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QCA

Geography at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 1)

Unit 1: Around our school - the local area

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Objectives

Section 1: Where do I live? Where do other pupils live?
Children should learn:
  • that all pupils have a personal address and that they travel to school

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Section 2: Where is the school? How do I get to school?
Children should learn:
  • their sense of place in relation to home and school
  • to describe a route

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Section 3: What can we see in the streets around our school?
Children should learn:
  • to recognise some of the physical and human features in their locality
  • to understand some of the ways in which the features are used

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Section 4: What are our immediate surroundings like?
Children should learn:
  • to describe the features of the local environment
  • to express views on the features
  • that changes occur in the locality

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Section 5: What jobs do people do in our locality?
Children should learn:
  • to identify some of the uses of land and buildings in their locality
  • to understand that these uses are linked to the work people do

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Section 6: How do people spend their leisure time?
Children should learn:
  • about the need for leisure activities and the types of facilities available

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Section 7: Are there any changes taking place in our area?
Children should learn:
  • how places change for better or worse over time

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Section 8: General points to note
Children should learn:

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1. Where do I live? Where do other pupils live?
2. Where is the school? How do I get to school?
3. What can we see in the streets around our school?
4. What are our immediate surroundings like?
5. What jobs do people do in our locality?
6. How do people spend their leisure time?
7. Are there any changes taking place in our area?
8. General points to note