The Geography Curriculum at Coston Primary Years Year 1 Year 2 Summer We are learning about where food is farmed and in The physical features of farms. The human features of farms. The characteristics of the four countries of the UK We are learning about our local area and in To locate Northolt on a map. To make a field work and observational study about Northolt. To identify human features of the local area (including the fire station, Tube station, housing and shops) To know how buildings are used and how people can benefit from places on their local area. To know how people can travel in this area and the places it is linked to. We are learning about travelling and exploring and in To locate the seven continents and five oceans on maps and globes. To know and understand seasonal weather patterns. To know and locate hot and cold places, the Equator and the North and South poles. To know what it is like to travel the globe today. To know about how people explore today and the achievements they make. We are learning about forests and jungles and in The physical features Ariel photos A small area of the UK contrasting with a non- European country rain forest Name and locate these forest, rain forests and jungles on maps and globes. Know and understand about the weather of these places We are learning about London and in To be able to locate London on a map of the UK. To be able to name, locate and identify four countries and capital cities of UK and surrounding seas. To know and spot the human features of London, including city, house, office, and shop To know and spot the physical features of London, including The River Thames. To know and recognise key buildings of London and their uses. We are learning about locating where people lived and worked and in To name and locate countries and cities using world maps, atlases and globes.
Years 3 and 4 Year 3 Year 4 We are learning about types of settlements and land use and in To locate the world s countries, (Roman, Viking, Scots and Anglo-Saxon settlements) key major cities. and vegetation belts and rivers and how these aspects help people to choose where to settle. aspects of human geography, food, minerals and water. We are learning about our local area and in To recognise land use patterns To understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom To learn about human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water To use maps, atlases, globes describe features studied To use the eight points of a We are learning about the world and in Locating the world s countries; Human geography, including: economic activity including of natural resources, including food; Using maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries. We are learning about the countries involved in World War 2 and in To locate the world s countries and major cities aspects of trade links, especially those made difficult due to the war. aspects of the distribution of food and how different it is now compared to the war times. To use maps, atlases, globes describe features studied.
Summer Kingdom and the wider world We are learning about human geography and physical features in aspects of: physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water We are learning about Geographical skills and fieldwork in To use the eight points of a Kingdom and the wider world We are learning about where different animals can be found and in To locate the world s countries, America, concentrating on their major cities To use maps, atlases, globes describe features studied biomes and vegetation belts.
Years 5 and 6 Summer Year 5 Year 6 We are learning about Greece and Egypt and in aspects of mountains and volcanoes To 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 (Greece) We are learning about the 1960s and the space race and in To locate the world s countries, America, with reference to the locations of the key events that shaped the 1960s. To use maps, atlases, globes to locate countries with reference to the locations of the key events that shaped the 1960s. To 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). We are learning about South America and in To locate the world s countries, America, concentrating on their We are learning about locating and describing places: To use maps, atlases, globes describe features studied in relevant locations for the study of evolving life. We are learning about water in the World and in To 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. biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle. To use the eight points of a Kingdom and the wider world. We are learning about the geography of The Caribbean and in To locate the Caribbean, using maps, concentrating on the major cities To identify the position and
major cities. To describe and understand key biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle. To human geography, food, minerals and water. To use maps, atlases, globes describe features studied. To use the eight points of a Kingdom and the wider world. 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). To know where the Caribbean is in relation to these places. To study physical geography, including: to describe and understand key aspects of climate zones and volcanoes. To study human geography, food, minerals and water in The Caribbean.