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Lesson 1: What can we see in our local area?

Learning to recognise physical and human features in the locality.
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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

Before starting this unit you might want to check children can recall:

  • Some features in their locality.

  • Some directional language (use the Pupil video: Song – Directional language below).
  • That a map is usually a bird's eye view of a place.

  • The four compass points.

  • That a country is a land or nation with its own government.

  • The country they live in.

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Maintained by: Kapow Primary teamLast update: 8 May 2026

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