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Schemes of Work
QCA

Geography at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 3)

Unit 7: Weather around the world
Section 5: How do we decide what we need to take with us?

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • about the effect of weather on human activity

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Ask each group to write a list of what they would pack if they were visiting the chosen destination, taking weather and climate into consideration.
  • understand how weather conditions affect what they will need to take

Points to note

Literacy: during this activity, children can produce lists, revising their purpose and organisation.

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