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Mapping our school grounds

I can plan a route to show a visitor our school grounds using an aerial photograph and a large-scale map.

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Year 1

Mapping our school grounds

I can plan a route to show a visitor our school grounds using an aerial photograph and a large-scale map.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. An imaginary scenario can help us to plan what we would show an alien visiting our school grounds.
  2. Routes can be plotted on large-scale maps and aerial photographs of familiar places, e.g. the school grounds.
  3. Geographical vocabulary is used to name and describe familiar places, e.g. features of the school grounds.

Keywords

  • Map - A map is a two-dimensional representation of an area, showing geographical features and where they are in relation to each other.

  • Visitor - A visitor is someone who goes to a place for a while but does not stay there permanently.

  • Route - A route shows the starting point and end point of a journey, sometimes with stops in between.

Common misconception

Places on the route can be visited in a random order.

A route has a start point and end point and the stops in between help us find the last place of our route. If we visit places in a different order we may get lost.

You can replace the images shown with your own to show a route around your school. Choose a visitor that pupils can relate to (another pupil from a local school, visitor from the council etc.) so they can create a route for them in mind.
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Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
Geographers use images, words and to help them describe a place.
Correct Answer: maps
Q2.
You collect when you do geography fieldwork.
Correct answer: information
flowers
leaves
Q3.
How do school grounds help with your development?
Correct answer: encourage you to be active
Correct answer: make you work with other people
Correct answer: get you in the outdoors
are only used at breaktime
Q4.
An aerial photograph is taken from .
Correct Answer: above
Q5.
Which of these are facts?
The slide is very high.
I enjoy being outside with my friends.
Correct answer: Breaktime is 20 minutes.
Correct answer: The slide is 3m long.
Q6.
Which of these is an example of a large-scale map?
Correct answer: Map of local area
World map
Photograph taken from above
Q6 image 1 © Google Maps

6 Questions

Q1.
Why are these areas important in school?
Correct Answer:the medical room,this is where you go when you are ill

this is where you go when you are ill

Correct Answer:the main office,this is where questions can be answered

this is where questions can be answered

Correct Answer:the Library,this is where books can be borrowed from

this is where books can be borrowed from

Correct Answer:the MUGA,an area where team sports can be played

an area where team sports can be played

Q2.
A path taken on a journey can be described as a...
Correct answer: route
start
end
Q3.
Which of these are examples of locational language?
Correct answer: above
Correct answer: next to
Correct answer: inbetween
table
Q4.
What can we use to help us plan a route?
Correct answer: Maps
Photos of the start and end point
Correct answer: Aerial photographs
Q5.
Which of these people are visitors at a school?
Correct answer: a vet coming to do a special talk to Year 3
Correct answer: parents looking round
Correct answer: football coachs
your class teacher
Q6.
Why would a visitor need a map of the school?
Correct answer: to find their way round
Correct answer: to plan a route
Correct answer: to know what is important
to use when they get home