Geography Curriculum Brochure

Cross Lane Primary School Geography Curriculum

Geography Overview Year A 6 12 EYFS What do I know about me? How and why do things Where are the wild things? KS1 change? Geographical skills & fieldwork: Place knowledge: comparative Location knowledge: continents our school study & oceans LKS2 Geographical skills & fieldwork: Human & physical geography: Human & physical geography: Local area study: Halifax volcanoes and earthquakes water cycle UKS2 Physical geography: mountains Geographical skills & fieldwork: Human geography: economic mapping activity Year B 6 12 EYFS What do I know about me? How and why do things Where are the wild things? KS1 Local Area & Our Country change? Human & physical geography: Human & physical geography: Seaside & Coast seasonal change LKS2 Location knowledge: counties Place knowledge: a region in a Human & physical geography: & cities of the UK European country settlements UKS2 Human & physical geography: Rainforests Location knowledge: America rivers

Enquiry Questions Year A 6 12 EYFS What Who would Are all happened to you meet in minibeasts Why do I look What makes Jack’s beans? What is an like I do? us feel safe? the deep, scary? island? blue sea? KS1 Could a bog baby live in Would you rather live in Why can’t a meerkat live our woodland? Kenya or the UK? at the South Pole? What is it like in Halifax? What makes the Earth Will we ever see the angry? water we drink again? LKS2 UKS2 Where can I find How can you find your Why is Fair Trade fair? magnificent mountains way to Jo’burg? and how are they made? Year B 6 12 EYFS Why do I look What makes What Who would Are all What is an KS1 like I do? us feel safe? happened to you meet in minibeasts island? Jack’s beans? the deep, scary? blue sea? What would Traction Man Where do the leaves go Why do we love to be find in Elland and the UK? in winter? beside the seaside? LKS2 What is so special about Why do so many people Where would you choose the UK? go on holiday to the to build a city? Mediterranean? UKS2 What is so fascinating Why are rainforests so What is so special about about Brazil? important? the USA?

Core Knowledg Learning EYFS Year Challenge NC Objectives What do I know about me? KS1 / Development Matters Why do I look What makes us Our school like I do? feel safe? Could a bog baby live in our woodla Core Knowledge Understanding the World Geographical skills & fieldwork 30-50  Use simple compass directions  Remembers and talks about (North, South, East & West) & significant events in their own locational & directional langua experience. (e.g. near & far; left & right) to  Knows some of the things that describe the location of feature make them unique, and can routes on a map. talk about some of the  Use aerial photos & plan similarities and differences in perspectives to recognise relation to friends or family. landmarks & basic human & physical features, devise a simp map; and use & construct basic symbols in a key.  Use simple fieldwork & observational skills to study the geography of their school & its grounds & the key human & physical features of its surroundi environment.  North, South, East and West are four main points on a compass  A map is a drawing on a flat surface that shows features suc roads, building, rivers, forests an mountains.  An aerial view is ‘looking from above’, often called a bird’s-ey view.  Cross Lane Primary School is in Elland, Halifax West Yorkshire.  Your address has the name of t street you live in, the number or

ge Progression rA LKS2 UKS2 and? Local area study: Halifax Mountains What is it like in Halifax? Where can I find magnificent mountains and how are they made? age Geographical skills & fieldwork Human & physical geography es &  Use fieldwork to observe, measure Describe & understand key concepts of:  Physical geography, including: & record the human & physical features in the local area using a climate zones, biomes & range of methods, including sketch vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, maps, plans and graphs, & digital volcanoes & earthquakes, and the technologies water cycle. ple c ing e the  Halifax is a minster town in the  Mountains make up 1/5 of the Metropolitan Borough of world’s landscape. Calderdale in West Yorkshire.  Mt. Everest is the world’s highest ch as  The town has been a centre of mountain and it is 29,029 feet tall. nd woollen manufacture from the 15th  There are mountains under the century, originally dealing through surface of the sea. the Piece Hall.  80% of our fresh water originates ye  Dean Clough was originally built in from mountains. the 1840s to1860s for Crossleys  The highest 14 mountains in the carpets – then, the world’s largest world are found in the Himalayas. carpet factory.  Generally, a mountain is higher the  Halifax is known for Mackintosh’s than 600m; a hill is less. r chocolate and toffee products, including Quality Street.

name of your house or flat, the town and postcode. Learning How and why do things change? Kenya Challenge Would you rather live in Kenya or t What happened Who would you NC Objectives to Jack’s beans? meet in the UK? / Development Matters deep, blue Place knowledge sea? Understand geographical similarities difference through studying the hum Understanding the World & physical geography of a small are 30-50 the United Kingdom, and of a small Shows care and concern for living area in a contrasting non-European things and the environment. country. 40-60 Looks closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change. Knows that information can be retrieved from computers.

 The Halifax Gibbet was an early guillotine, used as an alternative to beheading by axe or sword. It was installed during the 16th century and you can see a replica today. It claimed its last victim in April 1650.  Shibden Hall is a historic house, famous for different residents, including the diarist Anne Lister.  The Wainhouse Tower is the tallest folly in the world – standing at 84m high.  The name Halifax comes from Old English meaning ‘area of coarse grass in the nook of the land’.  The architect who designed Halifax Town Hall in 1863 was also responsible for designing the Houses of Parliament in London. Extreme Earth Mapping the What makes the Earth angry? How can you find your way to Jo’burg? s& Human & physical geography Geographical skills & fieldwork man Describe & understand key concepts of:  Use the 8 points of a compass, 4 ea of  Physical geography, including: &6-figure grid references, symbols & n climate zones, biomes & key (including the use of Ordnance vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, Survey maps) to build their volcanoes & earthquakes, and the knowledge of the United Kingdom water cycle. & the wider world.

