Activities in this teaching pack include shared reading texts to describe a stage of schooling and education on an island for primary and secondary aged pupils, a table display card to identify answers to questions that can be used to compare schools in different locations to support letter writing and a template to write a letter to compare schooling for pupils living on an island with a mainland location.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore and compare school life for primary and secondary aged pupils living on an island with a mainland location.

This lesson is part of a geography scheme of work to get the children to identify, record and compare some of the physical and political geographical features specific to islands with other locations around the world. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.