Maps and Stories (8-11)

Today's children need to be given the luxury of &'wandering free&'; and we can do that by using the essential ingredient of fieldwork. Set the scene. Go, with sketch pad and camera, to your nearest open space (park, heath, playing field, golf course). Ask pupils to imagine themselves as authors collecting views and impressions of the landscape in which they want to set a story. Find out how different things relate to each other e.g. the slope, the woods and grass, the fields, the footpaths. What barriers are there?