Core  Kenya is country in Eastern Afric Knowledge and its capital city is Nairobi.  The equator goes through Keny which means that it is a very ho country.  There are two main languages spoken in Kenya: English and Swahili.  There are many different culture Kenya such as the Maasai cultu  Kenya is named after Mount Ke which is the tallest mountain in Kenya.  Large animals such as lions, buf leopards, elephants and rhinoc live in Kenya. The ‘big 5’. Learning Where are the wild things? Continents and Oceans Challenge Why can’t a meerkat live at the So Are all What is an NC Objectives Pole? / Development minibeasts island? Matters Location knowledge scary?  Name & locate the world’s seve Understanding the World continents & five oceans 30-50 Human & physical geography Use basic geographical vocabulary Shows care and concern for living refer to:  Key physical features including: things and the environment. beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill, 40-60 mountain, sea, ocean, river, soi Looks closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change

ca  Volcanoes are caused when  Ordnance Survey (OS) is the magma rises to the surface of the national mapping agency for ya Earth which causes bubbles of gas Great Britain: paper maps for ot to appear in it. walkers represent only 5% of OS'  Earthquakes are usually caused annual revenue. They also produce when rock underground suddenly digital map data, online route breaks along a fault. This sudden planning and sharing services and release of energy cases the seismic mobile apps. es in waves that make the ground  The eight compass points are N, NE, ure. shake. E, SE, S, SW, W and NW. enya  A tsunami is a series of large waves  Keys, symbols, scales and grid generated by an abrupt references are typical features of movement on the ocean floor that maps. ffalo, can result from an earthquake, an  Invisible lines of latitude and ceros underwater landslide or a volcanic longitude form a grid over the eruption. Earth: these lines help to create a co-ordinate to locate a place accurately.  Lines of latitude (also known as parallels) circle the Earth from east to west.  The lines of longitude or meridians of longitude are the lines that run north and south and are measured in the same way as the lines of latitude.  Four-figure grid references are used to find a grid square, but we six- figure grid references are used to find an exact location within. Water Cycle Trading & Economic Activity outh Will we ever see the water we drink Why is Fair Trade fair? again? Human & physical geography Human & physical geography en Describe & understand key concepts of: Describe & understand key concepts of:  Physical geography, including:  Human geography, including: climate zones, biomes & types of settlement & land use, vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, economic activity including trade y to volcanoes & earthquakes, and the links, & the distribution of natural water cycle. resources including energy, food, : minerals & water. il,

 valley, vegetation, season & weather Core Early Learning Goal:  Key human features including: c Knowledge  Children talk about past and  town, village, factory, farm, hou  office, port, harbour & shop. present events in their own  lives and in the lives of family The Arctic is in the North Pole an members. They know that  Antarctica is in the South Pole. other children don’t always Antarctica is the coldest and enjoy the same things, and are  windiest place on Earth. sensitive to this. They know Penguins live in Antarctica and about similarities and polar bears live in the Artic. differences between Polar bears and penguins are a themselves and others, and to keep warm because they ha among families, communities blubber underneath their skins. and traditions. The largest hot desert in the wo the Sahara and the largest cold  Children know about desert is Antarctica. similarities and differences in Hot deserts are usually very hot relation to places, objects, during the day but some can re materials and living things. freezing point at night. They talk about the features of their own immediate environment and how environments might vary from one another. They make observations of animals and plants and explain why some things occur, and talk about changes.  Children recognise that a range of technology is used in places such as homes and schools. They select and use technology for particular purposes.

city, use, nd  Evaporation is when a liquid turns  Natural resources include energy, into a gas. This is called water food, minerals and water.  vapour. Condensation is when a gas turns  The UK’s top trading partner is the able  into a liquid. ave  The water cycle is the journey United States.  water rakes as it moves from the  Trade is the buying and selling of orld is land to the sky and back again. d Hydroelectric power stations goods and services between capture the energy of water to generate electricity. different countries. About 70% of the Earth is covered  Fairtrade aims to help producers in in water. developing countries to make each better trading conditions.  There are more than 1.71 million farmers and workers in Fairtrade certified producer organisations (21% are women).  1599 Fairtrade organisations in 75 countries.  50% of all Fairtrade farmer produce coffee.

