Learning objective
- To locate and describe the significance of the Great Barrier Reef.
Success criteria
- I can identify
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National curriculum
Geography
Locational knowledge
Pupils should
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Cross-curricular links
Computing
Pupils should be
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Explain that the children will work with a partner to remember what they learnt in the previous lesson. Display the Presentation: High five! and arrange the children in pairs. Allow time for paired discussion.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could answer the first three questions only in the Attention grabber; could use peer or adult support to help with the online research; could use the Activity: Why do oceans matter? (support) to help support writing their paragraph.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should aim to write more comprehensive answers on the Activity: The Great Barrier Reef, including the concept of rising temperatures, bleaching and killing coral reefs.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: identifying the Great Barrier Reef as
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Vocabulary definitions
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coral bleaching
A process which turns coral white, losing its colour.
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coral reef
A large rock structure in the ocean formed by corals.
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In this unit
Assessment - Geography Y5: Why do oceans matter?
Lesson 1: How do we use our oceans?
Lesson 2: What is the Great Barrier Reef?
Lesson 3: Why are our oceans suffering?
Lesson 4: What can we do to help our oceans?
Lesson 5: How littered is our marine environment?: Data collection
Lesson 6: How littered is our marine environment?: Findings
Optional sustainability lesson: What is fast fashion and why is it a problem?
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Last update: 7th January, 2026
Lesson 6: How littered is our marine environment? – Findings
Presenting data on a digital map and pie chart to analyse and evaluate.
Lesson 4: What can we do to help our oceans?
Learning about ways to keep our oceans healthy and beginning to plan fieldwork.
Lesson 5: How littered is our marine environment? – Data collection
Collecting data in a marine environment.
Optional sustainability lesson: What is fast fashion and why is it a problem?
Exploring the impact of fast fashion by discussing sustainability and the waste hierarchy; evaluating ways...
