In this Geography video, teachers are supported in delivering a Year 1/2 lesson that combines fieldwork, map skills and emotional reflection. The children explore their school environment, identifying how different places make them feel and recording these responses on a map using emoji-style symbols.

Working in small, adult-supervised groups, they visit their chosen locations and take photos to share and discuss later. The children then plot these places on a simple aerial sketch map using emotion symbols, reinforcing their understanding of space, location and representation.

The lesson can take place outdoors or be adapted for indoor learning. Teachers are encouraged to use satellite imagery to create sketch map bases that reflect the current school grounds accurately.

This video is part of Kapow Primary’s Geography videos, designed to introduce pupils to geography in meaningful, relatable ways.

See more of our Geography Mixed-age schemes of work.

• Geography, Y1/2 (B), Where am I?, Y1/2 (B): Lesson 6: How do places in school make us feel?
• Geography, Mixed-age, Y1/2 (B), Where am I?