Learning EYFS Yea Challenge What do I know about me? KS1 NC Objectives Why do I look What makes us Local Area & Our Country What would Traction Man find in Ella like I do? feel safe? and the UK? Understanding the World Geographical skills and fieldwork 30-50 Use simple fieldwork & observationa skills to study the geography of their  Remembers and talks about school & its grounds & the key huma physical features of its surrounding significant events in their own environment. experience.  Knows some of the things that make them unique, and can talk about some of the similarities and differences in relation to friends or family. Core  A village is usually associated w Knowledge the countryside and is smaller th a town.  Elland is a market town in Calderdale in West Yorkshire.  The countries of the United Kingdom are England, Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland.  London is the capital city of England, Edinburgh is the capita city of Scotland, Cardiff is the capital city of Wales and Belfas the capital city of Northern Irela  An address has the name of the street you live in, the number or name of your house, the village town or city you live in and a po code.

ar B LKS2 UKS2 and The United Kingdom Rivers What is so special about the UK? What is so fascinating about Brazil? al Location knowledge Location knowledge an & Name and locate counties and cities of Locate the world’s countries using maps the United Kingdom, geographical to focus on South America, regions and their identifying human and concentrating on their environmental physical characteristics, key regions, key physical and human topographical features (including hills, characteristics, countries and major mountains, coasts and rivers), and land- cities; use patterns; and understand how these aspects have changed over time; Human & physical geography Key aspects of physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes and the water cycle. Geographical skills & fieldwork Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied with  Queen Elizabeth II is the Monarch  Rivers run through every continent han of the United Kingdom. of the world but Antarctica.  Officially known as the Union Flag,  Rivers have sources, channels, the flag of the UK is popularly tributaries and mouths. known as the Union Jack: it  The River Nile runs through 11 combines the symbols of England’s countries in Africa and is the d, patron saint St George, Scotland’s longest river in the world. patron saint, St Andrew, and  The Amazon River in South America Ireland’s patron saint, St Patrick. is the largest river in the world, tal Wales is not shown because when containing 20% of the Earth's fresh the first version was created in 1606, water. st is Wales was part of England.  Brazil is the largest country in South and.  The UK is in the continent of Europe; America and takes its name comes e London is the capital city of the UK from a tree named brazilwood. r and also the capital city of  The capital city of Brazil is Brasilia, e, England, too; Edinburgh is the while the largest city is Sao Paulo. ost capital city of Scotland; Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland; Cardiff is the capital city of Wales.

Learning How and why do things change? Seasons & Weather Challenge Where do the leaves go in winter What happened Who would you NC Objectives to Jack’s beans? meet in the Human & physical geography Identify seasonal and daily weather deep, blue patterns in the United Kingdom and sea? location of hot and cold areas of th world in relation to the Equator and Understanding the World North and South Poles. 30-50 Shows care and concern for living things and the environment. 40-60  Looks closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change.  Knows that information can be retrieved from computers. Core  In the UK we have four seasons: Knowledge spring, summer, autumn and wi  When we have our summer it is winter in the southern hemisphe When we have winter, Australia summer.  Seasons change throughout the year because of the way the Ea travels around the sun.  ‘Weather’ is what the sky and th air outside are like, such as cold and cloudy.

 The Lake District is a National Park Rainforests and World Heritage Site in North Why are rainforests so important? West England: it is home to the highest mountain in England - Scafell Pike, and the deepest lake - Wastwater.  The River Severn is the longest river in the UK. Europe r? Why do so many people go on holiday to the Mediterranean? Place knowledge Location knowledge Understand geographical similarities Locate the world’s countries using maps the and difference through the study of to focus on South America, e human physical geography of a region concentrating on their environmental of the United Kingdom, a region in a regions, key physical and human European country, and a region within characteristics, countries and major North or South America cities; : The European continent is located Human & physical geography inter. completely in the northern Key aspects of physical geography, hemisphere and mainly in the including: climate zones, biomes and ere. eastern hemisphere. vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, a has  Europe borders onto the Arctic volcanoes and earthquakes and the Ocean in the North, the Atlantic water cycle. e  Ocean in the west and the arth  Mediterranean Sea in the South. Geographical skills & fieldwork There are 50 countries in Europe Use maps, atlases, globes and he with more than 742 million people digital/computer mapping to locate d living on the continent. countries and describe features studied The three largest countries are  A rainforest is a dense forest Russia, the Ukraine and France. normally found in tropical areas with high rainfall; there are two types: tropical or temperate.  There are 4 layers of a rainforest: rainforest floor, understorey layer, canopy layer and emergent layer.  About 30 million species of plants and animals live in tropical rainforests.  Most rainforests are found between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.

 In summer, the longest day of th year is around 21st June and in winter the shortest day of the ye is usually 21st December. Learning Where are the wild things? Seaside & Coast Challenge Why do we love to be beside the NC Objectives Are all What is an minibeasts island? seaside? Core Knowledge scary? Human & physical geography Identify seasonal and daily weather Understanding the World patterns in the United Kingdom and 30-50 location of hot and cold areas of th Shows care and concern for living world in relation to the Equator and things and the environment. North and South Poles. 40-60 Use basic geographical vocabulary Looks closely at similarities, refer to: differences, patterns and change.  Key physical features including: Early Learning Goal: beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill,  Children talk about past and mountain, sea, ocean, river, soi valley, vegetation, season & present events in their own weather lives and in the lives of family  Key human features including: c members. They know that town, village, factory, farm, hou other children don’t always office, port, harbour & shop. enjoy the same things, and are  In the UK, no one lives more tha sensitive to this. They know 130km from the sea.  Coasts have many different features, such as: caves, cliffs, mudflats and beaches.  A cliff is a steep rock face usual the edge of the sea.

