SIO:
PAL
Pupils go on a
neighbourhood walk to:
· Develop
navigation and map-reading skills.
· Learn
more about facilities for the community: playgrounds, elderly corners,
recycling bins, etc. in their neighbourhood, to build rootedness and ownership.
· To
learn safety: traffic safety and fire safety
- To observe and know about some plants and animals living among us.
SEL
· Self-management
· Teamwork
OTHERS
· Process skills
– observing, comparing
· Social Studies
– Neighbourhood
· Spatial
awareness
Location
Neighbourhood around school
Materials
Handouts 6A Map of the Neighbouhood with route (one
for each teacher, 6 for each team)
Handout 6B Photo Hunt (one for each teacher, 6 for
each team)
Preparation
Conduct a reconnaissance of the suggested
route before the lesson. Find all the photo-hunt places and note the activity
there
Photocopy Handouts 6A & 6B laminate
them to reuse them.
Suggested numbers:
Handout 6A (7 sets per class)
Handout 6B (7 sets per class)
Safety
Weather: only continue with this lesson if there is
no Lightning alert
Crossing of the roads
Be watchful that no pupil/s stray from the group
Falling at playground?
Be watchful of vehicles when walking around the car
park
Overview
10min Introduction
65min
Neighbourhood hike
15min Debrief
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How to Conduct
Introduction and Go to School Gate (10min)
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· Explain to the class that you will lead them
on a walk around the neighbourhood to learn new things about the neighbourhood
and practice what they had learnt from all the lessons before.
· Conduct the Hike Briefing:
- Be on your best behaviour: you are
representing your school.
- Anyone not behaving and listening to
instructions will not be allowed to go or brought back.
- Be considerate. Stand on one side of
the path when we stop, to let others pass. Be quiet and respect the peace
of the neighbourhood.
· Conduct the Safety Briefing:
- Stay and walk together. No one is to
walk off by themselves.
- Be very careful when near the road, car
park or crossing the road.
- When walking along the path, be careful
of bicycles/scooters coming by.
· Explain the Tasks and the Handouts:
o We will be walking along a route. Teams will
use their map on Handout 6A to keep track of where they are.
o Along the way, teams will go on a Hunt for
the Photos found in Handout 6C. When you spot something on the Handout, tell me
and the class!
o We are also going to spot interesting plants
and animals on the way. When you see an
animal, be quiet so as not to scare it.
· Ask teams to drink some water and line up. Distribute
the Handouts to each team. Allow pupils to go to the toilet, on the way to the
school gate.
Outdoor Time -
Neighbourhood Hike (65min)
1.
Lead
the ‘neighbourhood hike’ using the route, which starts at the school gate,
around the school.
2.
At
each landmark, ask some questions to reinforce learning points:
Landmark
1 The Traffic Light (Road safety, attentiveness)
- Why should we use the traffic crossing
when crossing? (Because it is safer; people run across the road have been
knocked down by cars)
- What is the best way to cross the road?
(Always cross with an adult, press the button once and wait by the side.
Do not stand too near the road. Put up your hands when crossing (you can
discuss why in class)
Along
the way: notice the trees alongside the road – giving us shade and keeping the neighbourhood
cooler.
Landmark
2 Family Clinic and the Bomb shelter (not coming to school, seeing a doctor when we are ill /concept
of bomb shelter)
- Can you see the yellow triangle sign on
top of the door? It says shelter. What kind of shelter is it? A bomb
shelter for. This is a special place for people to hide in in times of
emergencies and bombings. The walls are extra thick to protect against
bombing. During peace time, bomb shelters have different uses. Here it is
a family clinic.
- When do we visit a family clinic? (when
we are ill. When you are ill, better to see a doctor, rest and get well.
Do not come to school where you cannot recover and you may spread the
germs to others)
Landmark 3 Fire hydrant (Safety with fire)
- What are these for? Fire in the
neighbourhood – it’s a water source for firemen to put out fires.
- We should never play with fire on our
homes – do not light candles, the stove or play with matches, especially
when adults are not at home.
