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What can you see at the seaside? Variety of objects (some more than 1). The children cab subitise & write what they can see… e.g. I can see 2 turtles
Sheets to write on & table sign included
English planning for Foundation aged children. Focus text: What the Ladybird Heard at The Seaside by Julia Donaldson. Three days of planning in the style of Drawing Club. Suggested vocabulary and actions. Suggested daily input and model daily phrases/sentences.
Beach scene to prompt writing of simple sentences.
A4 sheet for children to use to look and describe things they see. Perfect to use as a Communication & language resource to prompt interesting sentence ideas and adjectives. Additional sheet for writing could be done independently as an enhanced CP activity or a teacher led/supported writing task.
4 seaside themed tangrams.
Come with themed backgrounds and an eco print version with no background.
Cut and manipulate the shapes to build the picture.
This lesson is part of The Seaside, a Geography unit designed for students in KS1 and lower KS2, but can also be taught as a stand alone lesson.
The presentation takes students on a tour of eight seaside towns and cities around the United Kingdom including: Ayr and St Andrews in Scotland; Aberystwyth in Wales; Blackpool and Newquay in England.
The activity then challenges students to use their map skills to locate these towns and cities on a map of the UK. This can be done using an atlas or the prompt maps included.
Easier - Students label 8 seaside towns and cities using a prompt map.
Medium - Students label 12 seaside towns and cities using a prompt map.
Harder - Students label 12 seaside towns and cities using an atlas.
Extension - Students locate and label 2 further seaside towns and cities from each country of the UK.
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This lesson is part of The Seaside, a Geography unit designed for students in KS1 and lower KS2, but can also be taught as a stand alone lesson.
The presentation first explains the difference between human and physical geographical features. It then challenges students to identify a range of seaside features (e.g. cliffs, lighthouse, river mouth) and classify them as human or physical.
In the activity, students identify a range of seaside features and classify them as human or physical.
Easier - Students classify seaside features as human or physical.
Medium - Students label seaside features (with initial letter clues) and classify them as human or physical.
Harder - Students label seaside features (no clues) and classify them as human or physical.
Extension - Students unscramble sentences about the seaside.
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This is a pack of Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch resources I have used during a seaside topic with a mixed aged (KS1 / KS2) group of learners with autism.
It includes a planning sheet to think about the lighthouse keeper's cottage, differentiated TEACCH style structured sheets to support writing about the Grinling's cottage, and images of the cottage for pupils to stick in their books before writing about the cottage. There is also a word mat to support spellings and jog memories.
There is a mindmap type sheet to encourage pupils to reflect upon what the Grinlings thought about the naughty seagulls.
There is a symbol supported powerpoint about lighthouses and a lighthouse fact sheet for children to complete.
There are also differentiated grammar sheets for learners to decide whether to use 'and' or 'but' in a sentence.
This lesson is part of The Seaside, a Geography unit designed for students in KS1 and lower KS2, but can also be taught as a stand alone lesson.
The presentation takes students on a tour of the seaside town of Lyme Regis, home of the famous 19th century paleontologist, Mary Anning.
On the way, students find out about a variety of tourist attractions and other features including the harbour, the Marine Aquarium and the Lyme Regis Museum.
The activity then challenges students to use their map skills to locate these features on a map of the town.
Easier - Students identify each feature of Lyme Regis by writing a number.
Harder - Students identify each feature of Lyme Regis by writing a name.
Extension - Students locate and circle other features of Lyme Regis using the map key.
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This document links to the ‘Seaside Holidays in the Past’ KS1 scheme of work, with a particular emphasis on Victorian holidays comapred to modern day. It contains lesson ideas, images, historical research, cross curricular links and a glossary of key terms. This was produced by The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry. For more information about the Herbert’s Learning programme please go to the website: www.theherbert.org/learning. To keep up-to-date with the Herbert Learning team, follow us on Twitter @HerbertLearning
This KS1 geography lesson helps children understand what a seaside is and identify popular seaside resorts in the United Kingdom. Pupils explore natural and human features of the coast and learn to locate seaside towns on a UK map using photographs and simple map skills.
What’s Included
✔ Full lesson plan (Word/PDF)
✔ 14‑slide PowerPoint
✔ 3 differentiated worksheets
✔ Answer sheets
Lesson Overview
★ Starter: Explore photographs of beaches and coasts. Pupils discuss what they notice and help create a seaside word bank.
★ Main: Introduce the seaside as land next to the sea. Pupils study images of UK seaside resorts and identify natural and human features. Use atlases or online maps to locate well‑known seaside towns.
★ Activity: Pupils match seaside features to their names and locate resorts on a blank UK map. Differentiated versions include labelled maps and challenge tasks.
★ Plenary: “Seaside Snap” game where pupils identify features or towns based on clues and reflect on what they have learned.
Why It’s Useful
✔ Differentiated for mixed‑ability KS1 classes
✔ Meets National Curriculum geography objectives
✔ Builds early map‑reading and geographical vocabulary
✔ Fully resourced and ready to teach
✔ Printable
Suggested Use Cases
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The Seaside is a Geography unit designed for students in upper KS1 and lower KS2 (Y2-Y3).
The planning overview, topic title page and vocabulary page can be downloaded for free here. Lessons include:
L1 – Identifying features of the seaside
L2 – Identifying human and physical features of the seaside
L3 – Locating seaside towns and cities of the UK
L4 – Investigating a seaside town - Lyme Regis
L5 – Identifying islands of the United Kingdom
L6 – Investigating what life is like on a small island
L7 - Packing for a seaside holiday
Each lesson includes a presentation and differentiated activities/worksheets.
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Seaside Powerpoint and worksheet to go with it. (Comic Sans Font) An interactive powerpoint about seaside places in the British Isles, set out as a non-fiction text and linked using hyperlinks. Can be used as an exploratory activity or with the worksheet for children to identify geographical features at…
Seaside – History of the seaside 1930
This lesson is part of the year 7 humanities curriculum that combines elements of History, Geography and Literacy. I have uploaded several lessons with the theme of seaside. They can all be taught together, alongside each other, or independently, as each is a standalone lesson on a different topic. This lesson covers the popularity of the seaside in the 1930s