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Beside the seaside, beside the sea

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of We Are Britain Seasides

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Objectives

History

  • Understand changes within living memory.
  • Where appropriate, these should be used to reveal aspects of change in national life.

Geography

  • Name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas.
  • Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key physical features and key human features.
  • Use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the United Kingdom and its countries.

Design and Technology

  • Select from and use a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks.

Lesson Planning

All aboard! Travel to the seaside. Learn through discovery by investigating different exploratory stations. Make a group puppet theatre in preparation for a puppet performance.

Teaching Outcomes
 To begin to understand what a beach holiday is like.
To find capitals in each of the four countries of the UK and name the surrounding seas and popular seaside locations.
Use a range of tools and equipment to make a puppet theatre.

Children will:

  • Begin to understand what a beach holiday is like.
  • Find capitals in each of the four countries, name the surrounding seas and popular seaside locations.
  • Make a simple puppet theatre.

You Will Need

  • Large cardboard box
  • Stanley knife
  • String
  • 2 pillowcases for curtains

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