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Are we nearly there?

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of We Are Britain Mountains and Major Hills

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Objectives

Geography

  • Name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities of the UK and its surrounding seas.
  • Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key physical features and key human features.
  • Use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognize landmarks and basic human and physical features.
  • Devise a simple map
  • Use and construct basic symbols in a key.

Art

  • Use a range of materials creatively to design and make products.
  • Use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination.

Lesson Planning

How do we know when we’ve reached the summit? From triangulation pillars to more elaborate cairns – what would you design? Take inspiration from Andy Goldsworthy and Antony Gormley.

Teaching Outcomes
 To recognise physical features, hill and mountain summits.
To design a hill or mountain-top marker.

Children will:

  • Find out about markers on hilltop and mountain summits.
  • Look at images of sculpture by artists, including Andy Goldsworthy and Antony Gormley.
  • Design their own sculpture using pebbles and stones.

Provided Resources

  • PowerPoint presentation on Hill top and mountain summit markers

You Will Need

  • Materials to construct a summit marker - Natural materials: pebbles, stones, shingle, slate, sticks, twigs, canes
  • Construction kits: Duplo, Lego (or similar)
  • Wooden bricks
  • Playdough, salt dough or clay
  • Junk modelling

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