Making Maps Workshop Early Years–KS1

Emily Rotchell, Senior Lecturer,Roehampton University

Teacher made maps (big and colourful) Pupil drawn maps (why not get children in KS2

to make maps for the younger children). Maps using an OHP or document viewer Globes Atlases Play maps Floor maps Story maps 3D maps Interactive maps Journey Sticks (linear maps)

Every state-funded school must offer a curriculum

which is balanced and broadly based and which:

Promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and

physical development of pupils at the school and of

society, and

Prepares pupils at the school for the

opportunities, responsibilities and

experiences of later life.

The national curriculum is just one element in the education of every child. There is time and space in the school day and in each week, term and year to range beyond the national curriculum specifications. The national curriculum provides an outline of core knowledge around which teachers can develop exciting and stimulating lessons to promote the development of pupils’ knowledge, understanding and skills as part of the wider school curriculum.

Use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the United Kingdom and its countries, as well as the countries, continents and oceans studied at this key stage

Use simple compass directions (north, south, east and west) and locational and directional language [for example, near and far, left and right], to describe the location of features and routes on a map

Use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognise landmarks and basic human and physical features; devise a simple map; and use and construct basic symbols in a key

Use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of their school and its grounds and the key human and physical features of its surrounding environment

1) What will the purpose of your map be? 2) What sort of map will you make?(e.g. Treasure map) 3) Get making 4) Once you have made your map, you can

laminate it. 5) Take photos of yours and other maps, so

you can load them onto your IWB if you wish