Going to the seaside

Recall information about their local area and use this to help them study a contrasting area, eg the seaside; recognise how each environment is different and changing; use a variety of resources to find out information.

Teaching Resources

Combine with History Unit - What were seaside holidays like in the past?
The unit Beside the seaside (QCA website) links history (unit 3) and geography (unit 4).

Sammy the Seagull big book: Sammy tells the reader about features of the seaside around Dover using photos and KS1 appropriate text. Scheme of Work Also visit our big book on Coasts

Create an interactive Big Book on the seaside.

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Holiday Survey ICT Link Unit 1E
Carry out a survey of the places children have been on holiday, graph the results and compare survey with a survey of grandparents' holiday destination. Is there a difference in distance travelled?

Enter the information into a database. Search the database to answer questions and draw conclusions from evidence.

Postcards ICT Link Unit 2A
Children insert a picture from clip art and write a sentence about the picture using a word bank to help them

Seaside visit ICT Link Unit 2A
Children create a piece of writing about a seaside visit using a word processing package such as 2publish or Clicker to provide word banks to aid writing

Draw a picture ICT Link Unit 2A
Children draw a picture/map of the beach and coast using a Paint programme

Seaside Postcard A Flash based resource designed to support children's development of characterisation through the use of dialogue. A seaside postcard is the setting for a writing framework that makes use of speech bubbles and thought clouds to give a voice to the characters. Teacher Resource Exchange

Travel Brochure ICT Link Unit 2B
Children create pictures for a travel brochure.

Sorting
Children to group places into types of environments, e.g. town, countryside, seaside by sorting photographs in Textease (or whiteboard software).

How is the seaside different from our locality? Resources for the Interactive Whiteboard www.lgfl.net

Going to the seaside teaching resources
Teacher Resource Exchange

Seaside Photographs
A set of pictures, free for use in all educational contexts, showing general seaside views from Broadstairs and Margate, Kent.
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Seaside recreation pictures
A set of pictures, free for use in all educational contexts, showing various seaside recreations with implicit issues.
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Snaith School Website

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