In Geography this term, Year 1 have been learning about our local area. Last week we created maps to show the route from our school to Bushey High Street. We talked about some key landmarks that we might see along the way and we added them to our maps; Ashfield Junior School, the war memorial, the post sorting office, St Hilda’s School and Bushey Rose Garden.
We also learned about human and physical features that we might see in Bushey. Human features are things that people have made, such as buildings or roads. They weren’t there before humans came along. Physical features are natural things that were already in the place, such as trees or rivers.
On Wednesday afternoon, Year 1 walked to Bushey High Street, using our maps to make sure we went the right way! We stopped at different points along the route so that we could add more features to our maps – houses, bus stops, post boxes, the fields behind Bushey country club, shops and restaurants. Some of us even made sure we included the vets we take our pets to! We also thought about which were the noisier and quieter places in Bushey and added them to our maps.
We really enjoyed our walk to Bushey High Street as it gave us lots of opportunities to talk about our local area and the features we recognised and see many times with our families. We would like to thank all the parents and carers that came with us on our walk.
How to help at home;
- Encourage your child to create a map of another route that they know well. What physical and human features can they add to it?
- Encourage your child to talk about the facilities in Bushey – where are their favourite places to go and why?