Year 4 The UK: who are we? worksheet

“Regions and counties” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 4 geography unit “The UK: who are we?”, for children aged 8 to 9, and takes about 23 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 5 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Regions and counties

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 4 · Geography · about 23 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can name the four countries of the UK and sort places into countries and regions.

A Look back3 min

1.
The compass has a blank. Which point is opposite north? Circle it.
SouthEastWest
2.
Circle the square that has the church in it.
A1B3C2D4
3.
On this map, the tree symbol means what? Circle the answer.
a wood or group of treesa schoola shop

B Watch me, then you4 min

In a made-up town, the library is north-east of the bus station. Find north-east on the compass.

Watch me

North-east sits between north and east.

Find N at the top and E on the right.

So the library is north-east of the bus station.

Now you

1.
In the same town, the church is north-east of the shop. Which way is the shop from the church? Circle it.
north-westsouth-eastnorth-eastsouth-west

C Your turn8 min

Answer each question about the countries of the UK and the places in them.

Green hills and a river valley under a cloudy sky

1.
Cardiff is the capital city of which country? Circle it.
EnglandScotlandWalesNorthern Ireland
2.
Belfast is the capital city of which country? Circle it.
EnglandScotlandWalesNorthern Ireland
3.
Which of these is a country of the UK? Circle it.
Isle of ManWalesIrelandLondon
4.
Sort these cards into the right column.
ScotlandEast MidlandsNorthern IrelandYorkshire and the HumberWalesLondon
A country of the UK A region of England

Say it out loud: Which names are countries of the UK, and which are regions of England? How can you tell?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A ferry crossing a grey sea between two green shores

Ali says: “Great Britain and the United Kingdom mean the same, so Belfast is in Great Britain.”

1.
Is Ali right? Explain why in one or two sentences.

E Think deeper4 min

A quiet high street with a school at the end and small shops along one side

1.
Write the name of the county or area you live in. Which country of the UK is it in? Explain how you know.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Regions and counties · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. South

2. B3

3. a wood or group of trees

B

1. south-west If your child circles north-east, they copied the word from the question. Stand at the church on the compass and ask which way you walk to reach the shop.

C

1. Wales

2. Northern Ireland

3. Wales

4. A country of the UK: Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales · A region of England: East Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber, London If London or Yorkshire is in the country column, the child may think every name on the list is a country. Ask: is this a whole country, or a part of England?

D

1. Look for: Belfast is in Northern Ireland, which is not part of Great Britain, so the claim is false. If the child says Ali is right, they think Great Britain and the UK are the same. Ask them to name the three countries of Great Britain and say where Northern Ireland fits.

E

1. Look for: Names a county or area and the UK country it is in, with a reason such as an address, a map or a sign.

Words to use

Say“Which country are we in, and which region or county are we in? How do you know?”

Instead of“Tell them the UK is just England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, so there is nothing more to learn.”

After the sheet

Look at a letter or bill at home and find your town and county. Then ask, which country is that county in?

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:

Looking past the picture(with a plan)
Moving In, Moving Out(with a plan)
Counting the UK's people(with a plan)
Moving within the UK(with a plan)
Global links near home(with a plan)

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