Map reading: Check to see if they
know where they are on the map
Landmark 4 Playground
(Consideration/taking turns)
- Have you been here? Which is your
favourite part of the playground? (Answer varies.)
- If the playground is crowded, what
should you do? (Take turns, wait for your turn, do not hog the swing,
etc.)
Landmark 5 Elderly Fitness Corner (Obedience
of signs)
- What is this Corner? Elderly Fitness
Corner.
- Should children/students play here? no
– it says on the sign – “discourage children from using it”
- Why? (not built for children – children
might get hurt, give elderly a chance
Landmark 6 Mobile Library (convenience of
a mobile library/benefits of reading)
- What can you do here? (borrow books to
read) reading is important and we can learn so much from books. We also
improve our language, reading and writing skills.
- How does having a mobile library help
the residents? (don’t need to go all the way to the library to borrow
books)
Landmark 7 Starlight residents’ Corner (for
residents to meet and build up the community spirit)
- What is the Resident’s Corner for? (for
residents to meet and do things together. This helps to build friendships
between people in the neighbourhood)
Landmark 8 Multi purpose Hall (for residents to have gatherings)
- Explain that people can organise events
at this multipurpose hall like weddings and parties.
Landmark 9 Tall Pulai Trees (activity –
how tall is one of these trees in terms of storeys of the block; Benefits of
trees)
- These are Pulai trees that can grow
very tall. How tall is one of these trees? Count the number of storeys of
the block (10-12 storeys)
- Benefits of trees: how do trees help
us? Give shade and cool our environment. They also give food and shelter
to
Map reading: Check to see if they
know where they are on the map
Landmark 10 Recycling Bins (Encourage
recycling/what not to put inside)
- What items are recyclable (see the
pictures on the bins – paper, glass bottles, plastic bottles)
- What do you not put inside? (drinks and
food, food wrappers, batteries, etc.)
- Do you recycle?
Landmark 11 Community Garden (Neighbours
having fun gardening together/ building friendship and community
spirit/volunteers/plants)
- Ask children to read the sign. Explain
that this is a Community garden where volunteers come and do gardening
together. this is one way neighbours become even better friends and have
fun doing things together.
- Tell your family about it – maybe you
and family members can come and do some gardening in the weekends or free
time!
- Optional: point out some interesting
plants
Map reading: Check to see if they know where they
are on the map
Landmark 12 Post Box (Postage system)
- This is a post box. Letus pretend you
have a letter to send to a friend in Indonesia or Australia. Which slot do
you put your letter in? Other countries. Yes, they separate letters in
Singapore and those going overseas.
- Optional: advanced: when will the
postman next come to collect letters and bring them to the post office?
5pm (Mon-Thurs)
Lead the pupils back to the traffic lights. Cross
the road and return to class.
Debrief (15min)
Ask pupils if they had fun? (Yes.) Praise the teams
for their sharp eyes and for spotting all 11 landmarks.
Visualiser Recap the route and landmarks using the
map (Handout 6A).
What did they learn about? Ask a few pupils to share
about some of these topics (recap and their own ideas)
o Road safety: be alert and attentive wen
crossing or near roads
o Bomb shelters
o Fire hydranth: never play with fire
o Playgrounds taking turns when having fun
o Serving the people and bringing people together:
exercise for the elderly @ elderly corners, mobile library, residents’ corner,
multipurpose halls, community garden
o Nature in the neighbourhood: trees, animals
o Post box
o Anything else was interesting?
- What animals did they see during the
walk? (Birds like Mynah, Sparrow; butterflies, bees, Changeable lizard
etc.)
- What interesting plants did they see
(at the community garden – dragon fruit plant, coconut palms, etc?
o Was the class considerate? Was the class
noisy or quiet?
o Which team showed good teamwork? Taking
turns to hold the map etc.
- Where can you do better in care, consideration and
teamwork?
Conclusions
· Recognizing landmarks is an important way of
knowing where you are on a map. If we are lost, look for landmarks to help you
find your way
· Everyone in the neighbourhood should help
keep it clean and healthy by not littering
· Be safe around roads. Always be alert and attentive.
· There are many interesting animals and
plants in your neighbourhood.
· Never play with fire.
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