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Locating places in our school grounds

I can talk about my favourite places to play in the school grounds and locate them on an aerial photograph.

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Locating places in our school grounds

I can talk about my favourite places to play in the school grounds and locate them on an aerial photograph.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. We all have opinions on our favourite places to play around school.
  2. Aerial images and large-scale maps show the main features of a place, e.g. the school grounds.
  3. Geographers use images, words and maps to help them explain why they like a place and how they use it.

Common misconception

Everyone has the same favourite area to play.

Everyone has different opinions and can have different favourite areas to play compared to other pupils.

Keywords

  • School grounds - The school grounds are all the outside spaces at a school.

  • Aerial photograph - An aerial photograph is a picture of an object or place that has been taken from above.

This lesson explores places to play around your school grounds- you could replace the images in the slide deck with your own images of areas to play from your school.
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Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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6 Questions

Q1.
What are your school grounds?
your classroom
Correct answer: the outside spaces
the assembly hall
Q2.
What is fieldwork in geography?
going to play football outdoors
sitting on the field at lunch
Correct answer: collecting information from outdoors
Q3.
Why do geographers use maps?
Correct answer: to locate a place
Correct answer: to plan a route
they make good posters
Q4.
How do we put information onto a map?
Correct answer: symbols
Correct answer: colour
text
3D pictures
Q5.
How can you find out what local people think about a change to their local area?
Correct answer: ask them questions
read the information to them
tell them your ideas
Q6.
What is this a map of?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: the world
your local area
street map of London

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of these photos is an aerial photograph?
Correct answer: Photo taken from above
Photo of a playground
Drawing of a slide
Q2.
Which of these might you find in a play area on your school grounds?
the library
the school office
Correct answer: a slide
Q3.
Why do you have different areas to play in?
Correct answer: to support your imagination
to allow you to take risks
Correct answer: to help team work
to stop you learning
Q4.
Decide whether these sentences are facts or opinions.
Correct Answer:I like playing on the slide.,Opinion

Opinion

Correct Answer:It is raining.,Fact

Fact

Correct Answer:I like playing with my friends.,Opinion

Opinion

Correct Answer:Today it is Monday.,Fact

Fact

Q5.
It is important to keep yourself when in the school grounds, and look out for each other.
Correct Answer: safe
Q6.
Which of these statements will keep you safe?
Correct answer: use any equipment correctly
run off an play on your own
Correct answer: be careful not to trip on tree roots
eat the berries from trees as a snack
Q1 image 1 Map Data: Google, © Data 2024 Airbus, Bluesky, Getmapping plc, Infoterra Ltd & Bluesky, Maxar Technologies, The GeoInformation Group