An island is a piece of land, smaller than a continent, that is surrounded by water.

Marshes are a type of wetland that form in low-lying areas near rivers and coasts.

A nature reserve is an area of land where the animals and plants living there are protected.

A holiday park is a place where people can go to camp, stay in a cabin  or stay in a caravan.

A village is a small group of houses where people live.

Key features of our local area

Geography

Locating our place with an address and directions

Mapping places to visit in our local area

The weather where I live and in the UK

Local and national landmarks

Fieldwork: our locality

This unit is a foundation for the more abstract contrasting locality units, enabling pupils to build on their understanding of the uniqueness of place through other cultural lenses and apply the learnt process of enquiry when finding out about places and people.

This builds on the Local to global unit which explored the local area and what made places special to enable pupils to be selective and communicate the most essential elements of their place in the form of a local area guide.

This unit explores what makes the local area special by identifying key features, landmarks and places of interest. Pupils use maps, address and direction language, local climate knowledge and fieldwork to describe and represent their locality.

Local area: why is (our place) special?

Can you select two answers that describe a marsh?

What do you call a place with caravans or chalets where people stay for a holiday? Choose up to three answers.

Where would you most need to have people working as lifeboat crew?

wetland found in low-lying areas near rivers and coasts

a place where crops grow or animals are reared

What do you call a photograph taken from above by a plane or a satellite?

Which compass direction is opposite north? 

Can you match the descriptions of the OS map symbols and letters to the correct feature?

Starter Quiz

What are the four main compass points?