Lesson video

Hi everyone.

And welcome back with me, Miss Browne.

We are now on lesson four of our unit all about London in the United Kingdom.

And you've done loads of amazing learning so far about the countries in the United Kingdom, and about the history of London last time.

And today we're going to look at London in a little bit more detail.

We're going to look at how do people travel around London? Let's take a look.

So our leading question today is, how do people move around London? I wonder if you've got any ideas.

If you do tell your screen.

Oh, you've got lots of methods of transport that people might use to move around London.

Let's have a look.

In this lesson, you will need an exercise book or some paper, a pencil and your brain.

So if you don't have any of those things, pause the video now and go and get them.

Great, well done.

And here is what we are learning today.

Today we are learning.

What was the transport like in London in the past? What is present day transport in London like? That's transport now.

A little bit about the mayor of London, who is a very important person.

We're going to think a little bit about how can we ensure that we've got clean transport.

And then we're going to do some work on the London underground.

So we've got lots of learnings do, so make sure your brain is ready to go.

Star words, star words, star words.

Transport is a way to move around, okay.

So transport, transport.

Transports are things like taxis, or it could be buses, or it could be your feet.

It's how you can move from one place to another.

Transport, transport.

Mayor, mayor.

Mayor's are in charge of big cities and areas.

Mayor, mayor.

Underground, underground.

Underground is the name of trains that go underground! Well done.

So when we talk about the underground, in this example, we mean the underground as in what some people call in London, the tube.

Okay, so it's trains that go underground.

Underground, underground.

Great job.

So first of all, have a look at these pictures for me.

What can you see? Tell your screen.

I can see lots of you saying that you can see a horse over here.

This is what's called a horse drawn carriage.

And in London, in the past people used horse drawn carriages to get around.

Okay, so you would sit in the back and then you'd have somebody controlling the horse and they'd sit just here.

And then the horse would trot around.

But what do you think it would be like to be in a horse drawn carriage? Tell your screen.

Yeah, you're right! It will be very bumpy, wouldn't it? Because the horse is going clip, clop, clop, clop, clip, clop.

So it wasn't a very good means, way, means of transport.

There were two other means of transport that people used.

One was to move things along the river in London.

Now we learned about the natural features of England and we learned the name of the river in London.

What was the name of it? Good! The River Thames, the River Thames.

And so people used to use, used to have boats on the River Thames.

That would help them to transport, to take things from one place to another.

Items, maybe goods.

They might transport people.

So the River Thames was a really, really key method.

And then they also introduced canals.

And so canals are man made bodies of water.

So here in the picture, you can actually see a canal.

Okay? So people built canals, so that they could transport goods and people around the city of London.

So in the past, London used the River Thames to help them transport things.

They used canals, and they used horse drawn carriages.

And also, as ever, people could use their feet! Because walking is a great means of transport to get from one place to the next.

So now let's look at transport in London.

Now I've got three pictures.

I wonder, can you point to each one and tell your screen what you think it is? Good job! The first one is a taxi! Taxi.

Good.

The next one is a bus.

And more specifically, you can see that it's got two floors.

You've got the floor at the bottom and the floor at the top.

So it's called a double decker bus.

Double decker bus.

I'm sure you've learned, or maybe you've seen a double decker bus before.

But two decks are the two floors, a double decker bus.

And this last one is the underground in London.

Some people call it the tube.

Underground.

Underground.

Tube.

Tube.

Well done.

So we've got taxis, buses, double decker buses in this picture, the underground or tube.

And we've got two more here.

Can you name what you think these are? Good job! The one on the left is called, is a river boat and it's called a river bus.

River bus.

And that means that like in the past, when people used to travel right down the River Thames to get to different places.

You can still do that now using the river bus.

And these are bikes.

Bikes.

And these are bicycles, and they're all over London and you can hire them for 30 minutes.

You can hire them for longer.

And it's a really fun way of getting around London.

I think that these red bikes are my favourite mode of transport in London.

Okay, so now we've learned five modes of transport.

We've learned taxis, buses, underground, river bus, bicycles.

And now we're going to think about what are the pros.

That means the good things.

Can you go pro? And cons.

You're turn.

Which are the bad things of the different modes of transport.

Sometimes it's helpful to know what are the good things and what are the not so good things about the different modes of transport, the different types of transport.

So you could choose which one to use.

So with a taxi, the good thing about a taxi is that it can take you straight to your door.

So with a taxi, it can take you, it can pick you up at your house, if you live in London and it can take you straight to somebody else's house.

Or maybe to a park that you want to visit, or it could maybe take you to a shop you need to go to, so you don't have to do any walking.

You can just get in a taxi and it will take you take you straight there.

However, the not such good sides of taxis is that that very expensive, okay.

Because it's really convenient.

That means they're really easy to use.

