Seas around the UK

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Oceans and Seas Oceans and Seas of the World

Objectives

Geography

  • Name and locate the four countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas.
  • Use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the United Kingdom and its countries, as well as the oceans studied at this key stage.

Music

  • Listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded music.
  • Use voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes.

Lesson Planning

Learn about the seas that surround the UK. Play a simple travelling game to consolidate knowledge.

Teaching Outcomes
To recognise the UK on a range of maps, naming and locating the seas that surround the UK as well as the country’s 4 constituent nations.
To listen to a well known song and sing it with the rest of the class.

Children will:

  • Recognise the UK on a range of different maps and globes.
  • Name and locate the major seas surrounding the UK.
  • Name and locate the country’s 4 constituent nations.
  • Listen to a version of When I Was One and sing this with the rest of the class.

Provided Resources

  • Seaplane
  • Seaplane scene
  • UK outline map
  • Labelled UK outline map
  • UK sea name cards

You Will Need

  • Atlases
  • Dice
  • Counters