Medium Term Plan Geography

Medium Term Plan – Geography

Phase – Years 1 and 2

Year 1 Year 2 A u Spatial Sense t u 1. Directions and distance m 2. Maps and globes n Spatial Sense 3. Using symbols and a key 1 1. Aerial views and the local area A 2. Mapping the classroom u 3. Directions The School Setting and Local Area t 1. Our school – site and situation u 2. Navigation – routes using compass m directions n 3. Local land use and aerial maps 2

S Globes and World Maps p 1. Major oceans and seven continents ri 2. The equator, the northern hemisphere, n the southern hemisphere, the North Pole and g The Seven Continents the South Pole 3. Identify the UK as one of many countries 1 1. Globes and maps in Europe S 2. Location of the North Pole, South Pole Northern Europe and seven continents p 3. Direction – north, south, east and west 1. Countries – Norway, Sweden, Denmark, ri Finland and Iceland n 2. Climate, vegetation and landscape of g Northern Europe 3. Living in a snowy climate – people, 2 travel, jobs and hazards

S UK Geography Regions of the UK u 1. Maps of the UK, including countries and 1. Locate the continent, country and county m counties within which we live m 2. Name and locate England, Scotland, 2. Physical and human features of the UK – e Wales and Northern Ireland rivers, mountains, lakes and capital cities r 3. The Union Flag and the component parts 3. Regional differences within the UK 1 S Climate and Weather u m 1. The difference between weather and climate m 2. How the weather varies from day to day e and why r 3. Climate variations across the UK and the 2 impact upon landscape and farming

Medium Term Plan – Geography

Year 3 Year 4 A Spatial Sense and Local Geography u Spatial Sense (Local Area and Globes) t 1. Aerial photographs - settlements, 1. Draw maps of the local area u physical features, land use 2. Scale m 2. Using simple co-ordinate grids 3. Changes to a chosen locality over time n 3. Features of the natural environment 1 A Western Europe u Eastern Europe t 1. Countries of Western Europe - landscape, climate, ecosystems 1. Russia u 2. People, places and culture - famous 2. The Baltic and the Balkan countries m musicians, famous artists 3. Landscape, people and culture, including n 3. The European Union - origins, members, the Cyrillic alphabet 2 trade, European Parliament in Brussels

Settlements and Population Mediterranean Europe (including Geography of Ancient Rome) S 1. Types of settlement found in the UK - hamlets, villages, towns, cities, conurbations p 1. Climate of the Mediterranean 2. Local settlements and reasons why they ri 2. Landscapes - Alpine Mountain system, developed e.g. in a valley, on a hill, near a coastline, islands, beaches n river etc. 3. Major settlements - Lisbon, Madrid, g 3. Population – population density, Rome, Milan, Venice, Athens distinguishing between areas where people 1 NB – link to Ancient Rome ready for Spring 2 are dispersed (rural) and crowded (towns history topic. and cities), terms urban, sub-urban and rural UK Geography (London and South East England)

Counties - Greater London, Surrey, East S Rivers 1. Sussex, West Sussex, Kent, Berkshire, p Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, 1. The water cycle ri Isle of Wight 2. Features of river basins - springs, 2. London transport, River Thames, Houses n mountain streams, channels, lakes, of Parliament, Tower Bridge, St Paul’s g estuaries, coastline Cathedral, Buckingham Palace, Thames 3. Major UK and world rivers 2 Barrier 3. Dover, Channel Tunnel, Battle of Hastings, Brighton, Southampton and Portsmouth, Titanic

UK Geography (South West England)

S 1. Dorset, Wiltshire, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset - South Downs, Exmoor, Bodmin u Moor, Dartmouth National Park, Lands End, m dairy/sheep/arable farming, thatched m cottages, Stonehenge e 2. Rural areas, coastline, wave erosion, Asia (China, India and Japan) tides, limestone/granite/chalk, caves (e.g. r Cheddar Gorge), holiday resorts, Durdle 1 1. Asia - the largest continent with the most Door populous countries in the world 3. Monuments: Stonehenge, Tintagel 2. The Himalayan Mountains including Castle, Glastonbury Tor Mount Everest UK Geography (Northern Ireland) S 3. Countries - China, India and Japan u 1. Part of the UK, separate from the m Republic of Ireland 2. Lough Neagh, Lough Erne, Sperrin Hills, m Mourne Mountains, limestone (Marble Arch e caves), basalt, (Ring of Gullion), peat bogs, r Giant’s Causeway, Glens, Belfast, 2 Londonderry, Gaelic 3. Ship building, farmland, dairy Medium Term Plan – Geography

