Teachers’ Notes
This document outlines the content of each section and file and indicates how and where they can be used in the scheme of work.
Folder / File / Content / Suggestions for use / Scheme of WorkTeachers’ Notes / KS2 Scheme of Work. / Word document containing SOW for teaching Cardiff bay across key stage 2. / Scheme of work for teaching Cardiff bay as a contrasting locality for Wales/Europe. SOW lasts for a whole years geography teaching, includes differentiation, suitable for all key stage 2 pupils. Activities are given lesson links to SOW.
locality / Collecting Data worksheet / Observation worksheet collecting data on a journey to Cardiff bay using headings such as physical, human, roads, places of interest. / Use with pupils on journey to record what they observe on journey, to help write directions to Cardiff bay, back in school. / Lessons
1-5
Estimating Distances worksheet / Worksheet for pupils to estimate and measure distances of places from Cardiff bay. / Use in school, for estimating and measuring distances using maps and atlases.
Where Do I Live worksheet / Word document encouraging pupils to write geographical descriptions of their home location and that of Cardiff bay. Includes drop down bank of geographical terms. / Use in school to help describe locations using geographical terms.
Writing Directions worksheet / Writing frame to support the writing of directions to Cardiff bay from school location. / Follow on activity based on collecting data activity to support writing directions.
History of Cardiff Bay / Now and Then worksheet / Word document including two pictures of Cardiff bay now and then for pupils to compare similarities and differences. / How has Cardiff Bay changed? Two pictures of Cardiff bay past and present for observation comparison to be made. / Lesson 6
History of Cardiff Docklands / PowerPoint showing chronological events in the changing shape of Cardiff docklands. / Uses range of digital images, pupil order according to chronological order, using PowerPoint.
Land Use at Cardiff Bay / Land Use PowerPoint / PowerPoint containing images showing range of land uses at Cardiff bay. For class discussion before using worksheet / How can we define the different areas within the development of Cardiff Bay? Examine range of photographs and identify land use. / Lesson 7
Land Use worksheet / Word document containing images showing range of land uses at Cardiff bay. Pupils to identify and complete.
Geographical Questions / Asking Questions / PowerPoint to support teachers in supporting geographical questioning. Examples given based on Cardiff bay. / Asking geographical questions about Cardiff Bay. Teacher resource to inform pupils about how to ask geographical questions (PowerPoint) / Lesson 8
Asking Questions worksheet / Pupil worksheet supporting activity encouraging them to ask geographical questions about Cardiff bay and their own locality. / Pupil worksheet (word doc) supporting geographical questioning.
Lessons
9-12
Pupil Visit Booklet / Visit Booklet / Pupil booklet to accompany a school visit to Cardiff bay , including land use , observation of traffic survey , identification of sites of interest , visit on the land train , visit on a boat ride across the bay , visit to the millennium centre. / Visiting Cardiff Bay – collecting data Activities relating to a visit to the Bay.
Comparing Localities / Comparing Cardiff Bay worksheet / A research grid encouraging pupils to collect data about their home town and Cardiff bay. / Comparing your own locality to Cardiff Bay. Pupils compare data about Cardiff Bay and own locality. / Lessons 13-16
Similarities worksheet / A research grid to support findings about similarities and findings from the above activity.
Geographical Patterns Cardiff Bay worksheet / Writing frame to support examination of the geographical patterns at Cardiff bay.
Geographical Patterns Home Town worksheet / Writing frame to support examination of the geographical patterns in home town or village.
Finding Out about Cardiff Bay / Places of Interest Cardiff Bay / PowerPoint about the Bay, interactive with pictures and sounds. Gives an introduction to the bay, but also provides websites for pupils to use to find out more information for personal research. / Using secondary sources to find out more about Cardiff Bay – using a range of evidence to make conclusions and comparisons. Teacher and pupil resource / Lessons 17-18
Housing Patterns / Cardiff Bay Housing Patterns PowerPoint / PowerPoint containing images showing types of housing in Cardiff bay. For class discussion before using worksheet / Comparison of housing in Cardiff Bay and hometown. Writing frames and pictures to compare housing. / Lessons 22-24
Cardiff Bay Housing Patterns worksheet / Word document including pictures of range of homes about the bay area. Writing frame follows encouraging pupils to compare and contrast housing in Cardiff bay with their home town housing patterns.
Comparing Lifestyle and Settlement Origins / Comparing Settlement Origins worksheet / Writing frame comparing settlements in terms of name s, human and physical features and reasons why the settlements began. / Worksheet used to structure settlement comparison of Cardiff bay and home town. / Lesson 25
Welsh Lifestyles Comparison worksheet / Uses census website to collect data about lifestyles in Wales. Pupils can use this data to present findings using data handling packages in school. Topics compared include population , religion, housing types ,occupations , housing structures etc / Comparing census data from website and making conclusions about quality of life. Possible data handling exercises to follow from data collection.
Developing Cardiff Bay / Changing Cardiff Bay PowerPoint
Changing Cardiff Bay Worksheet / PowerPoint presentation and worksheet to support proposed changing developments at the bay. Pupils act as council members or members of organisations wishing to develop. Use PowerPoint to support teaching activity. / Sustainability and global citizenship focus – How could Cardiff Bay be developed in the future? Create and present plan for new developments.
Lessons 29-31
National Curriculum Links
KS2 Geography
· To identify a range of physical and human features and geographical patterns
· To know and understand where Cardiff Bay is and how it links to other places.
· To know and understand why Cardiff Bay is like it is and what processes are contributing to its development.
· To understand how it compares to other places and identify similarities and differences.
· How and why the locality has changed, is changing and is likely to change in the future.
· Identify ways in which people affect the environment in Cardiff Bay- recognise that people have different opinions about environmental and social changes.
· Formulate ideas and opinions about geographical enquiry and skills to research and understand more about the locality and geographical issues within Cardiff Bay.
· Wider world interrelationships in terms of decision making and global citizenship.
Key Skills
· Knowledge and understanding of the nature of places, patterns and processes and interrelationships in geography with increasing accuracy, through both speaking and listening
· Vocabulary of geographical terms.
· Opportunities to describe, explain, analyses interpret, speculate, synthesise and come to conclusions in order to develop their competence in geography.
· Gain access to and use written text from which they will extract information.
· ICT skills- Word processing, handling geographical data and using multi-media and the internet.
· Use investigative and enquiry based approaches in field work to solve problems and work with others