Staying oriented in VFR This is something I have been questioning more and more often on how pilots do it. So, let's say we are flying on a new location and know very little about it. When flying around and keeping the location of the aerodrome we took off to later return back to it, how do we plan to consider which points to reference and which points represent what when flying?

Might be worth to mention VFR is in practice. Let us assume we do not have a GPS.

As an example where I have been flying I got references like a prison and a stadium that indicates a fly path back to the aerodrome, but I got to know those thanks to my instructor and become more aware of them. But when I think about it, at the start I had no idea. And when I consider way ahead once I have the ability to fly alone, I often think of how will I be able to understand which points references what, how can I quickly understand where I am and what is best for me to try and plan ahead to stay located when in flight.

Apologies if it is really obvious it is still something very recent to me and I have this worry recently. Just though it could be something I could start gain awareness, the sooner the better?

Thank you in advance!
Many of the features marked on your sectional chart are there precisely because they're things a VFR pilot should be able to see from the air and use as landmarks for navigation using "pilotage".

If you're preparing for a cross-country trip, you start with a straight line from origin to destination than then adjust it slightly so that it passes over these features as checkpoints every 10-15nm, and you'd put each of those points in your nav log as your flight path.  Then you do the additional calculations (wind, time, etc.) to turn that into something you could, if necessary, follow via "dead reckoning".

Even if you don't have GPS, you may have a VOR receiver (or ADF, if in a really old plane) that could be used as well.  DPEs here require that you be able to use VORs to fix your location on a PPL checkride; I don't know if that's everywhere, but IMHO it's a good idea regardless.

If all else fails, or any time you are in immediate danger, you can always call ATC and ask for help.  But until you've had the training on all the above options and demonstrated reasonable competency with them, your instructor shouldn't be allowing you to get yourself into such situations.