Cross-curricular Activities - Geography
Around our School: the local area 1
- Walking to the church – what do children notice on the way?
Making sketches on the journey; drawing a transect diagram of the route.
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Looking at the changes, e.g. was the church always there? How old is it?
Was it always a church?
Where in the World is Barnaby Bear? 5
In the Inset programme, TJ the Turtle plays the same role as Barnaby Bear.
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Finding and naming places that TJ has been to.
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Producing a wall chart of religious places that s/he has (or could) visit.
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Taking TJ to the church. Producing a diary of the journey and a weather report.
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Taking TJ further afield, e.g. on a pilgrimage.
Investigating our local area 6
- Pretending to be ‘cameras’ and looking through ‘viewfinders’.
Drawing what they see in a frame. (This would be a suitable activity inside
or outside the building).
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Revealing a photograph of a church and using visual clues with the children
e.g. shape, colour, lines. An interactive whiteboard tool could be used.
Can buildings speak? 2c
- Identifying religious places from an aerial map.
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Links to the idea of change. Were churches always there? Is the church the
oldest building in our area?