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Art and design Computing Design and technology French Geography History Music Physical education Spanish Religion and worldviews RSE & PSHE Science Wellbeing

Y1/2 (A): Lesson 1: Where is the UK?

Locating the UK and identifying its four countries on a map. This is a variant of our Year 1, Lesson 1: Where is the UK?, which has been selected for mixed-age teaching.

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Learning objective

To locate the four countries of the UK.

Success criteria

I can locate

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National curriculum

Geography

Locational knowledge

Pupils should

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Cross-curricular links

English

Spoken language

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Before starting this unit, use the Presentation: Brain dump to revise the children’s prior knowledge.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Can use the Activity: Map of the UK (support) with prompts.

Pupils working at greater depth

Can be challenged to close their atlas and label the four countries of the UK on their map and locate where they live. Can use different colours to shade each UK country on the map.

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