Reginald Mitchell Primary School Subject Specific Vocabulary for Geography EYFS & KS1 Geography Vocabulary Locational Knowledge Place Knowledge Human and Geographical Physical Skills and Geography Fieldwork Nursery Reginald Mitchell Plants, trees, Human: house, Left, right, straight, Primary School, Stoke- bushes, flowers, home, park, bottom, top, on-Trent, Kidsgrove, grass, ground, school, shop, outside, in, down, Butt Lane, England wall, conkers, nursery, road, inside, under, acorns, leaves, map behind, below, animals, birds, farm, garage, caterpillars, bees, Physical: train, shop, car, butterflies, bark, weather, rainy, road park, home, sunny, cloudy, school, shop, road windy Patterns, change, same, different Reception Reginald Mitchell Big tree, small Human: path, Behind the wall, Primary School, Stoke- plant, bright farm, office, next to, in front of, on-Trent, Kidsgrove, flower, brick school, sea, field, end, above, below Butt Lane, England house, busy bus car park, home, the sign, under the station, hot, cold, house, train table, on, near, Same, different, (e.g. windy, sunny, station, bus far, close to, park, street, house, snowy, cloudy, station, airport underneath, step shop, farm, beach) wet, dry forwards, step Physical: cloud, backwards, far rain, snow, hail, away from, big, wind, storm, sun, small, tall sea, soil, spring, summer, autumn, winter Patterns, change, observe, explain, environment Year 1 Similarities, Reginald Mitchell Human: city, Map, atlas, globe differences, Primary School, canal, river, environment, observe, Stoke-on-Trent, stream, bridge, Locate, describe, record, draw, write, Kidsgrove, Butt church, detached, features, observe, watch, look Lane, England, semi-detached, look, watch, town, city, house, terraced, measure, record, Colder, warmer, drier, home, shop, road, bungalow, street, draw, write, wetter, more, fewer, bus, car, garden, park, sketch, plan, less, like, dislike detached house, path, lake, graph, chart, tally semi-detached doctors, dentist, England, Scotland, house, terraced cinema, post Wales, Northern house, garden, office, pharmacy, Ireland, London, street, school, library Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast, capital cities, park, path, lake, Physical: wood, spring, summer, canal forest, hill, autumn, winter, rain, mountain, river, hail, sleet, snow, wind, Compare, season, land, fog, sun contrast, ground similarities, Season, seasonal, differences spring, summer, autumn, winter, India, Asia warm, cool, wind, rain, sun, fog, snow, warmer, colder, sunnier, rainier, snowier, predict Year 2 British Isles, England, City, town, Human: town, Globe, atlas, map, Scotland, Wales, village, factory, locate, describe, Northern Ireland, Contrast, port, harbour, features rivers, Thames, Tay, compare, transport, route, Severn, Bann, North similarities, north, south, east, United Kingdom, Sea, English Channel, differences west British Isles, Atlantic Ocean, Irish compass, north, Sea, Europe, North Physical: beach, south, east, west America, South cliff, coast, ocean, America, Oceania, valley, vegetation, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, equator, tropics, Pacific Ocean, Indian climate, continent Ocean, Southern Ocean, Arctic Ocean Hot, cold, hotter, colder, Equator, North Pole, South Pole, weather patterns, global warming Predict, compare, contrast, similarities, differences, locality, identify, observe, record, sketch, chart, tally, graph KS2 Geography Vocabulary Locational Place Knowledge Human and Geographical Skills Knowledge Physical and Fieldwork Geography Year 3 Continent, Europe, Compare, contrast, Climate, climate Map, globe, atlas, United Kingdom, similarities, zone, arctic, locate, describe, France, Spain, differences, human temperate, tropical, features, digital Germany, London, features, physical Mediterranean, mapping, computer Belfast, Edinburgh, features, regions, desert, Antarctic, mapping, compass, Cardiff, United Kingdom, map, globe, atlas, four points, north, Birmingham, city digital mapping, south, east, west, Glasgow, Derry, weather, locality, Ordnance Survey Swansea, cities, humidity, rainfall, map, OS map, four capital cities, temperature, figure grid reasoned reference, symbols, Maps, atlases, arguments, keys environmental informed regions, physical arguments, global characteristics, warming, research, human investigate, characteristics, discover, land use, patterns, implications changes, study, discuss, investigate, critical, topography, topographical features, mountains, hills, valleys, lakes, rivers, oceans, dams, cities, roads Year 4 Northern Compare, contrast, Climate zone, Grid references, hemisphere, similarities, climate, arctic, OS map, Ordnance Southern differences, human temperate, tropical, Survey map, hemisphere, South features, physical Mediterranean, symbols, keys Africa, Australia, features, regions, desert, Antarctic, New Zealand, Europe, country, temperature, Argentina, United Kingdom humidity, rainfall, weather, land use Locate, label, patterns, farming, study, predict, roads, settlements, climate, weather, towns, cities, temperature, topographical rainfall, seasons, features, similarities, mountains, hills, differences, rivers, valleys, compare, contrast, lakes, oceans, dams, roads, land use patterns, economic activity, changes trade links, natural resources, energy, renewable, non- renewable Describe, label, assumptions, map, keys, symbols, distribution Year 5 South America, Similarities, Biome, climate Atlas, map, globe, Brazil, Colombia, differences, human zone, climate, digital mapping, OS Argentina, Peru, characteristics, temperature, maps, Ordnance Venezuela, Chile, physical humidity, rainfall, Survey maps, Ecuador, Bolivia, characteristics, maps, atlas, globe, symbols, keys, Brasilia, Bogota, compare, contrast tropical rainforest, natural resources Buenos Aires, temperate Lima, Caracas, United Kingdom, rainforest, deserts, Describe, Santiago, Quito, South America, tundra, taiga, environmental Sucre, Tropic of Europe, climate grasslands, features, locate, Cancer, Tropic of zone, biome, savannah, natural reasoned opinions, Capricorn, Equator, climate, weather, resources, energy, temperature, renewable, non- Map, globe, atlas, humidity, rainfall renewable, food, environmental minerals, water region, physical characteristics, Suggest, reasoned human opinions, locate, characteristics, explain, distribution major cities, significance, position, latitude, longitude Year 6 Latitude, longitude, Human features, Reflect, Survey, collate, Arctic circle, physical features, importance, value, data, record, Antarctic circle, United Kingdom, locate, conclusions, observe, data Prime Meridian, North America, similarities, handling, graphs, Greenwich landmarks, physical differences, study, charts, results, Meridian, time characteristics, describe compare, contrast, zone, North human locality, measure, America, Central characteristics Earthquakes, conclusions America, epicentre, Caribbean, United Compare, contrast, aftershock, States of America, similarities, magnitude, Richter Canada, Mexico differences, locate, scale, foreshock, identify mainshock, seismic Map, globe, atlas, waves, volcano, digital mapping, chamber, magma, identify, position, lava, crater, ash, significance, locate active volcano, dormant volcano, eruption, Ring of Fire, extinct volcano, tourism, industry, settlement, land use patterns, economic activity, trade links, distribution, natural resources, energy, renewable, non- renewable .