Year OneGeography | Year One | Our School | Where Is Our School? | Lesson 3

Our School

Geography

Where Is Our School?

Success Criteria

Aim• I can locate our school in our local area.

• I can say 2 (or more) key features of a map.

• I can find (locate) our school on a street map using computing and I can tell my partner 3 places/buildings which are nearby.

• I can compare distances and understand where home and school are located.

Key Words

map address compass direction

scale

locate

compare

distancestreet map

Address Jumble!

There has been a mix up at the local Post Office! Disaster!

The lines of the school address have been jumbled up and the local Post Office need your help to make sure the school post

gets to the right place!

Sort the lines of the school address in the right order.

Using glue, stick the address on the front of the envelope.Design your own postage stamp!

Marvellous Maps!

What is a map?

What different maps can we

use?

ChallengeHow do we use a

map?

A World Map

A Map of the UK

A Street Map

Map data ©2014 Google

Theme Park Map

Photo courtesy of foilman (@flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licence - attribution

Maps for Transport

Photo courtesy of Sparkyscrum (@flickr.com)-granted under creative commons licence-attribution

How Can We Find Our School

on a Map?

What Are the Special Things about Maps?

Maps have a title: ‘Street Map of Sheffield’.

Street Map of Sheffield

Maps sometimes have a key: Objects/ important things on a map are shown by symbols. A key helps us understand these symbols.

Maps sometimes use colour to show important things.

Maps sometimes have a compass to show direction.

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Where Is Our School?

In this lesson you will be using your skills from Computing lessons!

Work in pairs to open up the Google

Maps website.

Work together to find your school as you were shown in the

main lesson.

Use the Activity Sheet to answer the different

questions together.

What Have You Learnt Today?

Can you...

say 2 (or more!) key features of a map?

find (locate) our school on a street map and tell your partner 3

places/buildings which are nearby?

compare distances and understand where your home and school

are?

My Map

Using the map you have printed:

Can you find your home address?

Is your home near or far from school?

Can you put a circle around 2 places that

you like?

E.g. The Park, Leisure Centre for Swimming lessons.