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QCA

Geography at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 3)

Unit 7: Weather around the world
Section 1: Why do people go on holiday? Where have we been on holiday?

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • to investigate places
  • to use and interpret globes, atlases and maps

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Discuss with the class why people go on holiday, identifying weather as an important factor.
  • Ask the children to identify places they have visited on holiday on a world map and globe, reporting on weather and leisure activities.
  • locate and describe places they have visited

Sections in this unit

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1. Why do people go on holiday? Where have we been on holiday?
2. Where are hot and cold places located on a world map?
3. Where can we go on holiday? How will we get there?
4. What is the place like? How is it similar to, and different from, our locality?
5. How do we decide what we need to take with us?
6. What will the weather be like? How will it affect what we do?
7. Which places have we 'visited'?
8. General