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Geography Subject coverage – Nursery & Reception

Locational Knowledge Place Knowledge Human Physical Geography Geographical Skills and Fieldwork  Comments and asks questions about the place they live or the natural world.  Can talk about some things they have observed such as plants, animals, natural and found objects.  Shows care and concern for living things& the environment.  Children know similarities and differences in relation to places.  Children talk about features of their own immediate environment and how environments vary.

 Walk around the school grounds. What can you see? Plants, animals and natural/ built objects.  Keeping our classroom clean/ Nursery tidy.  Locate China and the UK on a  Compare Reception outdoor  Find out about children and schools around the world.  Use maps and globes to locate some map. space to KS 1 Outdoor space  Compare China with our own environment (Chinese New familiar countries/ holiday destinations. (draw maps, aerial photos). Year).  Directional language, left, right,  Walk around the school grounds forwards, backwards, (beebots). to look at their immediate  Route to school using google maps (aerial environment. photographs  Keeping the school environment

Reception clean. (caretaker visit)

Geography Subject coverage – KS 1

Bengeo School

Locational Knowledge Place Knowledge Human Physical Geography Geographical Skills and Fieldwork Name, locate & Name and locate the Understand geographical similarities Identify seasonal and daily Use basic geographical  Use world maps, atlases and the globe to identify the world’s 7 continents and differences through studying the weather patterns in the United vocabulary to refer to: locate the four countries of the UK and characteristics of the and 5 oceans. human and physical geography of a Kingdom and the location of hot  Beach, cliff, coast, the seven continents as well as other four countries and small area of the and and cold areas of the world in forest, hill, countries studied at this stage. capital cities of the a small area in a contrasting non- relation to the equator and the mountain, sea, ocean,  Use simple compass directions (N, S, E & United Kingdom and European country. North and South Poles. river, soil, valley, W & locational language (e.g near, far, its surrounding seas vegetation, season & left & right) weather.  To use aerial photographs to recognise  City, town, village, landmarks and basic human/ physical factory, farm, house, geographical features. office, port, harbour  Use simple fieldwork and observational & shop skills to study the geography of their school and it’s grounds. Know the names of the 4 countries that Understand that the human and  Know the 4 seasons & which is the hottest & coldest.  Know where the equator, North Pole and make up the UK & name the three main physical Geography in the UK is  Know the main differences between City, town and village. South Pole are on the globe. seas that surround the UK. different. Key words:  Climates around the world in relation to the equator &  Know where N, S, E & W are on a compass.  Know and locate the 4 capital cities North/ South Pole  Know their address, including postcode. of the UK Countries: Hill, mountain, sea, coast, valley,  Know and recognise the main weather symbols. Key words:

Key words: town, city, vegetation, farm, house, Key words: Equator, North Pole, South Pole, globe,

England, Scotland, Wales, Northern shop Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, hemisphere climate. Ireland, Union Jack, United Kingdom Hill, mountain, sea, coast, valley, town, city, vegetation,

Year 1 Year farm, house, shop  Know the names of and locate the  Know the main differences  Identify the following physical features: mountain, lake, Know and use the terminologies: left and right: seven continents of the world. between a place in and island, valley, river, cliff, forest & beach. below: next to  Know the names of and locate the that of a small place in a non-  Explain some of the advantages or disadvantages of living Use aerial photos, atlases and maps to look at five oceans of the world. European country. in a city or village. the two areas studied under place knowledge Key words:  Seaside study. to reinforce map skills. London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast, Compare Kenya & England Use atlases to locate the continents and the Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, Key words: Key words: oceans of the world. Southern oceans, European, African, Wildlife, Port, harbour, beach, cliff, soil. Key words:

Africa, Antartica, Asia, Australasia, climate, mountains, housing, farm Reinforce year 1 key words where applicable. Aerial, maps, atlas, ocean, continent Europe, North America, South America, Year 2 Year

