1st Grade Geography scheme of work from Focus Education. This scheme has been designed to help you create your own bespoke curriculum but take advantage of the numerous resources that have been produced to support you.The curriculum is built on sequencing knowledge and skills (to include substantive and disciplinary knowledge) and building on prior learning so that each subject creates a narrative. Focus Education have used an enquiry-approach methodology, where possible, so that questions are predominant in most of the units produced.

1st Grade Geography unit, Airports and Train Stations from Focus Education. This unit uses an enquiry-approach methodology, lessons are built around a central question in order to build pupil curiosity and motivate learning. Airports and Train Stations has been constructed in accordance with the National Curriculum.

The Long-term overview for the unit Airports and Train Stations from Focus Education

Long-term overview

Long-term overview - Airports and Train Stations - 1st Grade

The Knowledge organiser for the unit Airports and Train Stations from Focus Education

Knowledge organiser

Knowledge organiser - Airports and Train Stations - 1st Grade

The Progression pedagogy for the unit Airports and Train Stations from Focus Education

Progression pedagogy

Progression pedagogy - Airports and Train Stations - 1st Grade

Link it! Prior knowledge is the set of initial activities that should be used to introduce the unit Airports and Train Stations from Focus Education,  it will allow pupils to link the upcoming learning to their existing skills and knowledge

Link it! Prior knowledge

Link it! Prior knowledge - Airports and Train Stations - 1st Grade

1st Grade Geography lesson from the unit Airports and Train Stations. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Where is your nearest airport and train station?'

1. Where is your nearest airport and train station?

Where is your nearest airport and train station?

1st Grade Geography lesson from the unit Airports and Train Stations. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why do we have to follow certain procedures when we travel by air?'

2. Why do we have to follow certain procedures when we travel by air?

Why do we have to follow certain procedures when we travel by air?

1st Grade Geography lesson from the unit Airports and Train Stations. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What types of jobs are there associated with air travel and train travel?'

3. What types of jobs are there associated with air travel and train travel?

What types of jobs are there associated with air travel and train travel?

1st Grade Geography lesson from the unit Airports and Train Stations. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Where are some of the main airports in the world?'

4. Where are some of the main airports in the world?

Where are some of the main airports in the world?

Check it! is a set of assessment for learning tasks and assessments that should be used to check pupils' understanding of the learning during the course of the unit Airports and Train Stations from Focus Education.

Check it!

Check it! - Airports and Train Stations - 1st Grade

Show it! Group presentation is a group task that should be used to solidify student learning and should be run after the teaching of the lessons contained in the unit Airports and Train Stations from Focus Education

Show it! Group presentation

Show it! Group presentation - Airports and Train Stations - 1st Grade

'Know it! - Airports and Train Stations - 1st Grade' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Airports and Train Stations

Know it!

Know it! - Airports and Train Stations - 1st Grade

'Mini quiz - Airports and Train Stations' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Airports and Train Stations

Mini quiz - Airports and Train Stations

'Car, aeroplane or train?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Airports and Train Stations

Car, aeroplane or train?

'Speak like an expert - Airports and Train Stations' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Airports and Train Stations

Speak like an expert - Airports and Train Stations

'Airports across the world' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Airports and Train Stations

Airports across the world

'Word sorts - Trains and Planes' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Airports and Train Stations

Word sorts - Trains and Planes

'Cops and robbers - What goes on at an airport?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Airports and Train Stations

Cops and robbers - What goes on at an airport?

'Cops and robbers - What goes on at a train station?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Airports and Train Stations

Cops and robbers - What goes on at a train station?

Airports and Train Stations

The Long-term overview for the unit Non European contrast from Focus Education

Long-term overview - Non European contrast - 1st Grade

The Knowledge organiser for the unit Non European contrast from Focus Education

Knowledge organiser - Non European contrast - 1st Grade

The Progression pedagogy for the unit Non European contrast from Focus Education

Progression pedagogy - Non European contrast - 1st Grade

Link it! Prior knowledge is the set of initial activities that should be used to introduce the unit Non European contrast from Focus Education,  it will allow pupils to link the upcoming learning to their existing skills and knowledge

Link it! Prior knowledge - Non European contrast - 1st Grade

1st Grade Geography lesson from the unit Non European contrast. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Where is Kenya and what are its physical features?'

1. Where is Kenya and what are its physical features?

Where is Kenya and what are its physical features?

1st Grade Geography lesson from the unit Non European contrast. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What are the main differences between our climate and that of Kenya?'

