Shiremoor Primary School Curriculum 2014
Curriculum Coverage: Geography
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
To keep a weather
chart and answer
questions about
the weather. (A, Sp,
Su)
To say what they
like and don’t like
about their locality
and another
locality like the
seaside. (A)
To use correct
geographical
words to describe a
place and the
things that happen
there. (A)
To tell someone
their address. (Su)
To describe a
place outside
Europe using
geographical
words. (Sp)
To describe some
To explain the main
of the features
features of a hot
associated with an
and cold place. (A)
island. (Sp)
To explain how the
weather changes
with each season.
(A, Sp, Su)
To describe key
features of a place,
using words like,
beach, coast,
forest, hill,
mountain, ocean,
valley. (Sp)
To use some basic
OS map symbols.
(A, Sp)
To use maps and
atlases
appropriately by
using contents and
indexes. (A, Sp)
To describe how
volcanoes are
created. (Sp)
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
To carry out
research to
discover features of
cities and villages.
To plan a journey
to a place in
England. (A, Sp, Su)
To accurately
measure and
collect information
(e.g. rainfall,
temperature, wind
speed, noise levels
etc.) (A, Sp, Su)
To plan a journey
to a place in
another part of the
world, taking
account of
distance and time.
(Sp)
To use OS maps to
answer questions.
(A)
To explain why
many cities of the
world are situated
by rivers. (Su)
To use maps, aerial
photos, plans and
web resources to
describe what a
locality might be
like. (A)
To explain why
people are
attracted to
different cities. (A,
Sp, Su)
To explain why
people are
attracted to live by
rivers. (Su)
To describe how
some places are
similar and others
are different in
relation to their
human features.
(A)
To name and
locate counties of
the UK. (Sp, Su)
To explain how a
location fits into its
wider
geographical
location; reference
to human and
economical
features. (Sp)
To describe how
some places are
similar and others
are different in
relation to their
physical features.
(A)
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To explain what
they might wear if
they lived in a very
hot or a very cold
country. (A)
To explain how the
jobs people do
may be different in
different parts of
the world. (Sp)
To describe how
earth quakes are
created. (Su)
To consider how
people often ‘spoil’
the area or make it
better. (A)
To name and
located the capital
cities of
neighbouring
European
countries. (A, Sp,
Su)
To name some of
the main towns
and cities in the
United Kingdom.
(Su)
To explain what
facilities a town or
village might need.
(Su)
Challenging: To
work out how long
it would take to get
to a given
destination taking
account of the
mode of transport.
(A, Su)
To know the
difference
between the British
Isles, Great Britain
and UK. (A)
Challenging: To
answer questions
using a weather
chart. (Su)
To name the
continents of the
world and find
them in an atlas.
(Su)
To explain why a
locality has a
certain physical
features. (A, Sp, Su)
To know the
countries that
make up the
European Union.
(Sp)
To make plausible
predictions about
what the weather
may be like later in
the day or
tomorrow. (A, Sp,
Su)
To name the world'
oceans and find
them in an atlas.
(Su)
To explain how
people's lives vary
due to weather. (A,
Su)
To list six cities in the
UK and locate
them on a map.
(Sp, Su)
To identify the four
countries making
up the United
Kingdom. (A, Sp)
To explain why
people may
choose to live in a
village rather than
a city. (A, Sp, Su)
To name and
locate many of the
world’s major rivers
on maps. (Sp, Su)
To recognize key
symbols used on
ordnance survey
maps. (A)
To locate the
Tropic of Cancer
and the Tropic of
Capricorn. (Sp)
To name and
locate many of the
world’s most
famous mountain
regions on maps.
(Sp)
To name the
largest desert in the
world. (Sp)
To locate the USA
and Canada on a
world map and
atlas. To locate
and name the
main countries in
South America on
a world map and
atlas. (A, Sp)
Challenging: To
work out an
accurate itinerary
detailing a journey
to another part of
the world. (Sp)
To report on ways
in which humans
have both
improved and
damaged the
environment. (A,
Sp)
To identify and
name the Tropics of
Cancer and
Capricorn as well
as the Artic and
Antarctic circles.
(Sp)
To explain how the
time zones work.
(Sp)
Challenging: To
define
geographical
questions to guide
their restrictions.
(Sp)
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To name a few
towns in the south
and north of the
UK. (Su)
To name the main
cities of England,
Wales, Scotland
and Ireland. (Sp)
To name key
features associated
with a town or
village, e.g.
factory, detached
house, semidetached house,
terrace house. (Sp)
To find where they
live on a map of
the UK. (A)
To use simple
fieldwork to study
the geography of
the school. (Sp)
Challenging: To
make inferences by
looking at the
weather chart. (Su)
To make plausible
predictions about
what the weather
may be like in
different parts of
the world. (Su)
To locate some of
the world's major
rivers and mountain
ranges. (Sp)
To point out the
North, South, East
and West
To name the two
largest seas around
Europe. (A)
To locate and
name some main
islands that
surround the UK. (A,
Su)
To begin to
recognize the
climate for a given
country according
to its location on
the map. (A)
To plan a journey
to another part of
the world which
takes account of
time zones. (A)
To use correct
geographical
words to describe a
place and the
things that happen
there. (A, Sp, Su)
To name areas of
origin of the main
ethnic groups in
the UK and in their
schools. (Su)
To use eight points
of a compass, four
and 6 figure grid
references when
reading maps. (A,
Sp)
To understand the
term sustainable
development. (Su)
To carry out
fieldwork including
sketch maps, plans,
graphs and digital
technologies. (Su)
To name and
locate the main
canals that link
different countries.
(Su)
Challenging: To
give accurate
measurements
between two given
places within the
UK. (Sp, Su)
To explain how a
locality has
changed over time
with reference to
physical features.
(A, Sp, Su)
To explain how
people are trying
to manage their
environment. (Sp,
Su)
To name the main
lines of latitude and
meridian of
longitude. (Su)
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associated with
maps and
compass. (Sp)
To use aerial
photographs and
plan perspectives to
recognise
landmarks. (Su)
To devise a simple
map and use and
construct basic
symbols in a key.
(Su)
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