It is certainly not normal to have people taking pictures of your lessons without your knowledge, well here is one that I wasn’t expecting!


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Yes that’s me and a colleague doing some throwing and catching work with our Year 5s during a PE session.

Since it started Google Streetview has been criticised by many for possibly breaching privacy laws and some residents in Buckinghamshire have even blocked the images being taken.

That said, I think the new imagery provides an incredibly rich educational resource. I think it can be used in a number of ways to support curriculum work:

  • Illustrate places that are crucial parts of topics, such as historical monuments or geographical features.
  • As part of a local area study explore the Street View imagery (where available) to start discussions and activities before going on a walk.
  • We used Street View to look at a type of building described in detail in Streetchild used in Year 5.
  • Help children picture part of storytelling or writing by following a path or looking at a setting using Street View imagery.
  • Explore the maths that surrounds us all using the resource and Maths Maps.

Let me know of any further uses you have for Street View in the classroom – or indeed if your lesson has been caught on the Google cameras.