| Key Topic |
Content/Skills |
Guidance Notes
Literacy/Numeracy
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| Introduction |
Glossary and title page
Pupils design a title page to illustrate
this topic.
Pupils write a glossary of key words to be
used in this topic.
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Glossary at beginning of topic will familiarise
the pupils with the keywords to be used, their meanings and
spellings.
Keywords can be displayed around the classroom.
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Revision work
Grid references
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How do we use six figure grid references?
Foundations p. 118 Qu. 1 - 4 Summary
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This is a revision topic and can be gone
through quickly.
Students have done this at the beginning of
Year 7. Some will have forgot and a few may not have been
able to do it in the first place.
Check with test papers from
last
year's work. |
| Height |
How is height shown on a map? Foundations
p. 118
Qu. 1- 3 Summary
Extension work - Extras p. 119 and activity sheet 7.5
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Define methods and terms.
Explain the difficulties
of putting something that is 3d on a flat piece of paper.
Relief map of Britain.
Work on OS map. |
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How do contours show height and relief? Foundations
p. 120 Qu. 1 - 3 Summary
Extension work - Extras p. 121 and activity sheet 7.6
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Work will need to be done on the board to
get this concept across
Explain how contours are drawn.
Emphasise
that contours close together means it is steep…etc.
Complete
unfinished contour map and convert to layer colouring. |
| Routes |
How can we describe routes?
Foundations
p. 122
Qu. 1 - 3 Summary
Extension work - Extras p. 123 Describe a route between two
features on an OS map.
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Describe the route from home to school
as a starting point.
Explain the difference between human and
physical features.
Pupils can describe a village/beauty spot
from an OS map |
| Assessment |
Self assessment sheet and target setting
Assessment based on OS map.
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Use of self-assessment sheets to highlight
gaps in the pupils learning and set targets for the next topic.
Assessment based on OS map.
Pupils to record their test scores against the class average.
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