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Chyngton Primary School

Chyngton
Primary School & Nursery

Geography

Curriculum Intent 

At Chyngton we teach geography so that our children develop a sense of their place in relation to other people and places in the world. We want them to be able to explain how the environment that they live in compares and contrasts to others and what this means for their lives.

This involves:

  • Naming and locating countries, cities and physical features

  • Developing fieldwork skills (‘doing’ geography in the locality)

  • Understanding different climate zones and weather patterns

  • Learning and using accurate geographical terminology

EYFS Aims: 

Geography in the EYFS is explored through the learning area of Understanding the World and involves guiding children to make sense of the physical world around them and their community.

This involves children being able to:

  • Describe their immediate environment and local community

  • Explain some differences and similarities between life in this country and life in other countries

  • Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them including the seasons

Progression Map

 

EYFS 

 

Early Years Framework

 Curriculum Content

 

Early Learning Goals:

·        People, Culture and Communities

·        The Natural World

 

 

 

Knowledge (include human and physical geography)

Key Skills

Field work

Key vocabulary/ terminology

 

Reception
  •  Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class
  • Look at aerial views of the school setting and familiarise children with where school is located in Seaford. Talk about the different people within the school and their roles
  • Recognise and describe key people who help us in our local community, such as firefighters, teachers, and doctors
  • Identify seasons and draw attention to the weather and seasonal features
  • Use maps, globes, atlases to identify different countries and places
  • Through exploration, compare the local environment with other places around the world
  • Explore maps and begin to understand how maps can represent local places and their surroundings.
  • Through exploration, children compare similarities and differences between various occupations, cultures, and ways of life, both indoors and outdoors.
  • Begin to recognise that some places hold special significance for members of their community, learning to appreciate the importance of places in their lives.

 
  •  Describe the immediate environment using knowledge from observation and local walks (field work)

Environment

Seasons

England

Uk

Seaford

 

 

Years 1 & 2

 

KS1 & 2 Curriculum

 

 

 

 

Knowledge (include human and physical geography)

Key Skills

Field work

Key vocabulary/ terminology

 

KS1 Classes

(Year 1 objectives)

 

 

·  Know that there are four seasons in the UK: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Each season has typical weather patterns. Name types of weather and know Symbols are used to show different types of weather.

·  In the UK, the length of the day varies depending on the season. In winter, the days are shorter. In summer, the days are longer.

·  Know that the United Kingdom (UK) is a union of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Name each capital city and know that a capital city is a city that is home to the government and ruler of a country. The countries of the UK are made up of cities, towns and villages.

·  Know that a continent is a large area of land. The world's seven continents are Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America. The five oceans are the Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Southern Ocean.

·  Human features have been made by people and include houses, bridges and roads, city, town, village, factory, farm, house, office, port, harbour and shop

·  Physical features are made by nature. They include hills, mountains, beaches and oceans.

 

·  Identify patterns in daily and seasonal weather

 

·  Identify features and landmarks on an aerial photograph or plan perspective.

·  Draw or read a simple picture map.

 

·  Use simple directional and positional language to give directions, describe the location of features and discuss where things are in relation to each other.

 

·  Identify the similarities and differences between two places

 

·  Describe how a place or geographical feature has changed over time.

 

 

 

·  Carry out fieldwork tasks to identify characteristics of the school grounds or locality

 

Physical Feature

Human Feature

Season

Environment

United Kingdom

England

Ireland

Scotland

Wales

Sun

Rain

Wind

Snow

Sleet

Fog

hail

Map

Key

 

KS1 Classes

(Year 2 objectives)

 

·  Know that an ocean is a large sea. The United Kingdom is an island surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, English Channel, Irish Sea and North Sea.

·  Other world seas include the Black Sea, the Red Sea and the Caspian Sea.

·  Know hot places are close to the equator and cold places are far away from the equator. Temperate places are between the hot and cold places.

·  A temperate place is never extremely hot or extremely cold. The UK has a temperate climate.

·  Be able to name famous physical features of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland

·  People use human features for work, travel, entertainment and living in.

·  Know that a stack is a physical feature of a coastline caused when waves crash against the rocks of a cliff face

 

 

·  Describe simple weather patterns of hot and cold places

·  Study aerial photographs to describe the features and characteristics of an area of land.

·  Draw or read a range of simple UK and world maps, atlases and globes including some that use symbols and a key.

·  Use simple compass directions to describe the location of features or a route on a map.

·  Describe and compare the human and physical similarities and differences between an area of the UK and a contrasting non-European country.

·  Describe how an environment has or might change over time.

·  Ask and answer simple geographical questions through observation or simple data collection during fieldwork activities.

Continents (name them)

Oceans

United Kingdom

England

Ireland

Scotland

Wales

Physical Feature

Human Feature

Season

Environment

Map

Key

North, South, East, West.

Temperate

Erosion

Year 3

Location and place knowledge Human and physical knowledge Human and physical knowledge (vocab) Geographical Skills Map work Field work

Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom and a region within North or South America. 

 

Name and locate counties and cities of the United Kingdom, geographical regions and their identifying human and physical characteristics, key topographical features (including hills, mountains, coasts and rivers), and land-use patterns; and understand how some of these aspects have changed over time. 

Physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers,

(NB: A biome is a large region of Earth that has a certain climate and certain types of living things. e.g. a desert or a rainforest). 

 

Human geography, including: economic activity including trade links. 

 

Physical geography, including: climate zones, rivers, mountains. 

 Use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies. Use atlases, globes mapping to locate countries and describe features studied. 

 

 

Year 4

Location and place knowledge Human and physical knowledge Human and physical knowledge (vocab) Geographical Skills Map work Field work

Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe, countries, and major cities (a region in a European country). 

 

Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom, a region in a European country, and a region within North or South America

e.g. music from a region of UK contrasted to music from a region of Europe and a region of America

 

Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia) and North and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities

 

Physical geography, including: climate zones, rivers, mountains, the water cycle, volcanoes and earthquakes. 

 

Human geography, including: types of settlement and land use and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water. 

Use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies. 

 Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied.  Use the eight points of a compass, four figure grid references, symbols and key to build their knowledge of the United Kingdom and the wider world. 

 

Year 5

Location and place knowledge Human and physical knowledge Human and physical knowledge (vocab) Geographical Skills Map work Field work

Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones (including day and night)

*Identify North and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities. 

Human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water. 

 

Physical geography including earthquakes. 

 Use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies.  Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied.  Use the eight points of a compass, four and six-figure grid references, symbols and key (including the use of Ordnance Survey maps) to build their knowledge of the United Kingdom and the wider world

 

Year 6

Location and place knowledge Human and physical knowledge Human and physical knowledge (vocab) Geographical Skills Map work Field work
Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia)

Physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts

 

Human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water

Use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies. 

 Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied Use the eight points of a compass, four and six-figure grid references, symbols and key (including the use of Ordnance Survey maps) to build their knowledge of the United Kingdom and the wider world.