A holiday is a planned break from work or school.

A tourist is someone who who travels to a different place from where they live for a holiday.

A destination is a place that someone or something travels or is sent to.

Going on holiday to Jamaica

Geography

This unit provides a foundation for 'Europe: How diverse are its landscapes and places' and 'Europe: What is it like to live in northern Italy', which further extend pupils’ knowledge and understanding of distant places and how to investigate them at continental and regional scales.

This unit builds on 'The UK: What kind of place is is?' and 'Local area: Why is (our place) special', extending and deepening pupils’ place knowledge and understanding through the study of Jamaica and a specific small Jamaican locality. It develops geographical vocabulary and skills, enabling pupils to identify similarities and differences.

Contrasting locality: what is it like to live in Jamaica/Tanzania?

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

What would you not pack for a holiday to Jamaica?

Which two of these are reasons why someone might go on holiday?

Jamaica's __________ is a popular place for tourists to swim, sail and snorkel.

What is a type of ship that people travel, sleep and eat on during holidays to places by the sea?

What would a tourist not do on holiday to Jamaica?

Which two of these are possible problems that tourism might cause? 

Which photograph shows a holiday destination in Jamaica?

someone who travels to a different place from where they live for a work

someone who travels to a different place from where they live for a holiday

someone who travels to a different place from where they live for a school

If you are travelling back from a holiday in Jamaica, what will your destination be?

The weather in Jamaica is {{}}, wet or windy

What ocean would you cross to travel to Jamaica from the UK?

Which continent would you be travelling to if you went on holiday to Jamaica?

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Adult supervision recommended

Starter Quiz