Jerry Clay Academy: Geography – Year Group Expectations

Year 1

Locational knowledge Place knowledge Human and physical geography Geographical skills and fieldwork

Begin to know the countries, Know some physical and human Know where Buckingham Palace, Balmoral Know how to use a variety of capital cities and oceans of the UK features of Peru including and Edinburgh Castle and are. globes, maps, atlases. and be able to locate these. vocabulary outlined in the NC Know some physical and human features of Be able to create their own simple Begin to know the seven Know about The North and including : city, town, village, aerial map of the classroom/school continents and be able to locate South Poles and the Equator. factory, farm, house, office, port, harbour these. and shop Recognise where The Amazon Create a simple map of the local Know the continent of Peru and The Congo are. Know some physical and human features of a area and have visited the local area. seaside town including beach, cliff, coast, Have some knowledge of the forest, hill, mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil, habitats, countries and valley, vegetation, season and weather continents different animals would live in. Identify weather patterns where we live.

Greater depth: Ask and answer a good range of Be able to recognise the type of Use key language for human and physical Complete maps and drawings with pertinent geographical questions. place it is based on its features consistently and accurately within some detail for a wide amount of characteristics. their written and verbal work. purposes.

Investigate their local area/grounds to answer a pertinent question and record their findings in a geographical way that is an appropriate medium.

Jerry Clay Academy: Geography – Year Group Expectations

Year 2

Locational knowledge Place knowledge Human and physical geography Geographical skills and fieldwork

Know the capital cities of the UK Compare similarities and Identify physical and human features of Wrenthorpe Continue to use a variety of globes, differences between Wrenthorpe maps, atlases. Locate countries and cities within and a non – European country Know about different weathers and how they occur. Europe including London, UK, Madrid, (South Africa) use aerial photographs and plan Spain, Paris, France and Berlin, Know some different temperatures and how perspectives to recognise landmarks Germany. weathers compare with a city in Europe and a non – and basic human and physical Know about The North and South European city. features; devise a simple map; and Know the 7 continents and oceans of Poles and the Equator. use and construct basic symbols in a the world. Confidently talk/explain different weathers and why key different weathers occur.

Identify physical and human features including use simple fieldwork and landmarks in including, The Coal Mining observational skills to study the Museum, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Pugneys, geography of their school and its Newmillerdam and . grounds/local area and the key human and physical features of its surrounding environment

Greater Depth: Ask and answer a good range of Be able to recognise the type of Use key language for human and physical features Complete maps and drawings with pertinent geographical questions. place it is based on its consistently and accurately within their written and some detail for a wide amount of characteristics. verbal work. purposes. Have a fluent knowledge of cities and Investigate their local area/grounds the countries within the UK and the Compare places using the careful and correct to answer a pertinent question and world’s continents and terminology to offer reason and explanation, when record their findings in a oceans looking at similarities and differences. geographical way that is an appropriate medium. Jerry Clay Academy: Geography – Year Group Expectations

Year 3

Locational knowledge Place knowledge Human and physical geography Geographical skills and fieldwork

Confidently name and locate continents Compare similarities and differences Know some Stone Age sites in the UK including Be able to draw their own sketch map, including and oceans of the world. between a coastline in the UK and Newgrange, Cheddar Gorge, Skara Brae and Stonehenge a key (of Wrenthorpe) another place e.g. Great Barrier Reef Start to be aware of latitude, longitude, Know about the Great Barrier Reef Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Identify different human and physical mapping to locate countries and describe Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and features in a city in Spain. Know how volcanoes are formed and how this affects features studied Capricorn people Use the 8 points of a compass, 4- and 6-figure Locate different countries and cities in Be able to identify different human and physical features grid references, symbols and key (including the Europe, including Leeds and in Wrenthorpe. use of Ordnance Survey maps) to build their Madrid/Barcelona. knowledge of the United Kingdom and the wider Identify different human and physical features in Leeds world Know some rural and urban settlements including Roundhay Park, Leeds Minster, Grand Theatre, in the UK. . Use fieldwork to observe, measure record and present the human and physical features in the Locate main rivers in Yorkshire including Know how and why Leeds has changed over time. local area using a range of methods, including The Ouse, River Aire , River Calder sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital Know how farmers use land technologies

