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Lesson Five – Island Holiday

This geography teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to explain and record how to plan a family holiday to an island location listing some of the possible events and experiences that could happen on the trip.
The class can select and produce timetables indicating the sequence of things that might happen during a family holiday to the Isle of Skye.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explain and record how to plan a family holiday to an island location listing some of the possible events and experiences that could happen on the trip
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to describe events and experiences that could be completed on a holiday to an island location and a template to select and record the timing of some of the special events and experiences that could be completed on a family visit to the Isle of Skye.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore and record how to plan a family holiday to an island location listing possible events and experiences.
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.
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