Author: Amanda McGarrigle

Geography Term 1 and 2
Where do I live?
Swanley and surrounding areas.
Compare Swanley with another area—India (linked to Pattan’s Pumpkin)

Background Information
We will focus on our locality. We will think about what facilities our town has and map the town centre. We will map our route to school—thinking about what we see on our way. Link to The Gingerbread Man : mapping his route as he ran away form the little old man and woman.
We will look at where Pattan’s Pumpkin is set and the differences between rural India and Swanley.

In this unit the children will…
Consider where we live—Where is Swanley in the map of the UK? What cities or features is it local to?
Look at our area—using simple fieldwork skills to note the human and physical features. (learning what human and physical features are).
Create a simple map to show the route that the Gingerbread man took—focus on the features that he passed: are they human or physical?
Create a simple map of Swanley town centre—including the features found during the fieldwork carried out.
Create a route map to show my route to school. What do I see?
Locate India on a world map—compare to Swanley.
Compare features of Swanley and the area of Inidia used in Pattan’s Pumpkin.

By the end of this unit….
All children can:
Use simple fieldwork to study the geography of our school and the surrounding environment.
To understand what human and physical features are in an area.
To use aerial photographs to recognise landmarks and basic human and physical features of Swanlely.
To make a simple map.
To make a simple map showing a route—including features.
To understand the similarities and differences of Swanley and India.
Most children will:
Begin to use simple compass directions (North, South, East and West and locational and directional language (next to , over, under) to describe the location of features and routes on a map.
Some children will:
Describe the features of their map in relation to other features and landmarks.

Key Vocabulary
Human features— something that is man made such as buildings.
Physical features—something that is natural such as parks, fields, seaside.
Positional language: North, South, West, East. Near, Far, Next, Under, Over.
Town—a place where a lot of people live. It will have some shops and maybe other facilities.
Village—a place where some people live. It is smaller than a town.
Map—a plan of a place from above.
United Kingdom