he  Vatican City is the smallest country  Around 60% of the Amazon not only in Europe, but also in the Rainforest is located in Brazil. ear world.  It is estimated that if climate  Istanbul is the largest city in Europe. change were to increase the  Many countries in Europe, mainly in world's temperature by only 3 central Europe, do not have access degrees Celsius, 75% of the to an ocean and share national Amazon would be destroyed. borders only with other countries –  The Amazon rainforest is also these are called landlocked referred to as the ‘Lungs of the countries, e.g. Hungary, Czech Planet', producing more than 20% Republic and Switzerland. of the world's oxygen.  The Volga River in Russia is Europe's  It is believed that there may still be longest river. as many as 50 Amazon native tribes living in the rainforest that have never been in contact with the rest of the world. Settlements America: Location knowledge e Where would you choose to build a What is so special about the USA? city? the Human & physical geography Location knowledge e Describe and understand key aspects Locate the world’s countries using of: maps to focus on North America, y to concentrating on their : Human geography, including: environmental regions, key physical il, types of settlement and land use, and human characteristics, economic activity including trade countries and major cities; links, and the distribution of natural Identify the position and resources including energy, food, significance of latitude. Longitude, minerals and water Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of city, Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and use, Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones (including day and night) an  A settlement is a place where  On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of people live and establish a Independence was issued,  community.  establishing the United States of lly at  There are four types of settlement:  America. hamlet, village, town and city. The USA is the third largest country Urban areas are built-up areas in in the world. which people live in close proximity. There are 50 states in the USA. Elland is an urban area.

about similarities and  A beach is a pebbly or sandy sh differences between between the sea and a higher themselves and others, and place. among families, communities and traditions.  An island is a piece of land completely surrounded by sea.  Children know about similarities and differences in relation to places, objects, materials and living things. They talk about the features of their own immediate environment and how environments might vary from one another. They make observations of animals and plants and explain why some things occur, and talk about changes.  Children recognise that a range of technology is used in places such as homes and schools. They select and use technology for particular purposes.

hore  Rural areas are countryside areas in  Population is approximately 325 land which the population is spread  million (in comparison the UK’s thinly.  population is 66 million).  Some settlements also have a  The capital city of the USA is . special use, or function, e.g. ports - Washington DC. by a river or sea for ships to The Mississippi and Missouri Rivers transport goods; market towns - combine to form the longest river where local farmers sell goods; system in the USA. resorts - for people to go on There are four time zones: Eastern, holiday. Central, Mountain and Pacific - when it is noon in the Eastern time  zone, it is 11 am in the Central time zone, 10 am in the Mountain time zone and 9 am in the Pacific time zone. Spectacular geographical landmarks include The Grand Canyon, Death Valley, and Niagara Falls.

Geography Sk EYFS KS1 30-50 months Year 1 Year 2 * To comment and ask Geographical questions about aspects of *To identify the four *To name the Knowledge their familiar world, such as countries making continents of the the place where they live up the United world and find or the natural world. Kingdom. them in an atlas. * To talk about some of the • To name some of •To name the things they have observed, the main towns world’s oceans such as plants, animals, and cities in the and find them in natural and found objects. United Kingdom. an atlas. * To talk about why things • To point out •To name the ma happen and how things where the equator, cities of England, work. north pole and Wales, Scotland * To develop an south pole are on and Ireland. understanding of growth, a globe or atlas. •To find where decay and changes * To name a few they live on a map overtime. towns in the south of the UK. * To show care and and north of the *To locate some o concern for living things UK. the world’s major and the environment. rivers and 40-60 months mountain ranges. * To look closely at •To point out the similarities, differences, North, South, East patterns and change. and West ELG associated with * To talk about past and maps and present events in their own compass. lives and in the lives of family members. * To know about similarities and differences between themselves and others, and among families, communities and traditions. * To know about similarities and differences in relation to places, objects,

kills Progression LKS2 UKS2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 *To name a *To locate the *To name and * To recognise key number of Tropic of Cancer locate many of the symbols used on countries in the and the Tropic of world’s major rivers ordnance survey Northern Capricorn. on maps. maps. Hemisphere. •To know the •To name and •To name the •To locate and difference locate many of the largest desert in name some of the between the British world’s most the world. world’s most Isles, Great Britain famous mountain •To identify and ain famous volcanoes. and UK. regions on maps. name the Tropics •To name and •To know the •To locate the USA of Cancer and locate some well- countries that and Canada on a Capricorn as well known European make up the world map and as the Arctic and countries. European Union. atlas. Antarctic circles. p •To name and •To name up to six •To locate and •To explain how locate the capital cities in the UK and name the main the time zones of cities of locate them on a countries in South work. neighbouring map. America on a •To name the main European •To locate and world map and lines of latitude countries. name some of atlas. and meridian of •To be aware of main islands that *To begin to longitude. different weather surround the UK. recognise the in different parts of •To name the climate of a given the world, areas of origin of country according especially Europe. the main ethnic to its location on *To name the two groups in the UK & the map. largest seas around in their school. Europe. *To name the counties that make up the home counties of London. •To name some of the main towns and cities in Yorkshire and Lancashire.

materials and living thing. They talk about the features of their own immediate environment and how environments may vary from one another. EYFS KS1 Year 1 Year 2 Geographical * Using senses to explore *To say what they *To label a Enquiry the world around them. like about their diagram or * Engaging in open-ended locality. photograph using activity. •To sort things they some * Taking a risk, engaging in like and don’t like. geographical new experiences, and •To answer some words. learning by trial and error. questions using •To find out abou * Showing high levels of different resources, a locality by using energy, fascination. such as books, the different sources o * Paying attention to internet and evidence. details. atlases. •To find out abou * Making links and noticing •To think of a few a locality by askin patterns in their good questions to some good experience. ask about a questions to * Developing ideas of locality. someone else. grouping, sequences, •To answer •To say what they cause and effect. questions about like and don’t like the weather. about their localit •To keep a and another weather chart. locality like the *To answer seaside. questions using a *To make weather chart. inferences by •To make plausible looking at a predictions about weather chart. what the weather •To make plausib may be like later in predictions about the day or what the weathe tomorrow. may be like in different parts of the world.

