My Local Area
Unit
Geography
Year 1
Focus Education
Geography Unit Description
Editable presentation
Group work
Active
Discussion based learning
Year 1 Geography unit, My Local Area 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. My Local Area has been constructed in accordance with the National Curriculum.
Unit contents
Overview Documents
Long-term overview
Resource
Geography
Y1
The Long-term overview for the unit My local area from Focus Education
Knowledge organiser
Resource
Geography
Y1
The Knowledge organiser for the unit My local area from Focus Education
Progression pedagogy
Resource
Geography
Y1
The Progression pedagogy for the unit My local area from Focus Education
Link it! Prior knowledge
Resource
Geography
Y1
Link it! Prior knowledge is the set of initial activities that should be used to introduce the unit My local area from Focus Education, it will allow pupils to link the upcoming learning to their existing skills and knowledge
Lessons
1. How do we use maps to locate the four countries of the UK, their capital cities and the main seas that surround the UK?
Lesson
Geography
Y1
Year 1 Geography lesson from the unit My local area. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How do we use maps to locate the four countries of the UK, their capital cities and the main seas that surround the UK?'
2. What is an address and postcode, and why are they important?
Lesson
Geography
Y1
Year 1 Geography lesson from the unit My local area. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What is an address and postcode, and why are they important? '
3. How do we use a local map to find the streets around the school?
Lesson
Geography
Y1
Year 1 Geography lesson from the unit My local area. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How do we use a local map to find the streets around the school?'
4. What do the road signs tell us?
Lesson
Geography
Y1
Year 1 Geography lesson from the unit My local area. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What do the road signs tell us?'
5. What do I know about the nearest town or city to where I live?
Lesson
Geography
Y1
Year 1 Geography lesson from the unit My local area. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What do I know about the nearest town or city to where I live?'
Assessment for Learning Resources
Check it!
Resource
Geography
Y1
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 My local area from Focus Education.
Show it! Group presentation
Resource
Geography
Y1
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 My local area from Focus Education
Know it
Resource
Geography
Y1
Know it - My local area - Year 1' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 1 unit, My local area
Cities and towns in the UK
Resource
Geography
Y1
Cities and towns in the UK' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 1 unit, My local area
Give me 3 - Places in countries of the UK
Resource
Geography
Y1
Give me 3 - Places in countries of the UK' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 1 unit, My local area
3 things you know about each country
Resource
Geography
Y1
3 things you know about each country' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 1 unit, My local area
End of Unit Assessment
Know where I live - Unit Assessment
Resource
Geography
+1
Y1
Know where I live - Unit Assessment is an end of unit assessment by Focus Education, designed to be used as a summative assessment at the end of teaching this Focus unit
Unit contents
Overview Documents
Long-term overview
Resource
Geography
Y1
The Long-term overview for the unit My local area from Focus Education
Knowledge organiser
Resource
Geography
Y1
The Knowledge organiser for the unit My local area from Focus Education
Progression pedagogy
Resource
Geography
Y1
The Progression pedagogy for the unit My local area from Focus Education
Link it! Prior knowledge
Resource
Geography
Y1
Link it! Prior knowledge is the set of initial activities that should be used to introduce the unit My local area from Focus Education, it will allow pupils to link the upcoming learning to their existing skills and knowledge
Lessons
1. How do we use maps to locate the four countries of the UK, their capital cities and the main seas that surround the UK?
Lesson
Geography
Y1
Year 1 Geography lesson from the unit My local area. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How do we use maps to locate the four countries of the UK, their capital cities and the main seas that surround the UK?'
2. What is an address and postcode, and why are they important?
Lesson
Geography
Y1
Year 1 Geography lesson from the unit My local area. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What is an address and postcode, and why are they important? '
3. How do we use a local map to find the streets around the school?
Lesson
Geography
Y1
Year 1 Geography lesson from the unit My local area. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How do we use a local map to find the streets around the school?'
4. What do the road signs tell us?
Lesson
Geography
Y1
Year 1 Geography lesson from the unit My local area. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What do the road signs tell us?'
5. What do I know about the nearest town or city to where I live?
Lesson
Geography
Y1
Year 1 Geography lesson from the unit My local area. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What do I know about the nearest town or city to where I live?'
Assessment for Learning Resources
Check it!
Resource
Geography
Y1
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 My local area from Focus Education.
Show it! Group presentation
Resource
Geography
Y1
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 My local area from Focus Education
Know it
Resource
Geography
Y1
Know it - My local area - Year 1' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 1 unit, My local area
Cities and towns in the UK
Resource
Geography
Y1
Cities and towns in the UK' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 1 unit, My local area
Give me 3 - Places in countries of the UK
Resource
Geography
Y1
Give me 3 - Places in countries of the UK' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 1 unit, My local area
3 things you know about each country
Resource
Geography
Y1
3 things you know about each country' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 1 unit, My local area
End of Unit Assessment
Know where I live - Unit Assessment
Resource
Geography
+1
Y1
Know where I live - Unit Assessment is an end of unit assessment by Focus Education, designed to be used as a summative assessment at the end of teaching this Focus unit
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