Check it! - Blackpool - Year 5

The educational materials from Focus Education delve into the fascinating growth of Blackpool, one of the UK's most beloved seaside resorts. Aimed at Year 5 students, the resources encourage regular review of learning to solidify understanding. Various engaging strategies are suggested to help children consolidate their knowledge, such as 'Brain dump!', where they can spill all they know, 'Give me FIVE!', prompting them to list five related facts, or adding to their mind maps to visually organize information. Other methods include 'Expand and Elaborate', which pushes students to provide more detail, and 'Retrieval Pyramids', a structured way to recall information.

Through these activities, students explore both the human and physical geography of Blackpool, understanding its allure and the reasons behind its popularity as a seaside destination. They are encouraged to list five reasons people visit Blackpool and to identify five geographical features of the resort. Additional exercises ask students to expand on their knowledge of Blackpool, including its location in the North West of England, and to compare it with other UK seaside resorts. They also delve into the history of the surrounding area, including towns that celebrated 'Wakes' holidays and the motorways in the North West. The educational tasks culminate in a challenge for students to name five of Blackpool's attractions, explain the importance of supporting coastlines, and discuss why Blackpool has remained a major resort, with the expectation that all pupils can tackle the more challenging questions as they progress.