LKS2 UKS2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 *To use correct *To carry out a *To collect *To confidently geographical survey to discover information about explain scale and g words to describe features of cities a place and use it use maps with a a place and the and villages. in a report. range of scales. things that happen •To find the same •To map land use. •To choose the there. place on a globe •To find possible best way to collect ut •To identify key and in an atlas. answers to their information g features of a •To label the same own geographical needed and of locality by using a features on an questions. decide the most map. aerial photograph •To make detailed appropriate units ut •To begin to use a as on a map. sketches and of measure. ng 4 figure grid •To plan a journey plans; improving •To make careful references. to a place in their accuracy measurements and •To accurately plot England. later. use the data. NSEW on a map. •To accurately •To plan a journey •To use OS maps y •To use some basic measure and to a place in to answer e OS map symbols. collect information another part of the questions. ty •To make (e.g. rainfall, world, taking •To use maps, accurate temperature, wind account of aerial photos, plans measurement of speed, noise levels distance and time. and web resources distances within etc.). *To work out an to describe what a 100Km. *To give accurate accurate itinerary locality might be *To work out how measurements detailing a journey like. long it would take between 2 given to another part of *To define to get to a given places within the the world. geographical ble destination taking UK. questions to guide t account of the their research. er mode of transport. •To use a range of self-selected resources to answer questions.

EYFS KS1 Year 2 30-50 months Year 1 * To comment and ask Physical questions about aspects of *To tell someone *To describe som Geography their familiar world, such as their address. physical features the place where they live or •To explain the of own locality. the natural world. main features of a •To explain wha * To talk about some of the hot and cold place. makes a locality things they have observed, •To describe a special. such as plants, animals, locality using words •To describe som natural and found objects. and pictures. places which are * To talk about why things •To explain how the not near the happen and how things weather changes school. work. with each season. •To describe a * To develop an •To name key place outside understanding of growth, features associated Europe using decay and changes with a town or geographical overtime. village, eg, church, words. * To show care and farm, shop, and •To describe som concern for living things house. of the features and the environment. *To name key associated with a 40-60 months features associated island. * To look closely at with a town or •To describe the similarities, differences, village, eg, factory, key features of a patterns and change. detached house, place, using wor ELG semi-detached like, beach, coa * To know about similarities house, terrace forest, hill, and differences in relation house. mountain, ocean to places, objects, materials and valley. and living thing. They talk *To find the longe about the features of their and shortest rout own immediate using a map. environment and how •To use a map, environments may vary photographs, film from one another. or plan to describ a contrasting locality outside Europe.

LKS2 UKS2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 me *To use maps and *To describe the *To explain why *To give an s atlases main features of a many cities of the extended appropriately by well-known city. world are situated description of the t using contents and •To describe the by rivers. physical features indexes. main features of a •To explain how a of different places •To describe how village. location fits into its around the world. me volcanoes are •To describe the wider •To describe how e created. main physical geographical some places are •To describe how differences location; with similar and others earthquakes are between cities and reference to are different in created. villages. physical features. relation to their •To confidently •To use *To explain what a human features. describe physical appropriate place (open to •To accurately use features in a symbols to environmental and a 4 figure grid locality. represent different physical change) reference. me •To locate the physical features might be like in the •To create sketch Mediterranean on a map. future taking maps when an and explain why it •To explain how account of carrying out a field is a popular the water cycle physical features. study. e holiday works. *To plan a journey a destination. •To explain why to another part of rds •To recognise the water is such a the world which st 8 points of the valuable takes account of compass (N, NW, commodity. time zones. n, W, S, SW, SE, E, and *To explain how a •To understand NE). locality has the term est *To explain why a changed over sustainable te locality has certain time with development. To physical features. reference to use it in different physical features. contexts. m be

EYFS KS1 30-50 months Year 1 Year 2 * To talk about some of the Human things they have observed, *To begin to *To describe some Geography such as plants, animals, explain why they human features o natural and found objects. * To talk about why things would wear own locality, such happen and how things work. different clothes at as the jobs peopl * To develop an understanding of growth, different times of do. decay and changes overtime. the year. •To explain how 40-60 months * To look closely at •To tell something the jobs people d similarities, differences, patterns and change. about the people may be different ELG * To talk about past and who live in hot and different parts of present events in their own lives and in the lives of cold places. the world. family members. * To know about similarities •To explain what •To think that and differences between themselves and others, and they might wear if people may ever among families, communities and traditions. they lived in a very spoil the area and hot or a very cold how. place. •To think that *To name different people may try to jobs that people make the area living in their area better and how. might do. •To explain what facilities a town o village might nee *To explain how the weather affects different people.

