff came from the {{ }} industry. 

Which of these modes of transport would you find on water?

What do people use Cardiff Central Station for?

Complete the sentence.
An express {{ }} service takes people from Cardiff city centre to the international airport. 

a body of water that the M4 motorway crosses

Complete the sentence.
Wales is connected to {{ }} by the M4 motorway.

The River Taff

Lesson outcome