John Halocha and Vanessa Richards
SuperSchemes Unit 4
Seaside selections
Websites
Children should not rely only on the web as a source of information for their seaside selections. However, in preparing this unit, web research found a wealth of sites for each of the families. We typed in search phrases such as ‘seaside holiday France camping’ and found many sites to choose from, including some catering for young children, so suitable for Family 1.
We suggest you make a brief search for each of the family preferences, find some suitable and contrasting sites and save them as favourites for the children to investigate.
General Websites
Sustainable Tourism - This site gives up-to-date subject knowledge on sustainable tourism.
Travel Sphere
British Airways
Virgin Atlantic
Responsible Travel
National Express
National Rail
Euro Tunnel
Cross Channel Ferry Tickets
Knowledge Bears - Animals
Knowledge Bears - Camels
A large variety of animals are covered from around the world and these can support a variety of units in Superschemes. The example given is the ABC of camels where children can find out all there is to know about camels! The hump in fact does not store water contrary to popular belief but fat which it uses when it needs some extra energy.
Great Britain
Aldeburgh
Chichester
Europe
Gibraltar
My Gibraltar
Portugal
Go Spain
VirTourist – Naples
Key Camp
Siblu
Africa
Wild Madagascar
Real Africa
World Wildlife Fund (Teachers: be aware that if children search for WWF only, they may get into the World Wrestling Federation website!)
USA
Virgin Holidays
Hollywood
Non-Fiction Resources
Catling, S. (2002) Placing Places. Sheffield: Geographical Association.
Fisher, R. (2003) Teaching Thinking. London: Continuum.
Geographical Association (2000) Primary Geographer 41: Focus on Water and the landscape. Sheffield: Geographical Association.
Hicks, D. (2002) Lessons for the Future: The missing dimension in education. London: RoutledgeFalmer.
Kumpulainen, K. and Wray, D. (2001) Classroom Interactions and Social Learning. London: RoutledgeFalmer.
Leat, D. and Nichols, A. (1999) Mysteries Make You Think! Sheffield: Geographical Association.
Scoffham, S. (ed) (2004) Primary Geography Handbook. Sheffield: Geographical Association
Children’s Books
Church, D. (2003) Friends at the seaside: Meet Christopher who has Down’s syndrome. London: Franklin Watts.
Green, J. (2000) Are we there yet? London: Hodder/Wayland
Grindley, S. (1999) Mulberry alone at the seaside. London: Hodder
Hewitt, S. ( 2004) Seaside holidays: Ways into History. London: Franklin Watts
Wiegand, P. (2005) Oxford International Primary Atlas. Oxford: OUP
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