Subject Map Year 3 - Geography (Understanding the world)

Unit Name: Local Area Study – Unit Name: Rivers and the water Unit Name: Geography of UK Unit Name: Region of the UK – canal cycle Lake District NC links/coverage: NC links/coverage: NC links/coverage: Objectives: NC links/coverage: Objectives: Objectives: Name and locate counties and Objectives: Use maps, atlases, globes and Children should be able to cities of the United Kingdom, Understand geographical digital/computer mapping to describe and understand key geographical regions and their similarities and differences locate countries and describe aspects of physical geography, identifying human and physical through the study of human and features studied including rivers and the water characteristics, key topographical physical geography of a region of cycle. features (including hills, the United Kingdom Use the 8 points of a compass, 4 mountains, coasts and rivers), and 6-figure grid references, Use maps, atlases, globes and and land-use patterns; and Describe and understand key symbols and key (including the digital/computer mapping to understand how some of these aspects of physical geography, use of Ordnance Survey maps) to locate countries and describe aspects have changed over time including: climate zones, biomes build their knowledge of the features studied and vegetation belts, rivers, United Kingdom and the wider Use maps, atlases, globes and mountains, volcanoes and world Use the 8 points of a compass, 4 digital/computer mapping to earthquakes, and the water cycle and 6-figure grid references, locate countries and describe use fieldwork to observe, symbols and key (including the features studied. Describe and understand key measure, record and present the use of Ordnance Survey maps) to aspects of human geography, human and physical features in build their knowledge of the Use the 8 points of a compass, 4 including: types of settlement and the local area using a range of United Kingdom and the wider and 6-figure grid references, land use, economic activity methods, including sketch maps, world symbols and key (including the including trade links, and the plans and graphs, and digital use of Ordnance Survey maps) to distribution of natural resources technologies. Precise knowledge to be learned build their knowledge of the including energy, food, minerals (include locality links here): United Kingdom and the wider and water Precise knowledge to be learned world. (include locality links here): The water cycle – evaporation, Use maps, atlases, globes and condensation, precipitation. Precise knowledge to be learned digital/computer mapping to (include locality links here): Love Faith. Love People. Love Learning.

Know how to locate features of The water cycle means that rivers locate countries and describe the local area on a map using a 4 rarely run dry. England is divided into 9 regions: features studied and 6 figure grid reference. South West, South East, East, 1. Start at the left-hand side The source in the mountains/hills West Midlands, East Midlands, Use the 8 points of a compass, 4 of the map and go east because gravity is the force which Yorkshire and the Humber, North and 6-figure grid references, until you get to the bottom- makes them flow. East, North West and Greater symbols and key (including the left-hand corner of the The mouth of the river is in the London. We live in the NW. use of Ordnance Survey maps) to square you want. Write this sea, ocean or lake. Regions are split into counties. build their knowledge of the number down. County is an area of the UK United Kingdom and the wider 2. Move north until you get to Know vocabulary of rivers: similar but not the same as states world the bottom-left corner of Meander – river bends in America. Precise knowledge to be learned the square you want. Look Tributaries – secondary rivers or Can they name any? (include locality links here): at the number of this grid streams flowing into the main line and add it to the two- river We live in the county of Lake District is in Cumbria. digit number you already Erosion – movement of materials Lancashire. have. This is your four- from the river bed/bank Locate Lancashire on a map. Physical features – mountains, figure grid reference. Pebble – small stone lakes, valleys 3. First, find the four-figure Boulder – large stone Name the surrounding counties Mountains made from volcanic grid reference but leave a Silt – sand and grit and their position using compass rock make up highest mountains space after the first two Deposit – where the materials points - Cumbria to the N, e.g. Scafell Pike. digits. come to rest Cheshire to the S and West Lakes because volcanic rock 4. Estimate or measure how Bank – sides of the river Yorkshire to the E. The Irish sea doesn’t allow for drainage and many tenths across the Flood plain – land on the side of is to the W. valleys caused by glacier are grid square your symbol the river perfect for holding high volumes lies. Write this number Fertile soil – soil good for crops Know what features make a city, of water. after the first two digits. and growing town, village, hamlet. What is 5. Next, estimate how many Blackburn? Name other towns. Compare landscape looking at tenths up the grid square Know that rivers are useful for: Name a city in Lancashire. Can contour lines on OS maps. Know your symbol lies. Write this Water cycle – water for drinking you name any other cities? that landscape in Lake District is number after the last two Habitat Locate the counties for these mountainous. digits. Farming cities. Transport Love Faith. Love People. Love Learning.

