Geography – Year Group Expectations
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Jerry Clay Academy: Geography – Year Group Expectations Year 1 Locational knowledge Place knowledge Human and physical Geographical skills and geography fieldwork Begin to know the countries, Know some physical and human Know where Buckingham Know how to use a variety of capital cities and oceans of features of Peru including Palace, Balmoral and Edinburgh globes, maps, atlases. the UK and be able to locate vocabulary outlined in the NC Castle and Sandal Castle are. these. Be able to create their own Know about The North and Know some physical and human simple aerial map of the Begin to know the seven South Poles and the Equator. features of Wrenthorpe classroom/school continents and be able to including : city, town, village, locate these. Recognise where The Amazon factory, farm, house, office, Create a simple map of the local and The Congo are. port, harbour and shop area and have visited the local Know the continent of Peru area. Have some knowledge of the Know some physical and human habitats, countries and features of a seaside town continents different animals including beach, cliff, coast, would live in. forest, hill, mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil, valley, vegetation, season and weather Identify weather patterns where we live. Jerry Clay Academy: Geography – Year Group Expectations Year 2 Locational knowledge Place knowledge Human and physical Geographical skills and geography fieldwork Know the capital cities of Compare similarities and Identify physical and human Continue to use a variety of the UK differences between Wrenthorpe features of Wrenthorpe globes, maps, atlases. and a non – European country Locate countries and cities (South Africa) Know about different weathers use aerial photographs and plan within Europe including and how they occur. perspectives to recognise London, UK, Madrid, Spain, landmarks and basic human and Paris, France and Berlin, Know some different physical features; devise a Germany. temperatures and how weathers simple map; and use and compare with a city in Europe construct basic symbols in a key Know the 7 continents and and a non – European city. oceans of the world. use simple fieldwork and Confidently talk/explain different observational skills to study the weathers and why different geography of their school and weathers occur. its grounds/local area and the key human and physical Identify physical and human features of its surrounding features including landmarks in environment Wakefield including, The Coal Mining Museum, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Pugneys, Newmillerdam and Wakefield Town Hall. Jerry Clay Academy: Geography – Year Group Expectations Year 3 Locational knowledge Place knowledge Human and physical Geographical skills and geography fieldwork Confidently name and locate Compare similarities and Know some Stone Age sites in the Be able to draw their own sketch continents and oceans of the differences between a coastline in UK including Newgrange, Cheddar map, including a key (of world. the UK and another place e.g. Gorge, Skara Brae and Stonehenge Wrenthorpe) Great Barrier Reef Start to be aware of latitude, Know about the Great Barrier Reef Use maps, atlases, globes and longitude, Equator, Northern Identify different human and digital/computer mapping to locate Hemisphere, Southern physical features in a city in Spain. Know how volcanoes are formed countries and describe features Hemisphere, the Tropics of and how this affects people studied Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, and time Be able to identify different human Use the 8 points of a compass, 4- zones (including day and and physical features in and 6-figure grid references, night) Wrenthorpe. symbols and key (including the use of Ordnance Survey maps) to build Locate different countries and Identify different human and their knowledge of the United cities in Europe, including physical features in Leeds including Kingdom and the wider world Leeds and Madrid/Barcelona. Roundhay Park, Leeds Minster, Grand Theatre, Leeds Civic Hall. Use fieldwork to observe, measure Know some rural and urban record and present the human and settlements in the UK. Know how and why Leeds has physical features in the local area changed over time. using a range of methods, Locate main rivers in Yorkshire including sketch maps, plans and including The Ouse, River Aire Know how farmers use land graphs, and digital technologies , River Calder Know why farming and trade produce is important. Jerry Clay Academy: Geography – Year Group Expectations Year 4 Locational knowledge Place knowledge Human and physical Geographical skills and geography fieldwork Name many capital cities in Locate Greece and its seas and cities. Know about different climate zones Use maps and other resources to find out Europe including London, Paris, and how these affect different how public space is utilised Berlin, Rome, Vatican City, Talk about/explain about the habitats of the world. Stockholm, Copenhagen, Helsinki, landscape and climate in Greece Suggest ways that public space could be Belgrade, Athens, Brussels, Understand and describe climate, utilised by creating own maps and Lisbon, Oslo, Tallinn, Reykjavik Compare similarities between two biomes, vegetation and animals so explanations. European cities e.g. Denmark and that we can identify the features of Locate some forests in the UK Athens. the layers of vegetation in the Use maps, atlases, globes and including Sherwood Forest and rainforest digital/computer mapping to locate rainforests of the world, including Locate Brazil and some of its countries and describe features studied the Amazon. landmarks including The Amazon Explore changes to the way land is Station and others Rainforest and Christ the Redeemer. used in the rainforest so that we Use the 8 points of a compass, 4- and 6- can begin to understand the figure grid references, symbols and key Know landmarks across the UK and reasons and dangers of (including the use of Ordnance Survey Europe including : Eiffel Tower, deforestation maps) to build their knowledge of the Louvre, Colosseum, Parthenon, United Kingdom and the wider world Leaning tower of Pisa, Sistine Chapel Know some ways of living more sustainably. Use fieldwork to observe, measure record Know some landmarks across the UK and present the human and physical and what cities these are located in. features in the local area using a range of These include Big Ben, Tower of methods, including sketch maps, plans London, Houses of Parliament, St and graphs, and digital technologies Pauls, The Angel of the North, Hadrian’s Wall, York Minster, Use fieldwork to observe, measure record Roundhay Park, The Eden Project, and present the human and physical Emley Moor Transmitting features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies Jerry Clay Academy: Geography – Year Group Expectations Year 5 Locational knowledge Place knowledge Human and physical Geographical skills and fieldwork geography Name and locate capital cities in Identify mountain ranges in the UK Identify features of mountains Use and read six figure grid references countries that were involved in WW2 including Lake District, Pennines, and know why they are formed and some of their landmarks Grampian Mountains Use maps, atlases, globes and including: Know about different biomes digital/computer mapping to locate Big Ben, Tower of London, Houses of Identify mountain ranges in the across the world and use countries and describe features studied Parliament, St Pauls, Hampton Court world including : Himalayas, Andes, geographical vocabulary to Palace, Tower Bridge, London Bridge, Alps, Rocky Mountains describe these. Use maps, atlases, globes and London Eye, Brandenburg Gate, digital/computer mapping to locate Reichstag Building, Churchill Museum Compare mountain in UK e.g. Ben Explain and describe the tundra countries and describe features studied and Cabinet War Rooms, The Anne Nevis to one in another country biome in detail Frank House, Dunkirk, Holocaust e.g. Everest , Nepal Use the 8 points of a compass, 4- and 6- Memorial etc. figure grid references, symbols and key Start to understand different time (including the use of Ordnance Survey Know the continents and oceans of zones across the world, in relation maps) to build their knowledge of the the world and be confident at to location including, the United Kingdom and the wider world naming many capital cities in Europe Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time and across other continents that they zones (including day and night) Use fieldwork to observe, measure record have learnt about in Ks1 and 2 and present the human and physical Know some human and physical features in the local area using a range of Understand and identify the position features of two cities in the UK methods, including sketch maps, plans and and significance of latitude, (e.g. Bradford and Whitby) graphs, and digital technologies longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Use fieldwork to observe, measure record the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, and present the human and physical Arctic and Antarctic Circle features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and Understand time differences in graphs, and digital technologies relation to location across the world Jerry Clay Academy: Geography – Year Group Expectations Year 6 Locational knowledge Place knowledge Human and physical Geographical skills and geography fieldwork Locate Egypt and Egyptian Compare Ciaro with London Understand