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Where do you live?

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Local Studies: Our School and Local Area Our Homes

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Objectives

Geography

  • Use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study key human and physical features of their homes and surrounding environment.

Lesson Planning

Use Google earth and hand drawn map of the local area around the school to locate homes and significant local buildings. Mystery - was that a second Little Pig?

Teaching Outcomes
 To learn your own address and locate your home on a map.

Children will:

  • Become more familiar with their locality.
  • Build up a map of locality and locate their own home on map.
  • Learn their address including postcode.
  • Write letter to someone at home and post.

Provided Resources

This session does not need any provided resources.

You Will Need

  • Small sticky label for each child
  • Large hand drawn map of local area
  • Felt tip pens
  • Letter writing paper, envelope and stamp for each child
  • Each address for each child to copy
  • Toy pig from Three Little Pigs story sack

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