About this my school and surroundings practice
My school and surroundings is taught in KS2 Year 1 (ages 5-6) as part of the England national curriculum. This free practice set covers simple maps of school, near and far places, and basic directions through 10 interactive questions, working up from easy warm-ups to harder problems.
What you'll practise
Each session gives you 10 questions in mixed difficulty: a few simple ones to start, some two-step questions next, then word problems at the end. If you get stuck, tap for a hint. After every answer you get a short explanation, right or wrong, so you can see why.
Question types in this set: multiple choice, true or false, fill the blank, word matching, drag-to-order.
Example question
What is a map?
Curriculum coverage
This is on the KS2 Geography programme of study for Year 1. The questions follow the same order schools use, starting with concrete examples and moving on to more abstract reasoning, so practice here lines up with what your child is doing in lessons. British English throughout, with British units, currency and spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- What is my school and surroundings in KS2 geography?
- Simple maps of school, near and far places, and basic directions. It is on the KS2 geography curriculum for Year 1 and gets revisited in later years too.
- What year group is my school and surroundings taught in?
- My school and surroundings is first introduced in Year 1. Children usually meet it again in later years as the work gets harder.
- Is the my school and surroundings practice really free?
- Yes. All 10 questions are free, with no signup, no payment and no time limit. Your progress is saved in your browser.
- How does the practice work?
- Each session gives you 10 questions of mixed difficulty. Correct answers add 8 to 12 points to your SmartScore; wrong answers take some off. Get to 80 to mark the concept as complete. Hints are there if you need them, and every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Practice content matched to the England national curriculum for KS2 (Year 1). Questions use British English throughout.
Get a paper version of these questions with an answer key.