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Year 1
Our school
I can talk about my school and different places in its buildings and grounds.
New
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Year 1
Our school
I can talk about my school and different places in its buildings and grounds.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Each school has a name that tells it apart from others.
- There are names for the different school buildings and parts of the grounds such as playground, field, etc.
- The address of the school includes its name, the road, the suburb or village and possibly a town or city.
- Maps and addresses tell us where a place is located.
Keywords
School - A school is a place people go to for their education.
Address - An address is the name of a place with a postcode and other information such as street and town names to help you locate where it is.
Common misconception
All schools look the same.
Many schools have the same key features and complete similar activities but don't all look the same.
Replace the Oak information with information about your own school as it is a local area study. Enter the details about your school in the feedback for Task A and your school's address for Task B.
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Lesson video
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Starter quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
A school is ...
a place where you buy things.
Q2.
Do all schools look exactly the same?
Yes
Q3.
Do all schools have a name?
Q4.
A school has:
shops
Q5.
Some key places in a school include:
a cinema
a park
Q6.
An address ...
tells you which way to go.
tells you how old a building is.
Exit quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
The main purpose of a school is to ...
hide.
sleep.
Q2.
Schools are all different in:
Q3.
All schools have a name so you can tell them apart from others.
No
Q4.
An address gives the exact place of:
something moving
a car
Q5.
Old Kenton Lane is an example of ...
the local area of a school.
the town a school is in.
the postcode of a school.
Q6.
Some key features of a school include:
shops