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Walk around our locality!

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

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Objectives

Geography

  • Use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of their school and its grounds, plus the key human & physical features of its surrounding environment.
  • Use simple compass directions (North, South, East and West) and locational and directional language (near and far; left and right) to describe the location of features and routes on a map.

English

  • Composition: Children write in sentences by composing the sentence orally before writing it, sequencing sentences to form short narratives.
  • Evaluate writing by reading to teacher/other children.
  • Revise and correct.
  • Read aloud what they have written with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear.

Lesson Planning

Work together to produce a trail around the locality. What sounds might you hear on your way? Celebrate learning with a presentation to parents and carers.

Teaching Outcomes
To write recounts to accompany photos of the locality and arrange to create a walk around the local area

Children will:

  • Write recount, describing a place in the locality, arrange recounts in order to create a local walk/trail.
  • Give directions to assist participants to find their way around trail, produce I-SPY clues.
  • Create soundscape to accompany photos ‘Street Sounds’.
  • Participate in a presentation of ‘Street Sounds’ and recounts that explain and celebrate their learning.

You Will Need

  • A4 size photos of local area taken over course of this topic
  • A3 stiff paper (pre-prepared with hole punch to make class book)
  • Treasury tags
  • Small white boards to compose drafts

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