This Geography scheme of work video guides teachers through a Year 1 fieldwork lesson in which pupils explore their feelings about different areas of their playground. Using an enquiry-based approach, children gather data through visual responses and basic questionnaires to reflect on how the environment meets their needs.

Teachers are supported in setting up the enquiry, identifying three key playground features with the class, and modelling how to record pupils’ feelings using happy or sad face sticky notes. The video explains how this practical task is followed by a classroom-based discussion and a simple questionnaire activity to help pupils consider why they do or do not enjoy certain areas.

Photographs and a playground map are used to support analysis and help children visualise how their peers felt about different spaces. This lesson builds the foundations for understanding data collection and will feed into a follow-up session where pupils use their findings to propose improvements.

See more of our Year 1 and Year 2 Geography scheme of work.

• Geography, Year 1, What is it like here?, Lesson 5: How do we feel about our playground?
• Geography, Y1/2 (A), What is it like here?, Y1/2 (A): Lesson 5: How do we feel about our playground?