Learning objective
- To locate the school on an aerial photograph.
Success criteria
- I know that aerial means from
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National curriculum
Geography
Human and physical geography
Pupils should
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Cross-curricular links
English
Spoken language
Pupils should be taught
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
As this is the first unit in Key stage 1, there is no knowledge to recap with the children. In EYFS (Reception), pupils learnt to: Describe their immediate environment using knowledge from observation, discussion, stories, non-fiction texts and maps. Draw information from a simple map.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could use the Activity: Labels (support version) in the Main event.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could identify features from the aerial photograph and write their own labels using the Activity: Labels (extension version).
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: locating three features on
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Vocabulary definitions
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aerial photograph
A photograph taken from the air.
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aerial view
A view from above (bird’s eye view).
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In this unit
Assessment - Geography Y1: What is it like here?
Lesson 1: Where in the world are we?
Lesson 2: What can we see in our classroom?
Lesson 3: What can we find in our school grounds?
Lesson 4: Where are the different places in our school?
Lesson 5: How do we feel about our playground?
Lesson 6: Can we make our playground even better?
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 3rd November, 2025
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Assessment – Geography Y1: What is it like here?
Assessment quiz and Skills catcher for use at the start and/or end of the unit...
Lesson 4: Where are the different places in our school?
Learning to draw maps using simple pictures or symbols and to locate features using directional...
Lesson 3: What can we find in our school grounds?
Learning to locate features of the school grounds and adding these to a basic map...
Lesson 2: What can we see in our classroom?
Developing an understanding of maps by creating maps of the classroom.
