Locational knowledge

• name and locate the world’s seven continents and five oceans

Cycle B Summer (Life by the sea)

• name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas

Cycle B Spring 1 (Cool Castles)

Cycle B Summer (Life by the sea)

Place knowledge

• understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography of a small area of the United Kingdom, and of a small area in a contrasting non-European country

Cycle B Summer (Life by the sea)

Human and physical geography

• identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom and the location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles

Cycle A Spring (Winter Wonderland)

Cross curricular opportunity for Year 1 – seasons (linked to Science)

Cycle B Summer (Life by the sea) 

• use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to:

• key physical features, including: beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill, mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil, valley, vegetation, season and weather

• key human features, including: city, town, village, factory, farm, house, office, port, harbour and shop

Cycle B Spring 1 (Cool Castles)

Cycle B Summer (Life by the sea)

Cycle A Spring 1 (Fun on the Farm)

Cycle A Summer (Life of the Lakes)

Geography skills and fieldwork

• use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the United Kingdom and its countries, as well as the countries, continents and oceans studied at this key stage

Cycle B Spring 1 (Cool Castles)

Cycle B Summer (Life by the sea)

• use simple compass directions (North, South, East and West) and locational and directional language [for example, near and far; left and right], to describe the location of features and routes on a map

Cycle B Spring 1 (Cool Castles)

Cycle B Summer (Life by the sea)

Cross curricular opportunity; link to PE

• use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognise landmarks and basic human and physical features; devise a simple map; and use and construct basic symbols in a key

Cycle A Summer (Life of the lakes)

Cycle B Autumn 1 (Historical Heroes/Fire Fire)

• use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of their school and its grounds and the key human and physical features of its surrounding environment.

Cycle A Summer (Life of the lakes)