LKS2 UKS2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 me *To describe how *To explain why *To explain why *To give an of volcanoes have an people are people are extended h le impact on attracted to live in attracted to live by description of the do people’s life. cities. rivers. human features of in •To confidently •To explain why •To explain how a different places r d describe human people may location fits into its around the world. o features in a choose to live in a wider •To map land use or locality. village rather than geographical with their own ed. •To explain why a a city. location; with criteria. locality has certain •To explain how a reference to •To describe how human features. locality has human and some places are •To explain why a changed over time economical similar and others place is like it is. with reference to features. are different in •To explain how human features. •To explain what a relation to their the lives of people •To find different place might be like physical features. living in the views about an in the future, taking *To explain how Mediterranean environmental account of issues human activity has would be different issue and give their impacting on caused an from their own. view. human features. environment to *To explain how •To suggest *To report on ways change. people’s lives vary different ways that in which humans due to weather. a locality could be have both changed and improved and improved. damaged the *To explain how environment. people are trying to manage their environment. •To analyse population data on two settlements and report on findings and questions raised.

Links to science and maths i EYFS KS1 30-50 months Year 1 Year 2 * To talk about some of the Science links things they have observed, * Observe changes * Find out about Maths links such as plants, animals, natural and found objects. across the four and describe the * To talk about why things happen and how things seasons. basic needs of work. * To develop an * Observe and animals, including understanding of growth, decay and changes describe weather humans, for overtime. 40-60 months associated with the survival. * To look closely at similarities, differences, seasons and how * identify that mos patterns and change. ELG day length varies. living things live in * children know about similarities and differences habitats to which in relation to people, objects, materials and living they are suited an things. They talk about the features of their own describe how environment; they make observations of animals and different habitats plants and explain why some things occur, and talk provide for the about changes. basic needs of * Use everyday language to talk about size, weight, different kinds of capacity, position, distance, time and money animals and plan to compare quantities and objects and solve problems. and how they depend on each other. * Compare, * Choose and use describe and solve appropriate practical problems; standard units to measure and estimate and begin to record measure to the the following. nearest * Describe position, appropriate unit. direction and movement.

in the geography curriculum LKS2 UKS2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 * Recognise that * Describe the * Describe how environments can differences in the living things are change and that life cycles of a classified into g this can sometimes mammal, an broad groups pose dangers to amphibian, an according to living things. insect and a bird. common st * Observe that * Describe the life observable n some materials process of characteristics and change state reproduction in based on nd when they are some plants and similarities and heated or cooled, animals. differences, and measure or including micro- research the organisms, plants temperature at and animals. which this happens * Identify how ts, in degrees Celsius. animals and plants * Identify the part are adapted to suit played by their environment evaporation and in different ways condensation in and that the water cycle adaptation may and associate the lead to evolution. rate of evaporation with temperature. e * Measure, * Estimate, * Solve problems * Convert between compare, add and compare and involving miles and km. subtract. calculate different converting measures. between units of time. * Convert between different units of metric measure.

Geography Cu EYFS Yea Geography Learning Challenge What do I know about me? KS1 Unit 1 Why do I look What makes us Our scho like I do? feel safe? Could a bog bab Enrichment Bedtime stories morning/ woodlan afternoon – invite parents Go on a bog b (woodlan Immersion Home corner / café role play + small world Create a new home Woodland Provision Story time in the woodland Leaf patterns / Map Geography Learning Challenge How and why do things change? Kenya Unit 2 Would you rather live What Who would you Enrichment UK? Immersion happened to meet in the Woodland Provision A visit from African Jack’s beans? deep, blue drumme sea? Make/eat traditiona Cooking and baking Kenyan art / Climate Under the sea / aquarium role play + small world Seasonal change – observe trees that grow in our woodland Geography Learning Challenge Where are the wild things? Continents and Unit 6 Why can’t a meerk Are all What is an Enrichment South Po minibeasts island? Immersion Yorkshire Wildlife Park Woodland Provision scary? Have a suitcase and Trip to the zoo/wildlife park or and conte animals in school (e.g. Zoolab) Create a habitat fo creatur Zoo/safari role play + small world Seasonal change ( Minibeast hunt

ultural Capital ar A LKS2 UKS2 1 Local area study: Halifax Mountains What is it like in Halifax? Where can I find magnificent ool mountains and how are they made? by live in our Visit to Halifax A visit from a member of a local nd? (public transport) baby hunt! Be a tour guide. Plan a visit to Mountain Rescue team nd) Halifax and give a talk to a group of Create your own 3D contour map for a bog baby children using a potato! Soundscape walk (Science link) pping activities Seasonal change (Science link) a Extreme Earth Mapping e in Kenya or the What makes the Earth angry? How can you find your way to Jo’burg? n dancers or Prime VR workshop Take part in an orienteering activity ers (www.primevr.co.uk) Volcanoes around the school grounds. al Kenyan foods Make a volcano erupt! Use your planned route (Q5) to explore Elland e (Science link) Volcano eruption experiment (immersion) Orienteering activity (enrichment) d Oceans Water Cycle Trading & Economic Activity kat live at the Will we ever see the water we drink Why is Fair Trade fair? ole? again? k / Chester Zoo A visit to a local river Have Fair Trade products and foods d explore label for children to investigate and ents Create a moving toy that requires sample or a woodland water to power it A Global Meal re (Science link) Science link investigations Investigating forces (Science link)

