Year 2 What is life like in Cardiff? worksheet

“Locating Cardiff” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 2 geography unit “What is life like in Cardiff?”, for children aged 6 to 7, and takes about 22 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 7 to 12 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Locating Cardiff

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 2 · Geography · about 22 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can say which way Wales is from England and name the capital city of each UK country.

A Look back3 min

1.
Which letter goes at the top of this compass? Circle one.
NSEW
2.
The pond is at C2. Which square is directly north of the pond? Circle one.
C3C1B2D2
3.
Which direction is opposite to south? Circle one.
northeastwest

B Watch me, then you4 min

Wales is in the UK. England is to the east of Wales. Which way is Wales from England?

Watch me

England is to the east of Wales.

So if you stand in England and face west, you face towards Wales.

Wales is to the west of England.

Now you

1.
Scotland is to the north of England. Which way is England from Scotland? Circle one.
northsoutheastwest

C Your turn8 min

Each card asks about a capital city. Read it, then answer.

An aerial view of a city with a wide river winding through it

1.
Which city is the capital of Wales? Circle one.
SwanseaCardiffBangorNewport
2.
Which city is the capital of Scotland? Circle one.
GlasgowEdinburghAberdeenDundee
3.
Join each country to its capital city. Draw a line from each country to its capital.
WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland
BelfastLondonCardiffEdinburgh
4.
Belfast is the capital city of which country? Circle one.
WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland

Say it out loud: What is the pattern? How many capital cities does each country have?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Ali says: “Only London is a capital, so Cardiff is not one.”

1.
Write one reason why Ali is wrong.

E Think deeper4 min

A small city on the coast seen from very high above

1.
A map of the whole UK does not show every street in Cardiff. Why not? Write your idea.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Locating Cardiff · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. N

2. C3

3. north

B

1. south

C

1. Cardiff

2. Edinburgh

3. Wales → Cardiff; Scotland → Edinburgh; Northern Ireland → Belfast; England → London

4. Northern Ireland

D

1. Look for: Names Cardiff as Wales's capital and says each UK country has a capital, so London is not alone. If your child says London is the only capital, ask them to name the four countries of the UK. Then ask which city is the capital of each one.

E

1. Look for: A zoomed-out map covers a large area with less detail, so streets do not fit. Zoomed-in maps show more detail.

Words to use

Say“Where is Cardiff, and which country is it the capital of?”

Instead of“Tell them the answer straight away, before they have had a go.”

After the sheet

Draw a simple map of your home with a compass in one corner. Ask which room is north of the kitchen. Then ask which way the front door is from the kitchen.

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:

Cardiff, capital of Wales(with a plan)
Getting to and around Cardiff(with a plan)
Follow the River Taff(with a plan)
Parks and grid maps(with a plan)
Planning a Cardiff Day(with a plan)

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