New
New
Year 1

Our school

I can talk about my school and different places in its buildings and grounds.

New
New
Year 1

Our school

I can talk about my school and different places in its buildings and grounds.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Each school has a name that tells it apart from others.
  2. There are names for the different school buildings and parts of the grounds such as playground, field, etc.
  3. The address of the school includes its name, the road, the suburb or village and possibly a town or city.
  4. Maps and addresses tell us where a place is located.

Common misconception

All schools look the same.

Many schools have the same key features and complete similar activities but don't all look the same.

Keywords

  • School - A school is a place people go to for their education.

  • Address - An address is the name of a place with a postcode and other information such as street and town names to help you locate where it is.

Replace the Oak information with information about your own school as it is a local area study. Enter the details about your school in the feedback for Task A and your school's address for Task B.
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6 Questions

Q1.
A school is ...
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: a place you learn.
Correct answer: a place where you meet friends.
a place where you buy things.
Correct answer: a place where you play.
Q2.
Do all schools look exactly the same?
Correct answer: No
Yes
Q3.
Do all schools have a name?
Correct Answer: Yes, Yeah
Q4.
A school has:
Correct answer: pupils
Correct answer: houses
Correct answer: teachers
shops
Correct answer: playgrounds
Q5.
Some key places in a school include:
a cinema
Correct answer: playgrounds
Correct answer: a dinner hall
Correct answer: classrooms
a park
Q6.
An address ...
tells you which way to go.
Correct answer: helps you find the exact place of a building.
tells you how old a building is.

6 Questions

Q1.
The main purpose of a school is to ...
hide.
Correct answer: learn.
sleep.
Q2.
Schools are all different in:
Correct answer: shape
Correct answer: colour
Correct answer: smell
Correct answer: touch
Correct answer: size
Q3.
All schools have a name so you can tell them apart from others.
No
Correct answer: Yes
Q4.
An address gives the exact place of:
Correct answer: a school
something moving
a car
Correct answer: a building
Q5.
Old Kenton Lane is an example of ...
Correct answer: the road a school is on.
the local area of a school.
the town a school is in.
the postcode of a school.
Q6.
Some key features of a school include:
Correct answer: buildings
shops
Correct answer: playgrounds or green spaces