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Local area: where do we live?

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Why this, why now

This unit investigates the area around school and home by identifying local features, exploring buildings, using simple maps, collecting data on how we travel to school, and describing familiar routes using basic geographical vocabulary.

Prior knowledge requirements

  • Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
  • Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
Unit 2 / 6

Local area: where do we live?

This unit investigates the area around school and home by identifying local features, exploring buildings, using simple maps, collecting data on how we travel to school, and describing familiar routes using basic geographical vocabulary.

6 lessons
  1. Mapping our journey to school
  2. A survey of how we get to school
  3. Our homes
  4. The street outside our school
  5. Buildings and features near our school
  6. Our local area