A Five-Day Geography Week for Primary Classes

For parents and teachers · 3 min read

This plan gives a primary class one geography lesson a day for a week, about 40 minutes each. Every day has a short starter, a main activity off-screen, a few minutes of play on the class screen or tablets, and a quick check. It works for a themed week, a world culture day, or the week before a school geography bee.

Before you start

Day 1: Our world (continents and oceans)

  1. Starter (5 min): ask “Where in the world have you been, or where does your family come from?” Pin a sticky note on the map for each answer.
  2. Main (20 min): name the seven continents and five oceans together. Children label a blank world map in pairs.
  3. Play (10 min): Continents & Oceans on the class screen. Take turns coming up to tap.
  4. Check (5 min): each child names one continent and one ocean on their way out.

Day 2: Reading maps

  1. Starter (5 min): compass points. Children point north, south, east and west in the classroom. (“Never Eat Soggy Waffles” helps with the order round the compass.)
  2. Main (20 min): draw a map of the classroom or playground with a key of symbols you agree on as a class.
  3. Play (10 min): Map Skills: compass points, map symbols and grid squares.
  4. Check (5 min): give a grid reference on the class map and ask what is in that square.

Day 3: Flags

  1. Starter (5 min): show five flags; what do the colours and pictures make children think of?
  2. Main (20 min): colour three flags from the printable sheet, then talk about flag families (crosses, stripes, stars).
  3. Play (10 min): a Group Flag Challenge: the same 8 flags for everyone, on tablets or in teams on the class screen, then compare scores.
  4. Check (5 min): hang the coloured flags on the class string.

Day 4: Countries and capitals

  1. Starter (5 min): Country of the Day on the big screen: its flag, capital and a few facts.
  2. Main (20 min): in small groups, children make a fact card for one country (flag, capital, continent, one animal, one food) and find it on the wall map.
  3. Play (10 min): Guess the Capital on Easy, or Which Country Am I? for older classes.
  4. Check (5 min): each group presents its country in one sentence.

Day 5: Class quiz and our own flag

  1. Quiz (20 min): run a Quiz Show on the class screen with teams: a round of flags, then capitals, then geography questions. Teams answer on paper and you keep the score on screen.
  2. Design (15 min): each child designs a flag for the class. Ask them to explain one colour and one symbol.
  3. Celebrate (5 min): print class certificates for everyone who took part.

Making it easier or harder

Questions parents and teachers ask

How long is each lesson in this plan?

About 40 minutes: a 5-minute starter, a 20-minute main activity, 10 minutes of play and a 5-minute check.

Do students need accounts to play?

No. Flagoo needs no sign-up or student accounts and works in a web browser on phones, tablets and computers.

What ages is this plan for?

Primary classes aged about 6 to 11. The last section explains how to make it easier or harder.

Flagoo team · Updated 2026-10-12

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