EYFS Yea Geography Learning Challenge What do I know about me? K Why do I look What makes us Local Area & What would Tra Unit 1 like I do? feel safe? Elland an Enrichment Bedtime stories morning/ afternoon Local walk a – invite parents A letter from Trac answer questio Immersion Home corner / café role play + small world Woodland Provision Story time in the woodland Create a new Traction Man in Geography Learning Challenge Unit 2 How and why do things change? Seasons Where do the lea Enrichment What happened Who would you Visit to a loca Immersion to Jack’s meet in the grounds/ga Woodland Provision beans? deep, blue sea? Geography Learning Challenge Unit 6 Cooking and baking Enrichment Under the sea / aquarium role play Go for a w Immersion + small world Observe change Seasonal change – observe trees during this half t that grow in our woodland Where are the wild things? Seaside Why do we love Are all What is an sea minibeasts island? Visit to th scary? Have a seasi Trip to the zoo/wildlife park or parent animals in school (e.g. Zoolab) Zoo/safari role play + small world Woodland Provision Minibeast hunt Invent a new tree Owl & the Pussy

ar B LKS2 UKS2 KS1 The United Kingdom Rivers What is so special about the UK? What is so fascinating about Brazil? & Our Country action Man find in Orienteering activity (woodland?) Have a ‘Brazil day’ nd the UK? around Elland ction Man – can we Design Your Own Island: In Create Make a Model River: recreate a ons about Elland? your own island, then work out the fast flowing river to see how it w adventure for co-ordinates of each location. carries its load and then deposits it n the woodland! as it slows down Orienteering (compass points link) Model river (immersion) & Weather Europe Rainforests aves go in winter? Why do so many people go on Why are rainforests so important? holiday to the Mediterranean? al park/school Tropical World, Leeds arden centre A visit to or from a travel agent having thought of questions to ask Rainforest conservation day weather walk How would you survive in the first es in the woodland Organise a Mediterranean food rainforest? term (Science link) festival How would you attract someone to visit our woodland? e & Coast Settlements Location knowledge: North e to be beside the Where would you choose to build America aside? a city? What is so special about the USA? he seaside Visit to Leeds/Manchester (public Sports coach session playing transport?) American football de day – invite ts/carers Using paper, how can you create America day (4th July?) a skyscraper that is at least 2 What would you ask the president e species (like in The meters high? of the USA? What can you find out ycat – English link) about the sports Americans play? Science link – plants and growth Consider the design of a Native American totem pole and create their own version to represent themselves.

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Learning Challenge: Could a b Geography Phase: KS1 Strand: Geo National Curriculum Objective/s Core Kn Geographical skills & fieldwork North, South, East and W  Use simple compass directions (North, South, East & West) points on a compass & locational & directional language to describe the A map is a drawing on a location of features & routes on a map. features such as roads,  Use aerial photos; devise a simple map; use & construct and mountains. basic symbols in a key. An aerial view is ‘looking  Use simple fieldwork & observational skills to study the called a bird’s-eye view geography of their school & its grounds. Cross Lane Primary Scho Learning Challenge Questions West Yorkshire. 1. Where do we live? Your address has the na live in, the number or na 2. What does our classroom look like? flat, the town and postc 3. Where is our school? 4. How can we draw a map of our local area? 5. What does a map of your route to school look like? 6. How can you create patterns using leaves in the style of William Morris? What we know already… We live in West An address Yorkshire where you l People use maps for different reasons e.g. explorers, pirates, parents…

bog baby live in our woodland? Core Text: ographical skills & fieldwork: our school nowledge West are the four main a flat surface that shows address Key Vocabulary building, rivers, forests map Locates exactly where someone g from above’, often map symbol lives by having street and town w. post code names. A diagram/picture of an area ool is in Elland, Halifax rural that shows physical features. street ame of the street you A small picture on a map to tell ame of your house or urban you about something. code. Locates exactly where a street or place is by using letters and numbers. A location in the country. A public road in a city, town or village. Usually with houses or buildings on both sides. A busy location. It usually has lots of houses and shops. s is A woodland is a Prior Learning: live place where there Learning about where we live and who we live with. are lots of trees EYFS: What do I know about me?

Learning Challenge: Would you Geography Phase: KS1 Strand: Plac National Curriculum Objective/s Core Kn Place knowledge Kenya is country in Easte capital city is Nairobi. Understand geographical similarities & difference through studying the human & physical geography of a small area of The equator goes throu the United Kingdom, and of a small area in a contrasting non- that it is a very hot coun European country. There are two main lang Learning Challenge Questions Kenya: English and Swa 1. What would you ask Lila/Ki-Pat? There are many differen 2. What are Kenyan people proud of? as the Maasai culture. 3. What are the main differences in the climate of Kenya is named after M Kenya and England? tallest mountain in Keny 4. Which animals would you find living in the wild in Kenya? 5. Do Kenyans have a healthier lifestyle than we do? 6. What would your school day be like if you lived in Kenya? What we know already… A village is smaller A city is a large Different coun than a town and town. A town is have different usually in a rural larger than a village and smaller than a of weather area (in the countryside) city

u rather live in Kenya or the UK? Core Text: ce knowledge: Comparative study nowledge ern Africa and its ugh Kenya which means African Key Vocabulary ntry. climate To be African is to belong to a guages spoken in drought group of countries in a continent ahili. Kenya called Africa. mud huts Describes what the weather is nt cultures in Kenya such Nairobi like over a long time. safari Mount Kenya which is the A long period of low rainfall ya. leading to a shortage of water. A large country in East Africa. Basic houses built from what is available in the area. The capital city of Kenya. An expedition to observe animals in their natural habitat. ntries A continent is a large Prior Learning: kinds expanse of land that r KS1 – Could a bog baby live in our woodland? can contain more than one country

