Starter quiz
- What are your school grounds?
- your classroom
- the outside spaces ✓
- the assembly hall
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- What is fieldwork in geography?
- going to play football outdoors
- sitting on the field at lunch
- collecting information from outdoors ✓
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- Why do geographers use maps?
- to locate a place ✓
- to plan a route ✓
- they make good posters
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- How do we put information onto a map?
- symbols ✓
- colour ✓
- text
- 3D pictures
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- How can you find out what local people think about a change to their local area?
- ask them questions ✓
- read the information to them
- tell them your ideas
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What is this a map of?- the world ✓
- your local area
- street map of London
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Exit quiz
- Which of these photos is an aerial photograph?
Photo taken from above ✓
Photo of a playground
Drawing of a slide
- Which of these might you find in a play area on your school grounds?
- the library
- the school office
- a slide ✓
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- Why do you have different areas to play in?
- to support your imagination ✓
- to allow you to take risks
- to help team work ✓
- to stop you learning
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- Decide whether these sentences are facts or opinions.
- I like playing on the slide.⇔Opinion ✓
- It is raining.⇔Fact ✓
- I like playing with my friends.⇔Opinion ✓
- Today it is Monday.⇔Fact ✓
- It is important to keep yourself ______ when in the school grounds, and look out for each other.
- 'safe' ✓
- Which of these statements will keep you safe?
- use any equipment correctly ✓
- run off an play on your own
- be careful not to trip on tree roots ✓
- eat the berries from trees as a snack
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Key learning points
- We all have opinions on our favourite places to play around school.
- Aerial images and large-scale maps show the main features of a place, e.g. the school grounds.
- Geographers use images, words and maps to help them explain why they like a place and how they use it.
Common misconception
Everyone has the same favourite area to play.
Everyone has different opinions and can have different favourite areas to play compared to other pupils.
Keywords
School grounds - The school grounds are all the outside spaces at a school.
Aerial photograph - An aerial photograph is a picture of an object or place that has been taken from above.
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