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KS1 - Continents & Oceans

Locating the world’s continents

LO: To name and locate the world’s seven continents.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:
  • To name and locate the world’s seven continents and five oceans.

During this outdoor lesson your children will work practically, creating large-scale world maps to help them name and locate the world’s continents. They’ll have the opportunity to extend this by beginning to think about countries that can be found in the different continents.

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Describing human features using geographical vocabulary

LO: To use geographical vocabulary to describe human features. Focus: Europe

National Curriculum Objectives covered:
  • To name and locate the world’s seven continents.
  • To use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key human features.

The main activity of this outdoor lesson requires your children to use their understanding of geographical vocabulary to work collaboratively to create models of European man-made structures, while extending their knowledge of countries in Europe.

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Describing physical features using geographical vocabulary

LO: To use geographical vocabulary to describe physical features. Focus: Asia and North America

National Curriculum Objectives covered:
  • To name and locate the world’s seven continents. 
  • To use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key physical features.

Deliver a hands-on outdoor lesson that tasks your children with using natural loose parts to represent physical features of the two focus continents, ensuring they secure their geographical vocabulary.

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Identifying hot and cold areas of the world

LO: To identify hot and cold areas of the world. Focus: Africa, Australasia and South America

National Curriculum Objectives covered:
  • To name and locate the world’s seven continents and five oceans.
  • The location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles.

During this outdoor lesson your class will focus on understanding the location of hot and cold areas in the world. Working practically to do this, they’ll also link this to thinking about what they would need if they were to visit these different areas. This is an engaging, low preparation, low-resource lesson!

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Discussing similarities and differences between Antarctica and the UK

LO: To discuss similarities and differences of the UK with a non-European location. Focus: Antarctica

National Curriculum Objectives covered:
  • To name the seven continents.
  • To understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography of a small area of the United Kingdom, and of a small area in a contrasting non-European country.

Deliver an experience your children will not forget during this outdoor lesson! Taking children on a trek through Antarctica and giving them the opportunity to explore and discuss the differences and similarities through role play, movement, investigation to look at the human and physical geography. 

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Naming the world’s oceans

LO: To name the world’s five oceans.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:
  •  To name and locate the world’s five oceans.

The main activity of this outdoor lesson gives children the opportunity to apply their knowledge of the five oceans through exploration. Children will work collaboratively to create sailing boats for a journey through the oceans, guaranteed to be a fun lesson for all!

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