Year 4 Europe: what is it like to live in northern Italy? worksheet

“Finding northern Italy” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 4 geography unit “Europe: what is it like to live in northern Italy?”, for children aged 8 to 9, 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 24 to 29 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Finding northern Italy

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 4 · Geography · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can say which way northern Italy is from the UK and plan a journey there.

A Look back3 min

1.
The top point of this compass is missing. Circle the letter that goes there.
NSEW
2.
Which square is the church in? Circle one.
A1B2A2C1
3.
Which square is the school in? Circle one.
B3C2B2A3

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ola leaves London and travels to Milan in Italy. Which way does she go?

Watch me

On a map, Milan is south-east of London.

South-east sits between south and east on the compass.

So Ola travels south-east.

Now you

1.
In a made-up town, the library is on the north-west side of the park. Which way is the park from the library? Circle one.
south-eastnorth-westsouth-west

C Your turn7 min

Use the compass, then the made-up town map. Answer each question.

1.
The bottom point of this compass is missing. Circle the letter that goes there.
SNEW
2.
Ola flies home from Milan to London. Which way does she travel? Circle one.
north-eastsouth-eastnorth-west
3.
Which square is the pond in? Circle one.
C3C2B3D3
4.
Which square is the shop in? Circle one.
E4D3E3E5

Say it out loud: Which letter did you read first, and why does the letter come before the number?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A carbon footprint is the amount of greenhouse gas a journey or activity puts into the air. For each person, a plane makes a much bigger one than a train. Read Kit's claim, then check it.

An aeroplane in a blue sky above a railway track, no people

Kit says: “A carbon footprint is the mark your shoes leave when you walk.”

1.
Is Kit right? Write what a carbon footprint really is.

E Think deeper4 min

A train waiting at a platform in a quiet station, no people

1.
Plan a journey from London to Milan. Which direction would you go, and which transport would you choose? Why?

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Finding northern Italy · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. N your child has probably picked the letter that sits at the side of the compass. Point to the top of the page and say which letter is always there on a map.

2. A1 If your child circles A2, the church has been counted one row too high. The church is on the bottom row, so its number is 1. Say the letter along the bottom first, then go up the side.

3. B3

B

1. south-east

C

1. S If your child circles N, the compass has been read upside down. Ask them to point north at the top of the page first.

2. north-west If your child circles south-east, they have used the way there, not the way back. Going home is the opposite way, north-west.

3. C3 If your child circles C2, they have counted the rows down from the top. Count up from the bottom row to find the number.

4. E4 If your child circles E3, the shop has been counted one row too low. Check that the shop sits on the top row of the map.

D

1. Look for: Says Kit is wrong and explains that a carbon footprint is greenhouse gas produced by a journey or activity, not a mark on the ground. If your child only says no, ask what goes into the air when a car burns petrol or a plane flies. That is the carbon footprint.

E

1. Look for: Says south-east, names a way to travel such as train or coach, and gives a reason linked to a smaller carbon footprint or less pollution.

Words to use

Say“Which way is it, and how do you know?”

Instead of“Tell them the answer straight away.”

After the sheet

Use a compass or a phone compass app to find which way your back door faces. Then look at a map of Europe together and trace a train route from London to Milan.

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:

Maps, lakes and cities(with a plan)
Villages in northern Italy(with a plan)
Detectives in Brescia(with a plan)
Venice: a tourist city(with a plan)
Comparing Italy with home(with a plan)

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