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Year 4

Local area: what needs changing?

7 lessons

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  • Local area
  • Sustainability and climate change

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This unit develops pupils’ fieldwork and enquiry skills through a local investigation into change. Pupils use maps, tools and data to explore how their area is changing, collect and present information, and reflect on possible changes in the future.

This unit gives pupils the opportunity to act as geographers through purposeful fieldwork. It builds on earlier mapping and local study units, and follows regional and European comparisons, encouraging pupils to apply their skills to real-world questions in a familiar context. Its placement near the end of the year supports reflection, allowing pupils to collect, present and evaluate evidence about local change. Through this, they develop confidence in fieldwork methods, geographical communication and decision-making.

  1. Change in a local area
  2. Fieldwork tools and techniques
  3. Risk assessment and staying safe
  4. Active fieldwork
  5. Presenting data
  6. Future changes
  7. Using digital maps to explore changes in our local area

  • Experience of fieldwork in the local area to investigate change in the locality.
  • Some knowledge of how their local area has changed over time.
  • Experience of learning about change and patterns of land use.
  • Some knowledge of how this can impact on and be affected by the people who live and work and visit in a place.
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