Lesson video

Hello, again.

Welcome to this geography lesson.

My name is Ms. Roberts.

I'll be your geography teacher for today.

In this lesson, we are going to work together to plan a day out in the amazing city of London.

You're going to think about the different sorts of landmarks you might like to visit, how you would get to London, and how you would get around when you get there.

This is really exciting.

I can't wait to plan my day out in London.

Are you ready? Then let's begin.

By the end of the lesson today, you will be able to explain how to travel to London.

You'll be able to describe the landmarks, you'd like to visit on a day out, and how you'd plan a route around them using maps and geographical vocabulary.

So let's begin with some important key words that you will need to use during this lesson.

Listen closely.

Our first key word is a verb and the verb is travel.

Can you say travel? Good job.

Well done.

To travel somewhere is to make a journey from one place to another.

Our next key word is not a verb, but it does contain the word travel.

The next key word is travel guide.

Can you say travel guide? Good job.

A travel guide is a book or an online resource that tells you about what to do when you are visiting a place.

The next key keyword is route.

Can you say route? Well done.

A route shows the starting point and the end point of a journey, and sometimes it shows you the stops in between as well.

Our next keywords, the last keyword for today, is flight.

Can you say flight? Well done.

A flight is a journey on an aeroplane.

You'll be able to use these words yourself to talk about planning a trip to London.

So let's get started with the first part of our lesson today.

Let's go to London.

Here is a photograph of London.

London is the capital city of the UK and it is a very popular tourist destination.

People travel to visit London from within the UK and from other countries too.

There are many different ways that people can travel to London.

It is very well connected.

Aisha says that she went to London last summer and she travelled on a coach.

Jacob tells us that his auntie lives in Germany, that's another country, and she took an international flight to London.

Do you remember flight from the key words before? A flight is a journey on an aeroplane.

Sam says that you can catch national flights too.

She has a friend who flew from Northern Ireland to London.

National flights are those within the same country.

International flights are flights from one country to another country.

And Deep says, "And we can catch trains like my friends who took a train all the way from Scotland to London." There are so many different ways to travel to the city, aren't there? People go to visit London for many different reason.

The photographs here show two very well-known London attractions.

They may want to know about London's history or to see important or historical buildings and landmarks.

They may want to see something incredible, like the London Eye.

People may travel there for the entertainment, like the West End Theatres, or to go shopping there or watch a performance.

So here's a multiple choice question about what you know so far.

Which of these modes of transport are you most likely to use if you are going to visit London from another country? A, train, B, bus, or C, plane? Have a think and make your choice.

Let's start in the middle this time.

Did anyone choose B, bus? I didn't choose B.

I didn't choose A either.

Both of those modes of transport travel on land and it would take a long time to travel from one country to another country over land.

It's not impossible, but people are more likely to take a faster route.

The faster route would be by plane.

That's option C.

Well done.

This is an activity about London attractions.

There are list of six attractions in the table.

You've heard about these attractions in this unit, but you can use books or the internet to look them up, if you want to.

Your task is to decide if people visit these attractions because they are historical places, for shopping, because they are a viewpoint or for entertainment.

So you are categorising what the attractions are.

Tick the correct column for each attraction.

You can work with a partner for extra support, if you want to.

Pause the video now while you complete the activity.

Have you finished? Good job.

Let's look at the answers together.

The first attraction on the list are the West End Theatres.

What did you choose for this one? Historical? No.

Shopping? No.

Are they a viewpoint? No.

Are they entertainment? Yes, they are.

West End theatres are where people go to watch performances, like plays on the stage.

How about the Tower of London? Is that a place of entertainment as well? No, it isn't.

The Tower of London is one of the oldest places in London.

It's a castle right in the heart of the city, so this is a historical attraction.

Now there's a clue in the title of the next one.

The Harrods Department Store.

A store is another for a shop.

Harrods is one of the most famous shops in London.

The London Eye gives us another clue because we look with our eyes and this is called the London Eye because it is an amazing viewpoint where you can see across the city of London.

The next attraction is Buckingham Palace.

What type of attraction is this? Is it historical, shopping, a viewpoint, or entertainment? Hmm.

It is a building.

It's been there for a long time and it is one of the palaces owned by the royal family, so I think this is best described as a historical attraction.

