Year 4 Fieldwork

Where do street names in the locality come from?

As part of our Festival of Fieldwork, Year 4 investigated the enquiry question: 'Where do our local streets get their names from?' Using maps, we followed a route around our local area, recording street names and taking photographs along the way. Back in the classroom, we used Digimap to trace the origins of these names and discovered that many are named after places in the Lake District in north-west England. By comparing maps of the two areas, we noticed how different the landscapes are, with the Lake District's fells, valleys, rivers and large lakes contrasting with the flatter landscape of Great Notley. It was a fantastic opportunity to develop our map-reading and fieldwork skills while learning more about the geography of our local area.

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