Foundation Stage : Curriculum Topics : Journeys : Lesson One – School Journeys


This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify, describe and record some of the different journeys that can be made around the school building. The children can practise using the correct vocabulary for position.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to identify, describe and record some of the different journeys that can be made around the school building

Learning Objectives

Know about similarities and differences in relation to places. Talk about the features of their own immediate environment and how they might vary.

Learning Outcomes

I can give instructions about how to walk to places in the school. I can use vocabulary to describe position and direction.

School Journeys

Teaching sequence to help the children identify, describe and record some of the different journeys that can be made around the school building

Shape Places

Display posters for whole class discussion to help the children use vocabulary to describe the position and direction of different objects

School Instructions

Activity cards to help the children identify and describe the position of different locations and rooms found around the school

School Journeys

Interactive activity to help the children identify, describe and record some of the different journeys that can be made around the school building

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to identify, describe and record some of the different journeys that can be made around the school building

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