What about the last one? The Houses of Parliament.

They have also been standing in London for a very long time.

So yes, they're historical too.

Well done, everyone.

Great job.

Let's move into the second part of our lesson today now.

This is your opportunity to think about how you would plan a day out in London.

London is a very busy place.

There is so much to see and do there.

To make the most of a day in London, you really need to plan a route around the city.

There are several different tools, like maps and travel guides that can help you to do this.

Alex says he has planned a route because he wants to see all of London's famous parks.

This is a photograph of some travel guides.

Travel guides provide you with lots of information about places to go and things to see and do.

You can read a travel guide before you go to visit a new place and that will help you to make decisions about what you want to see and do when you get there.

These travel guides in the photograph are all books, but travel guides can also be smaller leaflets, they can be websites, blogs by people that have been to places, podcasts by people that have been to places, or even phone apps.

When you have decided what you want to see and do, you can locate them on a map.

When you've located them on a map, you can plan the route around the city.

This way, you will get to see as many of the sites as you possibly can in the time that you have in a new place.

This small extract from a map is of the London Underground.

The most popular way to travel around London is by using the London Underground.

You can use a map of all of the tube stations to help you to plan a route between the places you want to visit.

Let's see how well you've been listening about planning a day to London.

I'm going to read a sentence and I would like you to decide if it is true or if it is false.

Planning a route around the city is a good idea when visiting London.

Is that true or is that false? Decide now and make your choice.

Have you decided? I would like to see thumbs up if you think this is true and thumbs down if you think this is false.

Ready? Have you got thumbs up? Well done.

This is definitely true.

Planning a route around the city is a good idea when you are visiting London.

Now, as a geographer, when we make a statement, it's always important that we can explain how we know that what we are saying is right.

So we need to offer some explanation now or some evidence about what we have just said.

I'm going to read you two more sentences and I want you to choose which of those sentences is most helpful in this situation.

Sentence A, says that planning is the only way to get excited about visiting London.

Statement B, says that planning saves time so you can do as much as possible in a day.

Which of those sentences is most helpful here? Have you chosen one? Good.

Did you choose option A? No? I didn't choose option A.

I chose option B.

Option B explains that planning saves time so you can do as much as possible in a day.

London is such a big and busy place.

If we don't plan how to get around and what we want to do, we could spend an entire day just getting lost in the city.

Well done.

Now it's time to do some research.

Here is the list of six attractions that you have just seen earlier in Task A.

You already know a little about what they are, but you are welcome to do some more online research or look in books to help you with this new task.

I want you to choose two of these attractions that you would like to visit.

What do you think a travel guide might say about those two attractions? Remember, travel guides help people to decide what they want to see and do when they visit a new place.

You can do this individually or you can work with a partner for extra support if you want to.

Pause the video now while you complete this task.

You have some excellent suggestions.

Well done.

Laura from Oak Academy is going to share her ideas with us now.

She has chosen the Tower of London and the London Eye as the two attractions that she would most like to visit.

About the Tower of London, she says "That it is a must see in London.

It is a 900-year-old castle in the middle of the city and it is open to visitors every day.

You might even see the crown jewels on your visit." Wow, that makes the Tower of London sound so exciting, doesn't it? I think Laura's done a great job there.

Laura also chose the London Eye.

And about the London eye, she says, "This is a great way to see the sights of London from up high.

Ride on the giant wheel and look at the amazing view of the sights of the city." Wow.

Doesn't that sound like an amazing experience? Well done, Laura.

I think she wrote two excellent paragraphs there.

Great work and well done you as well.

That brings us to the end of this lesson about planning a day trip to London.

We've learned a lot about planning a trip, so let's have a review of everything we've covered in this lesson.

We now know that people from all over the world and from other parts of the United Kingdom choose to visit London.

There are many different ways that we can travel to London.

For example, people can travel by train or on a bus or by taking national or international flights.

There are lots of different types of attractions in London for people to visit.

People visit different attractions for different reasons.

They might want to go for entertainment, to a theatre, or to learn about some history in the Tower of London.

Travel tools like travel guides and maps help people to plan the best route around the places they want to visit.

I'm very excited now about planning a trip to London.

I wonder if I'll go there soon.

Thank you for joining me today.

I'll see you next time.

Bye for now.