LO: to develop knowledge of the U.K and reinforce use of an atlas skills.

• The capital city of the UK is London

• The tallest mountain is Snowdon

• The second biggest city is Birmingham

• There are 4 countries in the UK

• Wales is east of England

• The longest river is the River Severn

• The Republic of Ireland is part of the UK

True or False?

The United Kingdom is made up of 4 countries – Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The Republic of Ireland used to be part of the UK but is now

an independent country in Europe.

The capital city of Ireland is Dublin.

The capital city of Northern Ireland is Belfast.

The capital city of Scotland is Edinburgh.

The capital city of Wales is Cardiff.

The capital city of England is London.

London is also the capital of the United Kingdom.

Ireland

Capital cities:

London

Dublin

Belfast

Cardiff

Edinburgh

What is a city?A city is a very large townA city has a large populationMost cities have cathedralsCities are the most important human geographical features of the United Kingdom.

Which of these are cities?CheshuntLondonWaltham CrossEdinburghCardiffLeicesterNewcastleLeeds

EnfieldLiverpoolManchesterCambridgeSheffieldShanklinBirminghamYork

Using the Atlas mark on the cities to your map of the U.K.

Ext: try to find and add 5 more cities

What is a physical feature?Physical features are the natural things .Examples of natural features of united

kingdom are:

Draw a spider-gram and add all the features you can think of in a minute!

Key:Label the following on your map:Rivers:

• River Thames

• River Severn

• River Trent

Mountain Ranges:

• Grampian Mountains

• Pennines

• Cambrian Mountains

Mountains:

• Ben Nevis

• Snowdon

• Scaffell Pike

Seas:

• North Sea

• Atlantic Ocean

• Irish Sea