Key Stage One : Geography : Farming : Lesson Six – Farm Routes


This geography teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to use the four points of the compass to describe routes and locations that could be made around a farm. The children can make a map of farm and record how to move between places on a farm using the four points of the compass.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to use the four points of the compass to describe routes and locations that could be made around a farm

Learning Objectives

Identify and describe what places are like in terms of their position. Use simple compass directions to describe routes on a map.

Learning Outcomes

I can say how a farm is the same or different as other locations. I can use the four points of the compass to describe a map route.

Farm Routes

Teaching sequence to help the children use the four points of the compass to describe routes and locations that could be made around a farm

Compass

Display poster for whole class discussion to help the children identify the four points of the compass to use when describing routes around a farm

Farm Map Cards

Activity cards to help the children build a map showing the locations of different buildings and animals that can be found on a farm

Farm Places

Activity to help the children record the position of different places that can be found on a farm using the four points of the compass

Farm Routes

Interactive activity to help the children use the four points of the compass to describe routes and locations that could be made around a farm

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to use the four points of the compass to describe routes and locations that could be made around a farm

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