Geography Overview Breadth of Study Geography National Curriculum coverage in the Creative Curriculum Autumn Spring Summer Understanding the world – To learn about Understanding the world –To explore the Understanding the world- To explore the the different environments and animals. environment that they live in. life cycle of plants. How they grow and live. Co-ordinator expectations Co-ordinator expectations Co-ordinator expectations EYFS Use pictures and photos of different To be able to verbally explain the life environments and animals and use simple To take a trip around the school and talk cycle of plants. This could be done through sentences to describe what they see. about what they see. Draw and write a class poem or a class song. simple sentences using words such as shops, far, near, house, road. Autumn Spring Summer Location Knowledge: Place Knowledge: Human and physical Geography: Identify seasonal and Name and locate a local town. Use of basic geographical weather patterns in the UK. Name and locate the four vocabulary to refer to physical and Identify hot and cold areas of countries of the United Kingdom. human features of their school and the world. Name Rivers in the United its ground and of the surrounding Kingdom. environment. Co-ordinator expectations Co-ordinator expectations Co-ordinator expectations Geographical Skills Geographical Skills Geographical Skills and Fieldwork: Use maps, atlases and globes to •Use maps, atlases and globes to identify identify the countries. the countries. Use maps, atlases and globes to Use videos and photos of rivers •Use of photography and videos to identify countries which are hot and areas, describe them in and cold. recognise landmarks and basic human and groups. physical feature and routes on maps in Use videos and photos of hot and Using blank maps labelling the local area. cold areas and to be able to countries and rivers within the describe them. United Kingdom. •Use basic geographical vocabulary to 1 refer to human features: city, town, To be able to describe the human village, factory, farm, house, office and and physical features of the hot shop. and cold areas Year •To be able to sentences using the keywords. •To be able to use locational and directional language (e.g. near, far, left and right). •Use simple fieldwork and observational skills to sketch the Geography of their school grounds and the local area. Autumn Spring Summer 2
Geography Overview Breadth of Study Geography National Curriculum coverage in the Creative Curriculum Autumn Spring Summer EYFS Understanding the world – To learn about the different environments and animals. Understanding the world –To explore the environment that they live in. Understanding the world- To explore the life cycle of plants. How they grow and live. Co-ordinator expectations Use pictures and photos of different environments and animals and use simple sentences to describe what they see. Co-ordinator expectations To take a trip around the school and talk about what they see. Draw and write simple sentences using words such as shops, far, near, house, road. Co-ordinator expectations To be able to verbally explain the life cycle of plants. This could be done through a class poem or a class song. Year 1 Autumn Spring Summer Location Knowledge: Name and locate a local town. Name and locate the four countries of the United Kingdom. Name Rivers in the United Kingdom. Place Knowledge: Use of basic geographical vocabulary to refer to physical and human features of their school and its ground and of the surrounding environment. Human and physical Geography: Identify seasonal and weather patterns in the UK. Identify hot and cold areas of the world. Co-ordinator expectations Geographical Skills Use maps, atlases and globes to identify the countries. Use videos and photos of rivers and areas, describe them in groups. Using blank maps labelling countries and rivers within the United Kingdom. Co-ordinator expectations Geographical Skills •Use maps, atlases and globes to identify the countries. •Use of photography and videos to recognise landmarks and basic human and physical feature and routes on maps in the local area. •Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to human features: city, town, village, factory, farm, house, office and shop. •To be able to sentences using the keywords. •To be able to use locational and directional language (e.g. near, far, left and right). •Use simple fieldwork and observational skills to sketch the Geography of their school grounds and the local area. Co-ordinator expectations Geographical Skills and Fieldwork: Use maps, atlases and globes to identify countries which are hot and cold. Use videos and photos of hot and cold areas and to be able to describe them. To be able to describe the human and physical features of the hot and cold areas 2 Autumn Spring Summer
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