Geography
Autumn
FS1
Celebrations and colours – celebrations in different countries
-Weather
Spring
Summer
Our community – local area
-map making
-buildings
-street furniture
-roads
-canal
Festivals – around the world
Wild animals – where they’re found around the world
Litter
FS2
Ourselves and our world – local area
Year 1
Barnaby Bear in different countries:
- seven continents
- five Oceans (maps)
Where are castles found?
UK study
-4 countries, capital cities and surrounding seas (castles in the
capital cities)
Seasons and daily weather patterns in the UK and the
location of hot and cold areas in relation to the equator
and North and South Poles
-compare Africa (desert to North and South Poles)
Our local area (physical and human features)
-compare local area to a non-European country (e.g. Somalia,
Nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan)
Construct a simple map (Google Earth)
Maps of London (linked to Great fire of London)
Pollution (including a litter study)
Europe (including Russia)
-land use, identifying major cities, rivers
India (geographical skills – maps, land use, human and physical
features)
(to be taught with UK first, then
continents and Oceans, then
Seasons and weather could be
taught across the seasons)
Year 2
(text/story from nonEuropean location)
Year 3
(human and physical features)
Map skills - London
-Compass direction
-landmarks and River Thames – aerial photographs, tube map
(direction)
Natural disasters – earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunami,
flooding, hurricane (North America- hurricanes)
Pakistan earthquake
Flooding in India/Bangladesh.
Year 4
Studying a selection of the
world’s biomes.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.
edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/
Year 5
Year 6
Tundra biome:
Arctic, Antarctic circle, latitude, longitude
-physical and human geography
-features of the land and settlements/land use/trade
-climate
Forests biome:
Rainforest (focus on Amazon rainforest)
-physical and human geography
-Southern hemisphere
-features of the land and settlements/land use/trade
-climate
Aquatic biome:
Oceans/seas/rivers
Contrasting Locality: South Africa (Link to Journey to Jo’burg)
-Southern hemisphere --Grasslands biome
-physical features (mountains - Kilimanjaro)
-time zone
-tourism
Deserts biome/Water
Drought, water supplies in children’s home countries.
Include enquiry/study
Local geography.
Ordnance survey maps. Looking at local landmarks- use
a key
School based – orienteering (see lesson plans)
-Distribution of natural resources including energy, food,
minerals and water (trade links)
-renewable energy
-Australia
Tourism- comparing London to Cornwall (or somewhere else
that contrasts London)
Focus on human and physical features and land use.
How does this impact tourism? Why do people travel to
London/Cornwall? What are the main attractions and how do
these compare?
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/
Moving from place to place (movement of cultural
groups in the twentieth century)
Routes, settlements from and to.
The Windrush