Year 5 Year 6

A Spatial Sense u Spatial Sense 1. Time Zones - Prime Meridian (0 degrees), t 1. Relief maps – elevated areas, depressions Greenwich, 180° Line (International Date Line) and river basins u 2. Arctic and Antarctic Circle (imaginary lines 2. Maps and globes – latitude, longitude, m and boundaries) coordinates, degrees 3. Map projection - how we move from a round n 3. Scale – measure distances using map scale 1 globe to a flat map British Geography (Scotland and Wales) A Mountains 1. Location of both areas on maps, including u features below t 1. Physical features of a mountain including the 2. Scotland - lowlands, uplands, peninsulas, peak lochs, glens, estuaries, National Parks, islands, u 2. Mountain ranges – The Alps, The Himalayas, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling, Motherwell m The Andes, The Appalachians and The Atlas 3. Wales – Snowdonia National Park, Cambrian n Mountains Mountains, Black Mountains, Brecon Beacons, 3. Great Explorers e.g. Sir Edmund Hillary Isle of Anglesey, Welsh valleys, Cardiff, 2 Swansea, Pembrokeshire National Park, peninsulas, Welsh language

British Geography (North East and North West) British Geography (East Anglia, The Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humberside) 1. Location of both areas on maps – North East S (Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham), 1. East Anglia - flat or rolling land, vegetable North West (Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater p Manchester, Merseyside) farming, Norfolk Broads, port of Felixstowe ri 2. North East - Northumberland National Park, 2. The Midlands - Sheffield, industry (including Cheviot Hills, Hadrian’s Wall, former ship building n the decline of the mining industry), Grand Union (Sunderland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Canal, Peak District, Sherwood Forest, farming g 3. North West - Lancashire Moors, Lake District, 3. Yorkshire and Humberside - Yorkshire 1 Scafell Pike (largest peak in England), William Moors, Dales, River Humber, coal, iron, steel, Wordsworth, Beatrix Potter, Sellafield nuclear City of York power station, textile industry, Liverpool, Manchester Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific South and Central America 1. Australia - Canberra, Sydney, Adelaide, S Melbourne, Ayres Rock, Great Barrier Reef, 1. South American countries including Aboriginal people and their traditions, aboriginal p Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Chile art, unique animals such as the koala, kangaroo, ri kookaburra 2. Central American countries including Mexico, n 2. New Zealand - Auckland, Christchurch, Honduras, Belize and Panama g geysers, geographic isolation, unique plants and 3. Important geographical features including; The Panama Canal (very important for trade), 2 animals, Maori people and their culture 3. South Pacific Islands - Fiji, The Solomon The Amazon River, Amazon Rainforest, Galapagos Islands Islands, Vanuatu, The Marshall Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Easter Islands North America and Canada (Physical Geography)

S Explorers 1. Climates - Arid, humid temperate, humid u cold, tundra, Mediterranean 1. Captain James Cook - British explorer the 2. Mountains, landscape and rivers - Rocky m first to circumnavigate New Zealand Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, plains, m 2. Cook’s round-the-world voyage which began prairies, Great Lakes (Michigan, Erie, Ontario), e in 1768 Mississippi River and its major tributaries, 3. The botanist, Joseph Banks, who Colorado River r accompanied Cook on his voyage to the eastern 3. The United States - 48 continuous states, 1 coast of Australia plus Alaska and Hawaii and Canada - French and British heritage, French-speaking Quebec, divided into provinces North America and Canada (Human Geography)

S 1. People and culture - Indigenous Native Local Study American communities, European settlers, Latino u settlers, Asian settlers, The USA as a nation of immigrants, melting pot of cultures m 1. Use fieldwork to observe, measure and 2. Settlements - New York City, Washington m record the human and physical features in the D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, e local area using a range of methods, including Boston, Houston, Miami, Seattle, Montreal, sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital Toronto, Vancouver r technologies (National Curriculum) 3. Economic activity - The USA as the largest 2 economy in the world, American consumption (houses, cars, energy), Migrant labour from Latin American countries