Know why farming and trade produce is important. Greater depth: Ask and answer a good range of Be able to recognise the type of place Use key language for human and physical features Begin to lead their own fieldwork activity that pertinent geographical questions. it is based on its characteristics. consistently and accurately within their written and verbal they choose to investigate. work. Becoming confident in naming and Be able to use and apply direction Complete maps, drawings and grid references locating a range of European countries. with some accuracy, based on the Compare places using the careful and correct with detail for a wide amount of purposes. compass rose. terminology to offer reason and explanation, when looking at similarities and differences. Be able to reason choices for the symbols/key used. Start to investigate patterns of human and/or physical features. Use a range of mapping images to be able to investigate and answer pertinent questions.

Jerry Clay Academy: Geography – Year Group Expectations

Year 4

Locational knowledge Place knowledge Human and physical geography Geographical skills and fieldwork

Name countries and many capital Locate Greece and its seas and cities. Know about different climate zones and how Use maps and other resources to find out how cities in Europe including London, these affect different habitats of the world. public space is utilised Paris, Berlin, Rome, Vatican City, Talk about/explain about the landscape and Stockholm, Copenhagen, Helsinki, climate in Greece Understand and describe climate, biomes, Suggest ways that public space could be utilised Belgrade, Athens, Brussels, Lisbon, vegetation and animals so that we can identify by creating own maps and explanations. Oslo, Tallinn, Reykjavik Compare similarities between two European cities the features of the layers of vegetation in the e.g. Denmark and Athens. rainforest Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer Locate some forests in the UK mapping to locate countries and describe features including Sherwood Forest and Locate Brazil and some of its landmarks including Explore changes to the way land is used in the studied rainforests of the world, including the The Amazon Rainforest and Christ the Redeemer. rainforest so that we can begin to understand Amazon. the reasons and dangers of deforestation Use the 8 points of a compass, 4- and 6-figure Station and others Know landmarks across the UK and Europe grid references, symbols and key (including the including : Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Colosseum, Know some ways of living more sustainably. use of Ordnance Survey maps) to build their Continue to strengthen knowledge of Parthenon, Leaning tower of Pisa, Sistine Chapel knowledge of the United Kingdom and the wider latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Human geography, including: types of world Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Know some landmarks across the UK and what settlement and land use, economic activity the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, cities these are located in. These include Big Ben, including trade links, and the distribution of Use fieldwork to observe, measure record and Tower of London, Houses of Parliament, St Pauls, natural resources including energy, food, present the human and physical features in the The Angel of the minerals and water local area using a range of methods, including North, Hadrian’s Wall, York Minster, Roundhay sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital Park, The Eden Project, Emley Moor Transmitting technologies

Greater depth: Ask and answer a good range of Be able to recognise the type of place it is based Use key language for human and physical Begin to lead their own fieldwork activity that they pertinent geographical questions. on its characteristics. features consistently and accurately within their choose to investigate. written and verbal work. Have a good knowledge of cities and Be able to use and apply direction with some Complete maps, drawings and grid references the countries within the UK and the accuracy, based on the compass rose. Compare places using the careful and correct with detail for a wide amount of purposes. world’s continents and terminology to offer reason and explanation, oceans when looking at similarities and differences. Be able to reason choices for the symbols/key used. Becoming confident in naming and Gain confidence in investigating patterns of locating a range of European human and/or physical features. Be able to pull together a range of mapping countries. images to be able to investigate and answer pertinent questions. Jerry Clay Academy: Geography – Year Group Expectations

Year 5

Locational knowledge Place knowledge Human and physical geography Geographical skills and fieldwork

