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Locating places in our school grounds
I can talk about my favourite places to play in the school grounds and locate them on an aerial photograph.
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Year 1
Locating places in our school grounds
I can talk about my favourite places to play in the school grounds and locate them on an aerial photograph.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- We all have opinions on our favourite places to play around school.
- Aerial images and large-scale maps show the main features of a place, e.g. the school grounds.
- Geographers use images, words and maps to help them explain why they like a place and how they use it.
Keywords
School grounds - The school grounds are all the outside spaces at a school.
Aerial photograph - An aerial photograph is a picture of an object or place that has been taken from above.
Common misconception
Everyone has the same favourite area to play.
Everyone has different opinions and can have different favourite areas to play compared to other pupils.
This lesson explores places to play around your school grounds- you could replace the images in the slide deck with your own images of areas to play from your school.
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Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
Starter quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
What are your school grounds?
your classroom
the assembly hall
Q2.
What is fieldwork in geography?
going to play football outdoors
sitting on the field at lunch
Q3.
Why do geographers use maps?
they make good posters
Q4.
How do we put information onto a map?
text
3D pictures
Q5.
How can you find out what local people think about a change to their local area?
read the information to them
tell them your ideas
Q6.
What is this a map of?
your local area
street map of London
Exit quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
Which of these photos is an aerial photograph?
Photo of a playground
Drawing of a slide
Q2.
Which of these might you find in a play area on your school grounds?
the library
the school office
Q3.
Why do you have different areas to play in?
to allow you to take risks
to stop you learning
Q4.
Decide whether these sentences are facts or opinions.
Opinion
Fact
Opinion
Fact
Q5.
It is important to keep yourself when in the school grounds, and look out for each other.
Q6.
Which of these statements will keep you safe?
run off an play on your own
eat the berries from trees as a snack
Q1 image 1 Map Data: Google, © Data 2024 Airbus, Bluesky, Getmapping plc, Infoterra Ltd & Bluesky, Maxar Technologies, The GeoInformation Group