Unit 1: Around our school - the local area Section 4: What are our immediate surroundings like?
Objectives
Children should learn:
to describe the features of the local environment
to express views on the features
that changes occur in the locality
Activities
Outcomes
Children:
Walk the children around the local area to identify the main features and changes that are occurring.
Ask the children to complete a simple questionnaire to rate the quality of the features and to present the findings in a suitable way, eg chart, graph, poster or similar.
Ask the children to sketch or photograph a range of attractive and unattractive places and locate these on a large-scale map.
Discuss with the children their favourite place seen on the walk and ask them to write about it, explaining what makes a 'nice' or 'nasty' place.
Divide the children into pairs and ask them to identify a route around the area that visitors could follow to give them a good idea of the character of the place.
use a range of words and pictures to show their views on the quality of the environment
know about changes in their locality
Points to note
Design and technology: observing houses and homes in the local environment and drawing examples of different types of building (Unit
1D 'Homes').
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