Geography Subject coverage – KS 2

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Locational Knowledge Place knowledge Locate the worlds’ countries, using maps Name & locate counties & cities of Identify the position and significance of Understand Geographical similarities and differences through the to focus on Europe (including Russia) & the UK, geographical regions & their latitude, longitude, Equator, N Hemisphere, S. study of human & physical geography of a region of the UK, a region in a N & S America, focusing on regions & identifying human and physical Hemisphere, Tropics of Cancer & Capricorn, European country & a region within N or S America. key physical/ human geography. characteristics (hills, mountains, Artic & Antarctic Circle. Greenwich Meridian & Countries & major cities. coast & rivers) & land use patterns time zones. and understand how some of these have changed over time.  Know the names of and  Know the names of and  Know the names of 4 countries from  Know at least five differences between living in the UK and locate at least 8 locate at least 8 counties the southern and 4 from the Northern a Mediterranean country (Spain). European countries and 6 cities in England. Hemisphere. Key words: Spain, France, Key words: Key words: Mediterranean, Euros, Germany, Italy, Atlas, map, county, city. UK, Spain, France, Italy, Australia, Similarities, differences. Physical - beach, cliff, coast, Portugal, , Essex, Cornwall, India, Madagascar, Kenya, Northern forest, hill, mountain, ocean, river, valley, soil, season, Kent, Cumbria, Oxfordshire, weather. Human - town, school, roads, city, town, village, Greece, Sweden, Poland and Southern Hemisphere, Equator Cambridgeshire, Durham. London, factory, farm, house, port, shop Oxford, Cambridge, Manchester,

Year 3 Year St Albans.  Know the names of at  Know where the main mountain  Know where the equator, Tropic of least 8 major capital regions are in the UK. Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn & the cities across the world. Cairngorms, Ben Nevis, Black Greenwich Meridian are on a World London, Madrid, Mountains, Pennines, map. Washington, Sao Paolo, Grampians, Snowdonia,  Know what is meant by the term New Delhi, Canberra, Beenkeragh, Scafell. “Tropics”

Year 4 Year Beijing, Cape Town.  Know the names of a  Know key differences between living in the UK & in a country in number of European Either N or S America. Capitals. (See Year 3 list North America, USD, Rockies, Lake Superior, climate, in Geographical skills). Missouri river.  Know the names of and locate a number of South or

Year 5 Year North American countries.  Know about time zones & work out 

differences. Link back to year 5, N America topic. Look at the time zones

covered by N America & then the world. Year 6 Year

Geography Subject coverage – KS 2

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Human and Physical Geographical skills and fieldwork Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography: Describe and understand key Use maps, atlases, globes & digital/ computer Use the 8 points of a compass, four & six Climate zones, biomes & vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, aspects from human geography: mapping to locate countries & describe features figure grid references, symbols & keys volcanoes, earthquakes & the water cycle. types of settlement & land use, studied. (OS Maps) to build up their knowledge of economic activity including trade the UK & the wider world. links, the distribution of resources Use fieldwork to observe, record & including food, minerals, water & present the human & physical features in energy. the local area using a range of methods including sketch maps, plans, graphs & digital technology.  Know & label the main features of a river.  Know why most cities are  Use maps to locate European countries &  Know and name the eight points of a  Know the name and locate a number of the world’s located by a river. Capitals. compass. longest rivers.  Know and locate the main rivers Key words:  Explain the features of a water cycle. in the UK. Spain (Madrid), France (Paris), Germany Key Words: Key Words: (Berlin), Italy (Rome), Portugal (Lisbon),

Source, estuary, delta, erosion, deposition, Thames, Severn, Clyde, Greece (Athens), Sweden (Stockholm),

tributary, ox bow lake, tributary. Tweed, Wye, Mersey, Bann Poland (Warsaw) Nile, Amazon, Yangtze, Congo (longest river in

Year 3 Year Africa)  Know what causes and earthquake.  Use maps and globes to locate the equator, the  Know how to plan a journey within the  Label the different parts of a volcano. Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn & the UK, using a roadmap.  Know the names of a number of the world’s highest Greenwich Meridian. Key words: mountains: Key words: Ordnance Survey Map, grid Key words: Equator. North Pole, South Pole, Tropic of reference, road, railway Eruption, aftershock, tsunami, magma, lava, Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Greenwich dormant, fault, magnitude, tectonic plates, meridian

Year 4 Year Mountain, range, peak, summit, plateau, valley  Know the names of & locate some of the world’s  Know how to use graphs to record features deserts. such as temperature or rainfall across the Key words: world. Link into deserts & N. America topic. Antartic, Sahara, Gobi, Arabian, Syrian, Great Victoria, Patagonian, Great Basin Relate back to year 3 Water cycle.

Year 5 Year

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 Know what is meant by biomes & what are the  Know why industrial areas are  Use Google Earth to locate a country or place  Know what most of the Ordnance features of a specific biome important of interest and to follow the journey of rivers survey symbols stand for.  Label layers of a rainforest & know what  Know the main human & physical Key Words:  How to use 6 figure grid references. deforestation is. differences between developed Brazil, Amazon river See KS 2 Map skills knowledge mat. Key words: & third world countries. Canopy, emergent, forest floor, deforestation, Including the distribution of endangered, indigenous, biomes, temperate, natural resources & energy. biodiversity Link to Rainforest topic –

Deforestation – plant

biodiversity. Case Study Brazil, Coffee producer,

Year 6 Year mining.