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Year 1

Local area: where do we go to school?

6 lessons

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  • Land use and settlement
  • Local area

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Explore the school environment to identify features, describe locations using simple vocabulary, interpret aerial photos and observe seasonal change through early fieldwork.

This unit introduces pupils to the concept of place by using their immediate surroundings to begin developing spatial awareness. Positioned at the very start of the geography curriculum, it establishes key vocabulary and observational skills that will support later learning about other familiar and contrasting locations. Focusing on the school grounds enables pupils to practise describing features and locations at a scale that is meaningful and accessible.

  1. Our school
  2. Our school from above
  3. Our school in ten photos
  4. Jobs in our school
  5. Describing locations
  6. Fieldwork: Autumn in the 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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