EYFS Where I live Key learning Comparing and Exploring To Identify Identify features Explain where Understand about Identify different Compare my features in in the school I live. different people features in the community to my school grounds. who live in our local community. others around the Map environment. community. world.

Important Geographical Knowledge Geographical Vocabulary People in communities might go to the same Community - Is a group schools, shop in the same stores and do the of people living or working same things. They also help each other and together in the same area. solve problems together. Town - A place where there We live in different types of homes such as are a lot of houses, stores, Where I live: houses and flats in the same community. There are lots of different people living in our and other buildings. community. I can talk about the type of home that I Community helper - live in. I know that I go to Oasis Academy There are lots of people in our community Semi detached house Community helpers are Broadoak, which is in Ashton. I know that that helps us, such as nurses, doctors, vets, Flat people who live and work in Ashton is in England. policeman, shop keepers, fireman and teachers. our communities. They do many different things to help We have maps on computers, phones and us every day. They keep the tablets, and use the maps to find our way community safe and healthy. around. When you get used to a place, you remember the map in your head. School - A place to teach and learn. Places can be busy, quiet, loud, fun or boring. Places we visit often in school are our class Park- Land or large garden room, the hall, the toilet and the playground. where people walk or play.

Some of our local places are Asda, Ikea, Map - Show us where Photo: Oasis Academy Broadoak St George’s Park, church, mosque and Park Shop places are. Arcade shopping centre. Year 1 Exploring where we live Key learning Comparing and Exploring Understand that our Devise a map of the Understand and use Use fieldwork to Describe the Identify and describe school is in England, classroom with a key compass directions identify human and school landscape where local land marks which is part of the UK and directional physical features of and environment can be found. How Identify features of the language the school and it’s using geographical do they impact the Map school grounds using surrounding area vocabulary environment? aerial photos

Important Geographical Vocabulary Compass – an instrument to show you which direction you Geographical are facing; North, East, South or West Knowledge Photo: Oasis Academy Broadoak Aerial Photo – a photograph taken from the air Ashton is a town near . The River Map – a drawing showing the features of an area of Earth Tame runs through Ashton and the hills that we can see are called the Pennines. Human features – man made features on Earth such as shops, roads & schools People came to Ashton to build and work in the mills that made cotton. They built canals Physical features – natural features on Earth such as hills, and railways to help the cotton industry. rivers and mountains

Key – a key gives you information about a map to help it The mills no longer make cotton, but lots and make sense Where I live: lots of people still live in our town. Map: Our community Landscape – Everything that you can see on the land Ashton is made up of a town centre where I live in Ashton - England, which is part of you can find a bus, train and tram station, Landmark – an object that the UK. I can identify what the UK looks a famous market and a shopping centre. can be easily recognised Compass like on a map. I can find the UK on a globe, On the outskirts of town there are forests, from a distance in an Atlas and on a digital map. farms and hills. Hartshead Pike is a famous landmark that we can see from school. Fieldwork – practical work carried out by a researcher in the Ashton There are 14 schools in Ashton. Our school is environment Key: called Oasis Academy Broadoak. Aerial photo: Our school grounds Year 2 Exploring Ashton and Mozambique Comparing and Exploring Key learning Locate and identify Draw a simple map of Identify and compare Identify & compare Compare the Describe the features of Ashton the school grounds at the human features physical features of differences in day to landscapes and the Map and Mozambique. Broadoak and Oasis of Mozambique and Mozambique and Beira day life in Manchester environments of OAB Gather a contextual Mozambique. Beira. Gather and including the weather and Beira. and OA Mozambique. understanding of the present contextual patterns throughout two places including knowledge of Beira. the year. currency and language.