They're a little bit more expensive.

And also in London, there is lots of traffic.

That means lots of cars that make the roads really busy.

So the bad things with taxis is if there's lots of traffic it can take you a really long time to get from the place where you started to the place where you want to go.

Next one is our double decker bus.

Now the good thing about a double decker bus is you can see the sights of London.

I have to say my favourite spot on a double decker bus is sitting just here.

Cause you got an amazing view of the world that is going past the windows.

And you can see in my image that there are lots of things to see in London.

And we're going to learn about those in lesson five.

So that's the good thing about buses.

The bad thing about buses is that they are very slow.

Because they have to do lots of stops so that people can get on and people can get off.

But also if there's traffic, like we have with taxis, that can really slow the buses up.

So buses aren't super speedy, but they're really lovely way to travel.

If you want to be able to see lots of London.

Often people who visit London, we call them tourists, take buses so they can see the sites going on outside the window.

Now we've got the underground.

Underground.

Let's have a look.

So some good things at the underground is that it is really fast.

There is no traffic to deal with on the underground, because all of the different trains have their own railways to go along, okay.

So they have their own tracks to go on.

So there isn't any traffic, which is really good.

And it means that you can get from one place to the next really speedily.

However, often they're really crowded.

Lots of people like to take the tube because it's really fast, and that means there are often lots and lots of people, particularly if you travel early in the morning, or in the evening.

That's when lots of people are travelling to work.

So it gets really busy, and you often have to squeeze together.

So it's not very comfortable So, underground.

Good thing, is that it's really fast.

Bad thing, is that there are lots of people.

Now we've got the river bus.

River bus.

Now I wonder.

You're right, if you take the river bus, you can see lots of sites.

Lots of the sites that actually you can see over here, are really easily seen from the river.

For example, the London Eye and Big Ben, you can see from the river.

So it can be a really nice way to see the sites.

However, it's not very.

Oh, sorry team.

I was going to say, it's not very fast.

Which is true, but also it is a little bit expensive and it doesn't come all the time.

So the good thing about underground for example, is they come every few minutes.

But the river bus is not quite like that.

There are bigger gaps between them, and they're quite expensive.

Finally, my favourite mode of transport is the bikes.

Okay? Now the bike scheme is really good because it's fast.

You can get on your bicycle and you can go round the traffic so you can get to where you're going really quickly.

And also you can see the sites really well cause you can cycle pass them.

But you have to obviously be really careful because riding a bike, you need to know the rules of the road so that you can do it safely.

And you need to remember to wear a helmet, to keep yourself safe.

So bikes are a really good mode of transport, but we do need to be really aware of keeping ourselves safe while we're on bikes in London.

Because London is a really busy city.

Right.

So all of these places are in fact, all of these modes of transport are run by a company called Transport for London, and they plan the routes, and they make sure the travel is safe, and it's running as usual.

And there are some signs that you can look out for when you're in London to work out what mode of transport can I use here? I wonder if you can help me out.

Which one do you think tells you that you can use a bike near here? Good job, the blue bicycle! Which one do you think is the taxi? Good job, the purple taxi! Which one do you think is the sign that there is an underground nearby? Yeah, this is a really famous sign.

And you can see, and I can read it to you, this says underground.

Which one's the river bus? Good job, this one! And which one is walking? The yellow one over here! That brings us on to an activity.

I'd like you to match together, either by drawing on your piece of paper, or by joining with your finger on the screen, which of these symbols links to which of these pictures.

Let me help you do the first one.

This one I think is a taxi.

So it links to this picture over here of a taxi.

Pause the video now and do the other two.

Well done.

Did you get it? This one is the river bus, that's this picture over here.

And this one is a bicycle, so we need to go all the way over here to the bikes.

I've got two more for you.

Pause the video now.

Off you go! Well done! This one is the? Underground, great job! And this one is? Walking, pedestrians.

We sometimes call them people who use their feet, pacing, walking over here.

Now we're going to learn about the mayor of London.

Remember I said, the mayor is somebody very, very important in a city, and the surrounding areas.

And the mayor of London is a man called Sadiq Khan.

Sadiq Khan.

And he is in charge of transport for London.

And one of the things that Sadiq Khan said that is really important is that we think about the environment, and we think about how can we ensure that we have clean air in London, and what transport, what modes of transport can we use? So you can see in this image, we want to be able to breathe this clean air.

We don't want to breathe really polluted air.

Because it's not very good for us.

And it's not very good for our environment, and the animals and the birds that live in it.

So Sadiq Khan's been really thinking about how can we have clean transport, that gives us clean air? Now which modes of transport that we've gone through do you think might be the cleanest? Tell your screen.

Good job.

Well done! Cycling is really clean.

There's no fuel produced.

And the power to go comes from your feet, going around on the pedals.

