Our school from above
I can find the features of my school grounds on an aerial photograph and a map.
Our school from above
I can find the features of my school grounds on an aerial photograph and a map.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Aerial photographs help us identify the main features of a school and its surroundings.
- Geographers go outside to gather information in different ways and we call this fieldwork.
- Geographers use photographs and sketches with labels to share opinions, information and ideas about places.
- We use locational vocabulary to describe where things are. E.g., the location of familiar features in the school ground.
Keywords
Aerial photograph - An aerial photograph is a picture of an object or place that has been taken from above.
Fieldwork - Investigating the outdoors using geographical tools and thinking, and gathering information or data, is known as fieldwork.
Label - A label is a word or phrase added to a map, a photograph or a diagram to identify a feature.
Common misconception
You don't have to be in a field to be doing fieldwork.
Fieldwork means going outside to gather information. Going outside and exploring our school grounds is fieldwork.
To help you plan your year 1 geography lesson on: Our school from above, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 1 geography lesson on: Our school from above, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
Explore more key stage 1 geography lessons from the Local area: where do we go to school? unit, dive into the full secondary geography curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
Cameras needed for fieldwork.
Content guidance
- Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Lesson video
Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
