Lesson video

Hello.

My name is Ms. Chorekdjian.

I'm so excited to be learning with you today.

I'll be helping you with your geography lesson.

We're going to have such a great time learning together in this lesson.

Let's start our learning journey.

Welcome to today's lesson from our local area unit called Where Do We Go To School? This lesson is called Our School and you'll be learning to talk about your school and different places and its buildings and grounds.

We will be focusing on exploring our school grounds and getting to know the buildings and features better.

I've used examples and pictures from my school, which is called Oak Primary School, to help you think about your own school.

Some of the learning is brand new, but I'm here to help you.

This links back to our previous learning that you might have done exploring your local area and your school as a special place.

I'm really excited to get started.

I hope you are too.

The key words we'll be using today are school and address, and we'll be learning more about them throughout our lesson.

Let's do my turn, your turn.

School, school.

Address, address.

Well done.

I want you to be using these keywords throughout our lesson as well.

Every time you or your partner uses a keyword, I want you to give yourselves a thumbs up like this.

These are the learning cycles we'll be working through together in today's lesson.

First, we'll be looking at what a school is.

Then we'll be learning about what an address is and thinking about our school's address.

Finally, we'll be thinking about the key parts of a school.

Are you ready to start your learning today? Fantastic.

Let's begin.

Schools are places we go to learn.

You might even be learning in one right now.

Here are some images of different schools.

Let's think about what they look like together.

Some of their buildings could be older, others could be newer.

There could only be one floor in your school or more than one floor in your school if your school has an upstairs.

Some schools have taller buildings with more floors and others don't.

Some schools could be tall, others could be shorter.

They could be different in colour and have different parts which are shaped differently.

They could have walls or windows that are maybe round or rectangular.

They're all different in size and shape, but all of them help you with your learning.

Have a look at all of these different schools.

Share your ideas with your class about things that are the same and things that are different with all of these schools.

Pause the video now.

What sort of things did you talk about? Did you notice some of these schools are made with red bricks? Others are made of coloured plastered walls like this yellow one.

Some of these schools are made just out of glass.

Did you talk about their size and how some schools are shorter while others are taller? Some of these schools are square or rectangular and some are round.

I'm sure you had a really good discussion about these schools.

Let's check your learning so far by answering this question.

What is a school? Is it A, a place to eat, B, a place to have fun, or C, a place to learn? What do you think? Pause the video and have a go answering the question.

Did you answer C? That's right.

A school is a place you go to learn.

Well done if you got it right.

You can give yourselves a thumbs up.

Even though schools are all different, they have some of the same key features in their grounds.

We'll learn more about them later.

Before we think about this, we are going to be thinking about what all schools have.

All schools have a name, classrooms where you could be sitting right now, pupils, that's you, and teachers, that's me, and your other teachers that help you with your learning.

Think about the name of your school.

Pause the video and tell your partner or your teacher the name of your school.

Well done.

I'm sure you all know the name of your primary school.

When we're thinking about schools, we want to identify them.

All schools need a name so that you can tell them apart.

Just like telling people apart.

If schools didn't have names, all their posts and important school information would get lost or mixed up.

So it's really important that we can find and identify individual schools.

So let's have a little check here.

This is a true or false question, so you have to think carefully about if something is true or not.

Every school needs a name.

Is that true or false? Pause the video and have a go at that question.

Great, let's look at this question together.

Every school needs a name.

That's true.

Now I want you to justify your answer.

That means you have to explain why.

There's two reasons here.

A, to find it, or B, to tell it apart from others.

Think about which answer explains why it's true that every school needs a name.

Pause the video here and justify your answer.

Yes, that's right.

Every school needs a name to tell it apart from other schools.

The name can help you find the school as well, because we're thinking about names to help identify places.

Let's think about our primary school.

I'm going to use my school, like I mentioned at the start of the video, it's called Oak Primary School.

The uniform is green and the logo is an acorn, which is the seed of an oak tree.

It's named Oak Primary School, because of the oak trees in the area.

Think about your school.

Is it named after a special feature or a historical person? Is it named after a place? Pause the video now and share your ideas as a class.

I'm sure you had a great discussion about the name of your school, the logo, and what it's named after.

It's time for our first task now.

Here is a school building.

I want you to write the name of your school, why it's called that, and write what the logo looks like.

You can also draw your answer as well.

Pause the video and have a go at this task.

Well done.

Here are my answers to task A.

Did you write the name of your school? Mine is called Oak Primary School.

It's named after the oak trees in the local park and its logo is an acorn, which is the seed of an oak tree.

All the pupils are like little acorns, ready to grow into strong, clever oak trees, because of all of the fantastic learning they're doing just like you.

Well done for completing your first task.

Let's continue with today's learning.

Now we're going to think about our school's address.

An address gives the exact place of a building like a house or a school.

This is the address of my primary school, Oak Primary School, 1 Old Kenton Lane, Kingsbury, London, NW9 9ND.

All addresses are different, but they include the same key parts, so let's look at these parts in more detail.

An address includes the name of the school, so mine is called Oak Primary School.

