Chloe,
I really like your outline, this touches on parts of SESE Geography for Infants as well as leading towards 1st/2nd class Science>Materials begin to explore how different materials may be used in the construction of homes suited to their environments.
A variant of children drawing what they see that I have done, is to have photos of objects in the immediate area and have the children try to find them.
I really like your idea of comparison of aerial images of other villages. They could be within Ireland, or perhaps of other places that the children have visited / come from. I grew up in Canada, so like to share images of Canada in winter.