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Year 1

Local area: how do we read maps and plan routes?

6 lessons

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  • Land use and settlement
  • Local area
  • Natural resources

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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.

This unit builds on prior learning about the school and local area by developing pupils’ ability to represent and navigate space. Its placement enables the introduction of early mapping conventions and supports future units that involve route descriptions and spatial comparisons.

  1. Locating places in our school grounds
  2. Mapping our school grounds
  3. Planning a route
  4. Fieldwork: Observing geographical features on our route
  5. Making a map of our route
  6. Improving our school grounds

  • Some knowledge of the local area through first-hand experience.
  • Some experience of using aerial photographs, maps and plans of the school grounds.
  • Some experience of fieldwork, and of making models and maps.
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