Know how to use a compass and Energy Name and locate mountain Human features – farming, the 8 compass directions: Leisure ranges – Grampian, Pennines, tourism, settlements The top of most maps North York Moors, Snowdonia, Farming is hill sheep farming due is north and a compass can be River Blakewater is the river in Beacon Beacons, Lake District. to the landscape. used to find which direction north Blackburn. Lakes, shopping and scenery is. Compasses show four It runs underneath the town Name and locate rivers of the UK attract tourists throughout the directions - north, east, centre. – Thames, Ouse, Trent, Forth, year. south and west . Its source is on the moors above Tyne, Severn. Beatrix Potter as an attraction for The needle always points north, Guide/Knuzden and it runs into tourists and the link to wildlife. so when that is lined up with the the River Darwen at Witton Park Prior Learning: Compare settlements with map it is easy to see in which and then into the River Ribble. Continents and oceans – all year Blackburn and Lake District using direction things are. Locate the river on Digimaps. groups symbols from OS maps. Can they find and label the Map skills – all year groups Maps are drawn to scale so they source and the point at which it The UK – Y1 Know positive and negative are zoomed in. The smaller the joins the River Darwen? Rivers – Y3 effects of tourism. scale the more detail because Positive – good for the economy they are zoomed in further. The Name and locate on a world map Suitable visits/Visitors/ of the town, good for small scale of a map of the UK would famous rivers such as Thames, Experiences: businesses, creates jobs. have a larger scale than a map of Seine, Rhine, Volga, Tiber, Nile. Guess my county e.g. a county in Negatives – destruction of the Blackburn. the E.Midlands, doesn’t have a countryside, overcrowding, Prior Learning: coastline and shares its border increased cars = increased Maps have symbols so that Local area – Y2 with 3 other regions, Staffordshire pollution, not enough features on the map can be seen is to the SW. opportunities for local people as clearly. Maps have a key so that Suitable Visits/Visitors/ How many cities can you name in tourists move in. people know what the symbols Experiences: 2 minutes? mean. Anderton Boat Lift, Cheshire – What county are they in? Prior Learning: school visit. Local area – Y2 Features of the local area: Write a postcard of a mountain Local area – Y3 School, canal, library, main road, Write a poem, act it out or write a holiday – what can you do there, Geography of the UK – Y3 viaduct, bridge – these are rap about the water cycle. what’s the weather like, what Rivers and the water cycle – Y3 human features. towns did you visit? Suitable visits/Visitors/ Love Faith. Love People. Love Learning.

Bluebell woods, river, grassland – Make a river from source Make a 3D map of the UK (use Experiences: these are physical features. (mountain/hill) to mouth clay and plasticine) place on the Lake District Visitors’ Centre on (sea/ocean/lake) map the mountain ranges and shore of Lake Windermere – Visit the River Blakewater running rivers. school visit. Prior Learning: into the River Darwen. School and its ground – Y1 Suitable texts: Debate on tourism – each group Local area – Y2 Water cycle song King of the cloud forests - takes a person connected to the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v Michael Morpurgo Lake District e.g. shop keeper, Suitable Visits/Visitors/ =Ijn5r8fKlSQ farmer, rambler and resident. Experiences: Suitable resources: Each person gives an opinion on Keep Blackburn Tidy visit to WWF Rivers app – augmented Atlases whether tourists should be limited school reality Globes in the Lake District.

Orienteering on the school Suitable texts: National/Global Links: Suitable texts: grounds using a compass River Story – Meredith Hooper Beatrix Potter books The Drop in my Drink – Meredith Christian Value/SMSC link: Local area battleships Hooper Spiritual - Geography supports Suitable resources: The Rhythm of the Rain – spiritual development by Maps Take photos of features locate on Grahame Baker-Smith promoting a sense of wonder and Atlases digimaps and annotate. A River – Marc Martin fascination with the physical and Globes Why water’s worth it – Lori human world. Suitable texts: Harrison Social - Geography supports National/Global Links: OS maps of the local area. The song of the Dolphin Boy – social development because Tourism and its impact. Atlases. Elizabeth Laird (class novel) social issues are common themes OS symbol flashcards. within geography. Christian Value/SMSC link: Suitable resources: Spiritual - Geography supports Suitable resources: Atlases spiritual development by Atlases Digimaps promoting a sense of wonder and Digimaps Materials to make a river from fascination with the physical and source to mouth human world. Grid references Moral – Geography incorporates moral issues of an ever Love Faith. Love People. Love Learning.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/gui National/Global Links: increasing population and the des/z6j6fg8/revision/4 River pollution – plastics problems this can cause. Flooding Social - Geography supports Using a map and compass social development because https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/arti Christian Value/SMSC link: social issues are common themes cles/zhtyvk7 Spiritual - Geography supports within geography. Children spiritual development by discuss issues such as tourism National/Global Links: promoting a sense of wonder and and pollution with an emphasis on The local environment fascination with the physical and how they can make a difference human world. by making small changes to their Christian Value/SMSC link: How amazing that God created lifestyles. Spiritual - Geography supports something that is so important to spiritual development by our Earth and its people in so promoting a sense of wonder and many ways. fascination with the physical and human world. How amazing that God created something that is so important to our Earth and its people in so many ways.

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