Name and locate capital cities in countries Identify mountain ranges in the Identify features of mountains and know why they are Use and read six figure grid references that were involved in WW2 and some of their UK including Lake District, formed landmarks including: Pennines, Grampian Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer Big Ben, Tower of London, Houses of Mountains Know about different biomes across the world and mapping to locate countries and describe features Parliament, St Pauls, Hampton Court Palace, use geographical vocabulary to describe these. studied Tower Bridge, London Bridge, London Eye, Identify mountain ranges in the Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag Building, world including : Himalayas, Explain and describe the tundra biome in detail Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms, Andes, Alps, Rocky Mountains mapping to locate countries and describe features The Anne Frank House, Dunkirk, Holocaust studied Memorial etc. Compare mountain in UK e.g. Ben Nevis to one in another Use the 8 points of a compass, 4- and 6-figure grid Know the continents and oceans of the world country e.g. Everest , Nepal references, symbols and key (including the use of and be confident at naming many capital Ordnance Survey maps) to build their knowledge of cities in Europe and across other continents Start to understand different the United Kingdom and the wider world that they have learnt about in Ks1 and 2 time zones across the world, in relation to location including, Use fieldwork to observe, measure record and Understand and identify the position and the Prime/Greenwich Meridian present the human and physical features in the local significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, and time zones (including day area using a range of methods, including sketch Northern Hemisphere, Southern and night) maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle Know some human and Use fieldwork to observe, measure record and physical features of two cities present the human and physical features in the local Understand time differences in relation to in the UK (e.g. and area using a range of methods, including sketch location across the world Whitby) maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies Greater depth: Ask and answer a good range of pertinent Be able to recognise the type Use key language for human and physical features Be confident to lead their own fieldwork activity that geographical questions. of place it is based on its consistently and accurately within their written and they choose to investigate. characteristics. verbal work. Have a good knowledge of cities and the Complete maps, drawings and grid references with countries within the UK and the world’s Be able to use and apply Compare places using the careful and correct detail for a wide amount of purposes. continents and oceans direction accurately, based on terminology to offer reason and explanation, when the compass rose. looking at similarities and differences. Be able to reason choices for the symbols/key used. Be confident in naming and locating a range of countries around the world. Be confident in investigating patterns of human and/or Be able to pull together a range of mapping images to physical features. These are described in detail. be able to investigate and answer pertinent questions. Jerry Clay Academy: Geography – Year Group Expectations

Year 6

Locational knowledge Place knowledge Human and physical geography Geographical skills and fieldwork

Locate Egypt and Egyptian cities on a Compare Ciaro with London Understand and label different part of rivers and why Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to map. these are so important locate countries and describe features studied Identify tectonic plates and Locate the River Nile and famous fault lines Know vocabulary associated with earthquakes and Use the 8 points of a compass, 4- and 6-figure grid landmarks including: Valley of the Kings, tsunamis references, symbols and key (including the use of The Sphinx, The White Desert Ordnance Survey maps) to build their knowledge of the Explain how earthquakes occur United Kingdom and the wider world Locate main rivers in UK and Europe including : Why do rivers flood? Link to Explain how tsunamis occur Use fieldwork to observe, measure record and present the previous flooding in Yorkshire and UK human and physical features in the local area using a including: Severn, Thames, Trent, Ouse, Know some physical and human effects of natural range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and Danube, Seine, Volga. disasters graphs, and digital technologies

Know the continents and oceans of the Know about the UK’s trade links Use fieldwork to observe, measure record and present the world and be confident at naming many human and physical features in the local area using a capital cities in Europe and across other Know about fair trade and why it is important range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and continents that they have learnt about in graphs, and digital technologies Ks1 and 2

Greater depth: Ask and answer a good range of Be able to recognise the type Use key language for human and physical features Be confident to lead their own fieldwork activity that they pertinent geographical questions. of place it is based on its consistently and accurately within their written and choose to investigate. characteristics. verbal work. Have a fluent knowledge of cities and the Complete maps, drawings and grid references with detail countries within the UK and the world’s Be able to use and apply Compare places using the careful and correct for a wide amount of purposes. continents and oceans direction accurately, based on terminology to offer reason and explanation, when the compass rose. looking at similarities and differences. Be able to reason choices for the symbols/key used. Be fluent in naming and locating a range of countries around the world. Be confident in investigating patterns of human Be able to confidently pull together a range of mapping and/or physical features. These are described in images to be able to investigate and answer pertinent detail. questions. Jerry Clay Academy: Geography – Year Group Expectations