Maps

Expedition Date: May

Location: Carter House

Expedition Description: Map It, Track It, Find It! The Ultimate Treasure Quest at Carter House

Students step into the role of early explorers on a hands-on expedition at Carter House, using maps, compasses, and teamwork to navigate the landscape and recover lost treasure. Through an engaging storytelling experience, pupils learn how sailors travelled to and around Bermuda long before modern technology.

Students will:

• Use compasses to apply cardinal directions (North, South, East, West)
• Identify natural and man-made landmarks
• Follow directional clues to navigate the site
• Create and interpret simple maps using symbols and keys
• Work collaboratively to solve navigation challenges
• Make connections to Bermuda’s history and early exploration

Curriculum Links:

• SS03-GEO02 (3.SS.G1b): Identify, name and locate places using basic map skills, i.e. natural and manmade environments e.g. beaches, parks, church, school, businesses, landmarks, parishes, villages, towns and capital city
• SS03-GEO03 (3.SS.G1c): Create and interpret simple maps of the community using cardinal directions, basic symbols and keys.

Vocabulary Voyage

The P3 Maps thematic unit is built around the mentor text supporting ELA curriculum-aligned literacy learning alongside an experiential school visit with AgraLiving as part of the Horizons Programme.

The Vocabulary Voyage offers a set of optional resources designed to enrich language learning in an engaging and practical way. Three short, flexible vocabulary activities encourage pupils to develop language through through small-group discussion, collaboration and creative thinking. Two additional independent writing tasks, linked to the theme of the unit, provide structured opportunities for pupils to apply new vocabulary in meaningful written contexts.

These resources ssupport oral language development, vocabulary growth, comprehension, and writing skills, while remaining easy to incorporate into short literacy blocks or small pockets of classroom time.