Remember, names or people and places and things are proper nouns, so they need to start with capital letters.

Then we start with a new line after each part of the address.

So next, it's the road that the school is on and the number to help find the position on that road.

So mine is 1 Old Kenton Lane.

Again, it starts with a capital letter.

Next, it's the local area.

My school is in Kingsbury.

Then it's the nearest town or city.

My school is in London.

Both Kingsbury and London are names of places, so they need to start with a capital letter as well.

And finally, it's the post code, which is a group of letters or numbers that help you find the exact place.

So the postcode of my school is NW9 9ND.

And postcodes are always in capital letters as well.

Let's have a check here.

Think about this statement and which part of the sentences below make it true.

An address, A, always moves, B, gives the exact place of a building, C, does not help you find a building, or D, is the same for all buildings.

Pause the video and have a go at this check.

Did you answer B? Well done.

That's right.

An address gives the exact place of a building.

You can give yourself another thumbs up.

Now it's time for task B, which is your second task in today's lesson.

This is an address label.

I'd like you to write the address of your school on the label to help you find it.

Remember to think about the name of the school, the road the school is on and the number, the local area it is in, the nearest town or city, and finally, the postcode.

Remember to use capital letters and to start a new line for each section of the address.

Pause the video and have a go at this task.

Well done for writing your school's address.

Does it look like mine? Did you remember to think about the name of your school, the road the school is on, the local area it is in, the nearest town or city, and finally, the postcode.

Did you remember to use capital letters and to start a new line for each section of the address? If you did, well done.

Good job.

Give yourselves another thumbs up.

You're doing really well in today's lesson.

We're now onto the final part of our lesson.

Now we're going to be thinking about the key parts of a school together.

Most schools will have some or all of these key parts.

Buildings.

Some schools have one building, others have more.

Does your school have a playground? Again, your school might have one or more playgrounds for different classes.

A car park.

Some schools don't have car parks and teachers might need to park on the roads around your school.

Some schools have fields or green spaces to explore or complete forest school activities in.

Some schools might have green spaces and others might not.

Some might also have a wildlife area or a garden that you can plant fruit and vegetables in.

Some schools might have an outdoor gym to keep you healthy.

Your school might also have a quiet garden or seating area for you to enjoy while you're outside.

Your school might also have some sports facilities, like a multi-use games area.

Pause the video now and think about all of these features and discuss as a class which of these features your school has.

Remember to think about buildings, playgrounds, a car park, a field or green spaces, a wildlife area or garden, an outdoor gym, a seating area or quiet garden, and sports facilities.

So pause the video now and have a good discussion with your class.

Great.

I'm sure you had a good discussion about the key parts of your school.

We can find these key features on a map.

My school, Oak Primary School, has buildings, a playground.

It has a car park, a wildlife area or garden, green spaces, and a field to explore.

It has an outdoor gym, seating area, and it also has sports facilities too.

Right, let's have a little check here.

You can choose two options from this list.

The key parts of a school include A, buildings, B, shops, or C, playground? Pause the video now and choose two answers.

Let's check which two you chose.

Did you choose buildings and playground? That's right.

Well done.

You can give yourselves another thumbs up.

Let's think about why pupils like yourselves might like their school.

I've asked some of my pupils from Oak Primary School to say why they like my school.

One pupil said, "I like my school, because it has a nature garden." Another pupil said, "I like my school, because it has a climbing frame in the playground." Someone else said, "I like my school, because it has places for me to sit." And another pupil said, "I like my school, because it has an outdoor gym." Think about why you like your school.

Pause the video and share your ideas as a class.

Great.

That last discussion will really help you with your final task in today's lesson.

Here it is, task C.

You have to think about the key parts of your school.

I'd like you to draw a picture of your school and to write all the key parts of your school.

Then I would like you to explain why you like your school.

There's a little sentence starter there to help you.

"I like my school, because.

." Pause the video and have a go at this task.

Well done.

Here's an example of my task C and I'm sure yours all look brilliant.

I've drawn my school, Oak Primary School, in the middle, and I've written the key parts around it, like the main building, my favourite play equipment, the garden, and a bench that I like sitting on.

I've also written a sentence about why I like my school.

I've said, "I like my school, because it has an outdoor gym." I'm sure you had a really great discussion and you've done some fantastic learning explaining the key parts of your school and why you like your school.

Well done.

You can give yourselves another big thumbs up.

We've come to the end of our lesson now.

Let's just go through a summary of the learning that we've completed together today.

We've learned that schools are places you go to learn.

We've learned that every school has a name, so you can tell them apart.

And every school has an address to help you find its location.

We've also talked about some of the key parts of schools, things like buildings, car park, playground, play equipment, nature area, green spaces, seating area, outdoor gym, and sports facilities.

Your school might have all of these key features or only some of them.

Your school might have key features that aren't listed here as well.

You've had some really great discussions and you've been really fantastic with your learning today.

Give yourselves one last thumbs up and well done for joining me today and to share your learning with me.

See you next time for more geography lessons soon.

Bye!.