Important Geographical Geographical Vocabulary

Village – a small community in Human features – man made Knowledge a rural area features on Earth such as shops, roads & schools Town – a built up area with a Manchester Beira Photo: Oasis Academy Broadoak local government. Smaller than Landscape – Everything that a city but larger than a village. you can see on the land Continent Europe Africa City – a large, permanent Landmark – an object that can human settlement be easily recognised from a Country England Mozambique distance Landmark - an object that can Language English Portuguese be easily recognised from a Fieldwork – practical work distance carried out by a researcher in the environment Oasis Map – a drawing showing the schools in 54 1 the country features of an area of Earth Coast – when part of the land adjoins the sea Where I live: Human features – man made Population 2,813,000 2,717,500 Photo: Oasis Academy Mozambique features on Earth such as Season – a time in the year I live in Ashton, , shops, roads & schools when we experience a change Life 81 59 in weather and amount of expectancy England, which is part of the UK. I can Key – a key gives you daylight identify what the UK looks like on a map. information about a map to help All children Only 31% of it make sense Typhoon – a tropical storm with I can find the UK on a globe, in an Atlas Education aged 4-18 children extreme wind and rain and on a digital map. I can find Greater Scale – the relationship Manchester on a map. Pound Mozambican Currency sterling metical between the distance on a map Drought – a prolonged period and the distance on the ground of water shortage 10 degrees. 28 degrees. Physical features – natural Average Cool often, Tropical weather cloudy and climate features on Earth’s such as hills, Ashton rainy Mozambique rivers and mountains Key: World map: UK Year 3 Exploring counties and cities in the UK Comparing and Exploring Key learning Recognise country Name and locate Name, locate and Name, locate and Identify changes in land Compare the groupings of the UK topographical features compare counties. explore major cities in use patterns in the UK characteristics of Map Scotland and the surrounding of the UK. the UK. over time. Blackpool and Ashton. Glasgow Seas.

Northern Ireland Belfast Important Geographical Ecosystems Knowledge across the UK Geographical Vocabulary Land in each nation broken down by ecosystem Topographical – the shape and features of land Human feature – manmade and would not exist % Northern England Ireland Wales Scotland surfaces without humans. Examples include, houses, 100 motorways and parks United Kingdom – the United Kingdom (UK) is made 80 up from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Physical feature – features that exist naturally. Ireland Examples include rivers, mountains and oceans Wales 60 Cardiff Great Britain – is made up from England, Scotland Rural – relating to a characteristic of the countryside 40 and Wales (lots of grassy and open areas, physical features)

England 20 City – a large, permanent human settlement Urban – relating to a characteristic of a town or city Where I live: London (lots of buildings, business, human features) County – a geographical region of the country 0 Source: UK National Ecosystem Assessment I live in Ashton, Greater Manchester. I can Greenbelt – rural land surrounding a town or city Key: Map – a drawing showing the features of an area of which cannot be built upon. locate this on different maps. I know that Earth we live in Great Britain and that this is part Coastal margins Freshwater and wetlands Land use – describes the function of the land of the United Kingdom. I know that we live Aerial photograph – a satellite photograph that has Urban Woodlands Grasslands in Europe and I can describe our position in been taken from above Equator – An imaginary line drawn around the Earth in relation to the Equator. Mountains and moorlands Enclosed farming the middle of the two poles

Photo: Scafell Pike Map: London Photo: Manchester Photo: Ashton Under Lyne Aerial photo: Snowdon Year 4 Comparing Ashton and Chaumont Key learning Comparing and Exploring

Locate Ashton and Observe, measure and Understand how Understand how Understand & compare Understand, compare Chaumont on a large record the human and trade has influenced Ashton has changed the physical and & explain why people Europe scale map. Identify physical features in the settlements in Ashton over the years and give human geography of settle in Chaumont. other major cities. Use local area. (land use Under Lyne. reasons why. Chaumont. a globe to recognise survey of Ashton). the Northern and the Southern hemisphere.

Important Geographical Knowledge Geographical Vocabulary Trade – exchanging something Settlement – a place where a Ashton Chaumont for something else community has developed Northern hemisphere – the half Distribution – the way in which Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in of the Earth which is north of the something is shared over an , Greater Manchester, England. Chaumont is located in France, and the Equator area The population was 45,198 at the 2011 capital of the Haute-Marne department. census. In 2013, it had a population of 23,011. Southern hemisphere – the half Twin town – a town which has of the Earth which is south of established official or social the Equator links with another, typically I a A major turning-point in the history The city stands on the river Marne and different country of the town was the coming of the is situated on the railway linking Paris Fieldwork – practical work canals (and later the railways). Ashton and Basel. carried out by a researcher in Climate – the weather became the junction of three canals, the environment conditions within an area the Manchester and Ashton canal, the Chaumont was originally built around Population – all of the people Where I live: Huddersfield Narrow Canal and the a 10th-century castle. The town was who live in a certain place Peak Forest Canal. originally a centre of metalworking.