2. What are the main differences between our climate and that of Kenya?

What are the main differences between our climate and that of Kenya?

1st Grade Geography lesson from the unit Non European contrast. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What would a day be like in a small African village?'

3. What would a day be like in a small African village?

What would a day be like in a small African village?

1st Grade Geography lesson from the unit Non European contrast. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How different would our diets be if we lived in Africa?'

4. How different would our diets be if we lived in Africa?

How different would our diets be if we lived in Africa?

1st Grade Geography lesson from the unit Non European contrast. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why do Kenyans have to worry more than us about drought? '

5. Why do Kenyans have to worry more than us about drought? 

Why do Kenyans have to worry more than us about drought?

Check it! is a set of assessment for learning tasks and assessments that should be used to check pupils' understanding of the learning during the course of the unit Non European contrast from Focus Education.

Check it! - Non European contrast - 1st Grade

Show it! Group presentation is a group task that should be used to solidify student learning and should be run after the teaching of the lessons contained in the unit Non European contrast from Focus Education

Show it! Group presentation - Non European contrast - 1st Grade

'Know it! - Non-European Contrast - 1st Grade' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Non-European Contrast

Know it! - Non-European Contrast - 1st Grade

'Give me 5 - Kenya' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Non-European Contrast

Give me 5 - Kenya

'Main differences - Non-European place' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Non-European Contrast

Main differences - Non-European place

'Word sorts - Kenya' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Non-European Contrast

Word sorts - Kenya

Non-European Contrast

1st Grade Geography unit, Seaside Study from Focus Education. This unit uses an enquiry-approach methodology, lessons are built around a central question in order to build pupil curiosity and motivate learning. Seaside Study has been constructed in accordance with the National Curriculum.

The Long-term overview for the unit Seaside study from Focus Education

Long-term overview - Seaside study - 1st Grade

The Knowledge organiser for the unit Seaside study from Focus Education

Knowledge organiser - Seaside study - 1st Grade

The Progression pedagogy for the unit Seaside study from Focus Education

Progression pedagogy - Seaside study - 1st Grade

Link it! Prior knowledge is the set of initial activities that should be used to introduce the unit Seaside study from Focus Education,  it will allow pupils to link the upcoming learning to their existing skills and knowledge

Link it! Prior knowledge - Seaside study - 1st Grade

1st Grade Geography lesson from the unit Seaside study. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Where are the nearest seaside resorts to our school?'

1. Where are the nearest seaside resorts to our school?

Where are the nearest seaside resorts to our school?

1st Grade Geography lesson from the unit Seaside study. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What are some of the key human and physical features associated with a seaside resort?'

2. What are some of the key human and physical features associated with a seaside resort?

What are some of the key human and physical features associated with a seaside resort?

1st Grade Geography lesson from the unit Seaside study. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why are hotels, cafes and souvenir shops often found in these resorts?'

3. Why are hotels, cafes and souvenir shops often found in these resorts?

Why are hotels, cafes and souvenir shops often found in these resorts?

1st Grade Geography lesson from the unit Seaside study. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why do some resorts have lighthouses and almost all have RNLI presence? '

4. Why do some resorts have lighthouses and almost all have RNLI presence? 

Why do some resorts have lighthouses and almost all have RNLI presence?

Check it! is a set of assessment for learning tasks and assessments that should be used to check pupils' understanding of the learning during the course of the unit Seaside study from Focus Education.

Check it! - Seaside study - 1st Grade

Show it! Group presentation is a group task that should be used to solidify student learning and should be run after the teaching of the lessons contained in the unit Seaside study from Focus Education

Show it! Group presentation - Seaside study - 1st Grade

'Know it! - Seaside study - 1st Grade' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Seaside Study

Know it! - Seaside study - 1st Grade

'Name the sea' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Seaside Study

Name the sea

'Name that feature' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Seaside Study

Name that feature

'Word sorts - Weather' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Seaside Study

Word sorts - Weather

'Word sorts - Seaside resorts' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Seaside Study

Word sorts - Seaside resorts

'Picture match - Physical geography' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Seaside Study

Picture match - Physical geography

'Cops and robbers - What can you do at the seaside that you cannot do at home? ' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 1st Grade unit, Seaside Study

Cops and robbers - What can you do at the seaside that you cannot do at home?

Seaside Study

1st Grade

Geography

Geography - 1st Grade - Focus Education

Awarded an OBE for Services to Education, Clive Davies has designed and built these schemes around progression and enquiry. Focus Education resources are of the highest educational quality.

Geography - 1st Grade - Focus Education

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