Handling Data and the Northern Ireland Census
Key Stage 1
Are you ready Key Stage 1?
Let’s Count! developed by CCEA in partnership with Census 2021 and supported by NISRA.
Multiple ready to use presentations, video and audio clips, games and other teacher notes and pupil resources.
Help Pablo plan his party, create charts and graphs about your class, learn about places to live in Northern Ireland, discover the importance of organising your information and play a game to find out about jobs in the past that are no longer needed.
Lesson 1: Where Do I Fit In? (Population)
Learners find out about the population of Northern Ireland, sort and talk about data, learn to use frequency tables and discover which names are most popular and who shares theirs.
Lesson 2: Settlements (Settlements)
Learners enjoy an Ulster-Scots fable with Billy Connolly, explore the meaning of the words urban and rural, and discuss what makes our favourite places special to us.
Lesson 3: How Do We Get There? (Transport)
Learners analyse census data to find the most popular way to travel to school, discover how important it is to organise your data clearly and identify where in the world children use a zip line to get to school.
Lesson 4: It’s Hard Work (Occupations)
Learners talk about changes to occupations and education over time and learn how some long gone occupations have left their mark on our language and even our names.
