Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- State that the UK stands for the United Kingdom.
- Point to each country in the UK on a map when prompted.
- Verbally identify features within the school grounds.
- Use and respond to directional language.
- State that an aerial photograph is taken from above.
- Recognise some familiar features in aerial photographs.
- Explain that symbols show features on a map.
- Add symbols to a map.
- Identify how places on the school grounds make them feel.
Lessons 2 and 6 require a device to take photographs (one per group).
Suggested prior learning
Exploring maps
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Lessons
Y1/2: Lesson 1 (Cycle B): Where do we live?
Y1/2: Lesson 2 (Cycle B): What is a feature?
Y1/2: Lesson 3 (Cycle B): What is a map?
Y1/2: Lesson 4 (Cycle B): What is an aerial photograph?
Y1/2: Lesson 5 (Cycle B): How are features shown on a map?
Y1/2: Lesson 6 (Cycle B): How do places in school make us feel?
Key skills
- Recognising some physical features
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Key knowledge
- To know that the
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Key vocabulary
aerial photograph
aerial view
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Unit resources
Assessment – Geography Y 1/2 (Cycle B): Where am I?
Assessment – Geography Y 1/2 (Cycle B): Where am I? Assessment resources for this unit. Use
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Knowledge organiser
Knowledge organiser A resource to support Y1/2 pupils
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Key vocabulary
Key vocabulary Subject resources
Policy support
Policy support This document outlines the intent and
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Mixed-age
Long-term plan
Long-term plan
National curriculum mapping
Showing each of the National curriculum's
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Geography: Pupil progression of skills
Progression documents showing how skills and
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Assessment
Assessment A downloadable spreadsheet to record teacher
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Equipment list
Equipment list A list of essential and optional
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Mappingㅤ
This document shows schools how our
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English: Spoken language, reading – comprehension
Music
Computing
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Y1/2: Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place? (Cycle B)
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