Year 1 Local area: where do we go to school? worksheet

“Our school's name and address” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 1 geography unit “Local area: where do we go to school?”, for children aged 5 to 6, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 1 to 6 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Our school's name and address

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 1 · Geography · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can say what a school's name, address and postcode tell people.

A Look back3 min

1.
Look at the map. Is the house near or far from the shop?
2.
Look at the map. Is the shop on the left or the right of the house?
3.
Look at the map. What is in the square to the right of the school?

B Watch me, then you4 min

Our school is called Sunnyside Primary. It is on Oak Road, in a made-up town.

Watch me

The name is Sunnyside Primary. It tells people which school it is.

The address has Oak Road in it. It tells people where the school is.

The postcode helps the post find the right area.

Now you

1.
Circle the one that tells people which school it is.
The nameThe postcodeThe playground
2.
Sunnyside Primary is on Oak Road. Which part of its address helps the post find the right area? Circle one.
The postcodeThe school nameThe playground

C Your turn7 min

Look at the parts of an address. Then answer each question.

1.
Circle the one that is a school's name.
Maple Green Primary SchoolMaple Green RoadMaple Green Park
2.
Write each card in the right column.
Sunnyside PrimaryOak RoadHill Top PrimaryElm Street
School name Road name
3.
The ___ tells people where the school building is. Circle the word.
nameaddresslogo
4.
Look at the row of houses. Circle what one postcode covers.
just one housea group of homes close togetherthe whole town

Say it out loud: Tell your grown-up what the name, the address and the postcode each tell people.

D Spot the mistake3 min

Kit says: “A school does not need a name, only a postcode.”

1.
What is wrong with Kit's idea? Write it in your own words.

E Think deeper4 min

1.
Make up a school name, road and town. Tell your grown-up why each part helps.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Our school's name and address · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. Look for: near, because the house is in the square next to the shop

2. Look for: left, because the shop is in the square on the left of the house

3. Look for: a house, because it is in the square on the right of the school If they say the shop, ask them to put a finger on the school and move one square to the right.

B

1. The name A postcode and a playground do not say which school it is. Ask what word we use to call the school.

2. The postcode If they pick the school name, ask what the name tells people. Then ask which part helps the post.

C

1. Maple Green Primary School Road names and park names are not school names. Ask which card has the word school in it.

2. Road name: Oak Road, Elm Street · School name: Sunnyside Primary, Hill Top Primary If a road is with the schools, ask: does it say Road or Street?

3. address A name says which school it is. The address says where the building is. Ask which word means where.

4. a group of homes close together If they pick just one house, ask them to look at the row of houses. A postcode covers a small group, not one door and not the whole town.

D

1. Look for: Every school has its own name, and the postcode is only one part of the address. Kit has forgotten that every school has its own name. Ask your child what the name helps people do.

E

1. Look for: A made-up school name, a road and a town, with a reason that the name says which school and the address says where.

Words to use

Say“Which part tells people which school it is? Which part tells them where it is?”

Instead of“Just say the answer, it's obvious.”

After the sheet

Walk past a nearby school together. Find its name on the sign. Then look at a letter at home and find your own address and postcode.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

5 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

School from above(with a plan)
Photos of Our School(with a plan)
Jobs on the Map(with a plan)
Where Is It?(with a plan)
Autumn Nature Detectives(with a plan)

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