Places, maps and plans
Paper 1 work · 7 summaries- Places where people liveWhere people live: in the countryside, in towns and in cities, and how these places differ.
- Maps and directionsA map helps you find places and know the way. Here you learn how to read any map.
- Plans and symbolsWhat things look like from the front, the side and above, and how we draw a plan.
- Grid references and the world mapFind a place with a letter and a number, and know the continents and oceans of the world.
- Natural and man-made featuresThe things that make a place special: what nature made and what people built.
- South Africa: provinces, towns and neighboursSouth Africa’s nine provinces, their capitals and towns, and our six neighbours.
- Grid references and directionsDirections on a map: the compass, left and right, and how to give someone directions.
Water and farming in South Africa
Paper 2 work · 7 summaries- Water in South AfricaSouth Africa is a dry country, so we need to know where our water comes from and how to look after it.
- Farming in South AfricaWhat farmers need to grow food, how they look after the soil, and why farming matters.
- Clean water and healthWhy drinking water must be clean, how a town cleans its water, and what a drought is.
- Types of farming and foodSubsistence and commercial farming, crops, livestock and the kinds of food our farms produce.
- From farm to plate: processed foodHow food gets from the farm to your plate, and what processed food is.
- How people get foodHow people get food: buying, growing, fishing, hunting and gathering, now and long ago.
- Water for factories, mines, power and recreationHow people use water: at home, on farms, in factories, mines and power stations and for fun, and how we keep it clean.
For parents
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