And walking is also a really good means of transport, because you can just use your feet to walk from one place to the next.

Do you think taxis are a clean mode of transport? You're right.

No, not all of them.

Some of them are electric, and that is much better for the environment, but lots of them are not and they use fuel.

So they're not a good, they're not a very clean mode of transport.

What about buses? Do you think that's a clean mode of transport, or not a clean mode of transport? You're right! I think some of you probably said, yes, it's clean! And some of you said, no, it isn't! And you're right because there are some buses that are electric.

And Sadiq Khan's made a big plan to make lots more of our buses electric.

But some of them are not electric, so they're not very good for the environment.

But lastly, do you think it's better to use public transport or to get in your own car? Maybe you have a car in London.

Which do you think is better? To use public transport.

If everybody used their own car, then there will be so many cars on the road and all of them are producing pollution, okay? You can see pollution in my picture here, it comes out of the exhaust pipe of this car in my picture.

And that is not a good mode of transport.

So the best option is to cycle or walk.

And after that the buses and taxis are, buses are okay, but they're not great.

Taxis are not very good for the environment.

And neither is driving your own car.

Team, I wonder, can you write down two clean modes of transport in this column.

You might want to draw a line down the middle of your page.

And can you write down or draw two not clean modes of transport on this side of the page? Pause the video now, off you go.

Well done.

I wonder what you have in clean transport.

You might have done somebody walking and you might've done somebody cycling, okay? In not clean transport.

You might've drawn taxis, you might have drawn somebody using their own car.

You also might have to run buses.

Probably buses should go in the middle, okay? So some of them are clean, and some of them are not as clean.

And so maybe if they go in the middle, you can show that both of those things are clear.

If you've drawn a bus on one side, you might want to move it into the middle now.

Pause the video.

Well done.

Now we are looking at the London Underground, and we are looking at a map of the London Underground, which is very exciting.

Now the London Underground has lots of different lines, and I've got one line on the screen here, okay? This is called the Central Line.

Central Line.

And it is the red line.

And you can see that it goes to lots of different places.

I've got a little challenge for you.

I wonder, can you find the station called Bank? Bank.

Can you have a look and point to it on your screen? Pause the video.

Did you find it? It's just over here.

Now I've got another one for you.

Could you find the station called West Acton? West.

West Acton.

Acton.

Can you have a look? It's over here.

Now I've got one more challenge for you on this one.

Imagine I start at Notting Hill gate, and I go to Marble Arch, which is just here.

So I'm going to Notting Hill gate, the white dot, to Marble Arch.

How many stops do I have to go? Can you put your finger on Notting Hill gate? And can you see how many jumps you need to do to get to Marble Arch and then tell your screen? Off you go.

Good job! It's three, isn't it? I've got one, two, three stops until I get to Marble Arch.

What about if I'm at North Acton, and I'm going to Greenford? So put your finger on North Acton, this one here.

And count how many jumps to get to Greenford.

Off you go.

Good job! It's three again, isn't it? One, two, three.

You are so good at this.

I think it's time for us to add in a few more underground lines.

Here we go.

I've added in some more.

I've added in the Jubilee line, the Victoria line, the Piccadilly line, and the Northern line.

And what you can see is the lines often cross each other.

When a line cross each other like we've got here at Green Park.

That means that you might've been on the blue line, but now you want to get on the grey line, to go to somewhere different, and you can change at these stations.

You can change at these stations.

So it's a really good way of travelling, because you can get on a couple of different lines to get to where you want to go.

And we said about the underground that it was very fast! But the downside was that it was very, crowded or full of people.

Well done! And now we're going to look at the whole tube map.

Look at all the colours! Can you see all the different lines that we've got? Okay, I'm going to set you a new counting challenge.

This one's a little bit more tricky cause there are more lines.

I would like you to follow the green line.

Put your finger on the green line from South Kensington.

Put your finger here.

Good job.

How many stops is it to Westminster? And Westminster is this one just here.

So you might want to put one finger on Westminster, and one finger on South Kensington, and then count the number of stops.

So, one finger on South Kensington, do that for me now.

Good job.

One finger on Westminster.

Good job.

Now count the number of stops.

Off you go Tell your screen.

Oh, well done.

We've got one, two, three, four stops.

Oh, you're so good at this.

I'm going to try another one.

Where should we go? Let's go to the Northern.

No, let's go, let's stay on the green line.

And we're going to go a little bit farther along.

Can you put your finger on Temple? It's just here.

And then can you put your finger on Tower Hill, over here? How many stops to get from Temple to Tower Hill? Off you go.

How many? Five, well done! On Temple, we've got one, two, three, four, five! Wow team, you are ready to go on the London underground! You're so good at working out how to get from one stop to another.

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Team, thank you so much for your amazing learning today.

And I will see you in lesson five! Bye!.