Where I live: I live in Ashton, Greater The damp climate in the area to the Manchester. I can locate this on different west of the Pennines made the area maps. I know that we live in Great Britain suitable for the spinning of cotton and Chaumont: Viaduct and that this is part of the United Kingdom. the whole area to the north and east of I know that we live in Europe and I can Manchester became the world centre for describe our position in relation to the the manufacture of cotton goods. Chaumont: Town Centre Equator. The town expanded rapidly during the Victorian period with many rows of red brick terraced houses being built Key: Ashton Chaumont to house the influx of workers for the River Marne cotton mills. Ashton, 1904: Cedar Cotton Mill Ashton, 2020: Train station Year 5 Exploring the South American Rainforests Key learning Comparing and Exploring

Identify forest areas of Understand the Study and describe Understand the Understand about the Explain similarities the UK and the Amazon biomes and the animals types of human distribution of resources and differences UK rainforest. Explore weather vegetation in the that live in the settlement in the within the rainforest and of the Amazon patterns in the UK and rainforest. Describe rainforest. rainforest and how this has changes rainforest and the Amazon to describe a and understand the describe the over time. Understand the Daisy Nook. Map tropical climate and compare features of the layers changes in this history and the effects of the two climate zones. of a rainforest. over time. deforestation.

Important Geographical Diagram: Layers of the rainforest Geographical Knowledge Emergent

Amazon Rainforest Rainforests only cover around 2 percent of the total Vocabulary surface area of the Earth. Canopy Rainforest – Tropical woodland, found typically in hot More than half of the world’s species of plants and climate areas with consistently heavy rainfall. animals are found in the rainforests. Where I live: Climate – The weather conditions in an area over a The Amazon jungle is the world’s largest tropical period of time. I live: I live in Ashton, Greater Manchester. rainforest (2,100,000 square miles). Understorey I can locate this on different maps. I know Flora – The plants of a particular region, habitat, or that we live in Great Britain and that this The forest covers the basin of the Amazon, the geological period. is part of the United Kingdom. I know that world’s second longest river. Fauna – The animals of a particular region, habitat, or we live in Europe and I can describe our There are two different types of rainforests: temperate geological period. position in relation to the Equator. and tropical. The average temperature for the Amazon rainforest Humidity – The amount of water vapour that is in the air. ranges between 18 and 22.4° C or 64 and 73°F. Foliage – The leafy parts of a tree or plant. Forest Floor The Amazon Rainforest is located in the continent of South America. Biomes: – A large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest The Amazon Rainforest spans across the countries of or tundra. Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname and French Guiana. Tropical Zone – A region of the Earth surrounding the equator, between the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern The trees of the Amazon Rainforest produce more Hemisphere and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern than 20% of the world’s oxygen. Hemisphere.

1/10 of all known plant and animal species on the Deforestation – The action of clearing a wide area of planet live in the Amazon rainforest. trees.

The Amazon can receive up to 430 inches of rain per Habitat – The natural home or environment of an Map: The River Amazon year. animal, plant, or other organism Map: The Amazon Rainforest Year 6 Comparing Ashton to The Americas Key learning Comparing and Exploring

UK Identify the countries Use geographical To describe the climate Identify human and Identify similarities Identify the names and and some capital cities terminology to describe and biomes across the physical geographical and differences in locations of the ancient Map of North and South a range of places different regions in the features of my local human and physical and new wonders of America . across the Americas. Americas. area. geography of my local the world. area and a region of North America.

Important Geographical Knowledge The Americas Geographical North America consists of Central America is the thin South America sits between three large nations and one section of land that links the the Caribbean, the South Map: North and South America large island: Canada, the North American continent Pacific and the South Atlantic Vocabulary United States of America with the South American Oceans. On this continent is (USA), Mexico and Greenland. continent, The largest country the world’s biggest rainforest Northern hemisphere – the half of the Earth which is north of the Equator is Nicaragua. and the largest river (Amazon). The largest country is Brazil. Southern hemisphere – the half of the Earth which is south of the Equator Tropic – The region of the Earth surrounding the Equator Tropic of Cancer – The area of the Earth that lies between the Equator and the invisible line 23 degrees north of the Equator Tropic of Capricorn – The area of the Earth that lies between the Equator and the invisible line 23 degrees south Longitude – The measurement east or west of the prime meridian. Longitude is measured by imaginary lines that run around the Earth vertically (up and down) and meet at the North and South Poles. Latitude – The measurement of distance north or south Where I live: of the Equator. It is measured with 180 imaginary lines I live in Ashton, Greater Manchester. I can that form circles around the Earth east-west, parallel to locate this on different maps. I know that the Equator. we live in Great Britain and that this is part Climate – the weather conditions within an area of the United Kingdom. I know that we live Biome – A biome is a community of plants and animals in Europe and I can describe our position in that have common characteristics for the environment relation to the Equator. they exist in.