Learning objective
- To locate key features of the playground.
Success criteria
- I can identify
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National curriculum
Geography
Geographical skills and fieldwork
Pupils should
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Cross-curricular links
Maths
Geometry – Position and direction
Pupils
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Display the Quiz: Aerial views to recall some of the key knowledge learned in the previous lesson.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Should have only three features on their map of the school grounds.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could choose appropriate symbols to add two more observed features to the map of the school grounds.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: recognising four features in
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Vocabulary definitions
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country
A land or nation with its own government.
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directional language
Words that tell you where something is located in relation to something else.
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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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Lesson 5: How do we feel about our playground?
Investigating thoughts and feelings about a place by carrying out a survey.
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 2: What can we see in our classroom?
Developing an understanding of maps by creating maps of the classroom.
Lesson 1: Where in the world are we?
Using aerial photographs to investigate and develop knowledge of the local area and school grounds.