Learning Challenge: Why can’t a Geography Phase: KS1 Strand: Loca National Curriculum Objective/s Core Kn Location knowledge: The Arctic is in the North  Name & locate the world’s seven continents & five in the South Pole. oceans. Antarctica is the coldes Earth. Learning Challenge Questions 1. Why does Sunny live in the Kalahari Desert? Penguins live in Antarcti 2. Which animals live in cold places like the North in the Artic. and South Pole? Polar bears and pengui 3. How do polar bears keep warm? warm because they ha 4. What do we mean by hot and cold colours? their skins. 5. Why do people usually like going to hot places The largest hot desert in for their holidays? and the largest cold de 6. Why do we wear different clothes in Summer and Winter? What we know already… The first explorer to Christopher When it is winte reach the South Pole Columbus sailed to the northern America in 1492. It was Roald hemisphere, it Amundsen in 1911 was the first time summer in the people from Europe southern hemisp knew that America existed

a meerkat live at the South Pole? ation knowledge: Continents and oceans nowledge Core Texts: h Pole and Antarctica is st and windiest place on continent Key Vocabulary tica and polar bears live desert A large expanse of land (which equator can contain more than one ins are able to keep country). ave blubber underneath hemisphere A very dry place that ocean experiences little rain. n the world is the Sahara esert is Antarctica. An imaginary line around the centre of the Earth. It is very hot at the equator. Half of the Earth – divided into north and south by the equator. A very large expanse of sea. North Pole The most northernmost place on meerkat Earth. An animal most often found in dry places like deserts. er in Africa is a continent. Prior Learning: n Kenya is in Africa. It is t is KS1 – Could a bog baby live in our woodland? e near the equator KS1 – Would you rather live in Kenya or the UK? phere

Learning Challenge: What would Tra Geography Phase: KS1 Strand: Geo National Curriculum Objective/s Core Kn Geographical skills and fieldwork A village is usually assoc countryside and is small Use simple fieldwork & observational skills to study the geography of their school & its grounds & the key human & Elland is a market town physical features of its surrounding environment. Yorkshire. Learning Challenge Questions The countries of the Uni England, Scotland, Wal 1. Where could I take Traction Man on a special outing in Elland? London is the capital ci Edinburgh is the capital 2. Why would Traction Man need to know my Cardiff is the capital city postcode to find my house? the capital city of North 3. Where could I take Traction Man for a special An address has the nam holiday in the United Kingdom? in, the number or name village, town or city you 4. How would Traction Man use his map to find his code. way to school? 5. What would appear on Traction Man’s map of Elland? 6. How can we create paintings from our photographs of special places in our town? What we know already… A map is a drawing An aerial view is Cross Lane Prim on a flat surface that ‘looking from above’ School is in Ella shows features such Halifax Wes as roads, building, Yorkshire rivers, forests and mountains

action Man find in Elland and the UK? ographical skills and fieldwork: local area and the UK nowledge Core Text: ciated with the ler than a town. in Calderdale in West ted Kingdom are street Key Vocabulary les and Northern Ireland. road sign A public road in a city, town or ity of England, village. Usually with houses or l city of Scotland, post code buildings on both sides. ty of Wales and Belfast is Road signs give you information; hern Ireland. church traffic signs warn you of possible dangers and give information. me of the street you live map symbol e of your house, the rural Locates exactly where a street or u live in and a post urban place is using letters and numbers. A Christian place of worship usually found in most villages, towns and cities. A small picture on a map to tell you about something. A location in the countryside. A busy location which usually has lots of houses, shops and offices. mary Your address has the Prior Learning: and, name of the street st you live in, the EYFS ELG: Understanding the world - Children know about number or name of similarities and differences in relation to places, objects, your house or flat, materials and living things. the town and KS1 – Could a bog baby live in our woodland? postcode

Learning Challenge: Where Geography Phase: KS1 Strand: Hum National Curriculum Objective/s Core Kn Human & physical geography In the UK we have four s summer, autumn and w Identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom and the location of hot and cold areas of the world When we have our sum in relation to the Equator and North and South Poles. southern hemisphere. W Australia has summer. Learning Challenge Questions Seasons change throug of the way the Earth tra 1. Why are there so many leaves on the ground? 2. What changes do we see in our country with each ‘Weather’ is what the sk are like, such as cold an season? 3. What would you need to do to become the next In summer, the longest d around 21st June and in weather presenter? of the year is usually 21s 4. After listening to music entitled the ‘Four Seasons’, can you create your own music which captures different weather patterns? 5. How can we keep a record of the different types of plants and trees we find at our nearest park or around the school? 6. Why are so many of the things you enjoy doing dependent on the time of year and the weather? What we know already… Science link: The air Science link: temperature length of a d Science link: A changes each thermometer changes with the and varies fro measures the seasons season to sea temperature

do the leaves go in winter? man & physical geography: seasonal change Core Text/s: nowledge autumn Key Vocabulary winter seasons: spring, spring The time between September winter. summer and November. Many leaves fall mmer it is winter in the deciduous off the trees. When we have winter, coniferous The time between December ghout the year because and February. Usually the coldest avels around the sun. season in the UK. ky and the air outside The time between March and nd cloudy. May. There is usually lots of new growth. day of the year is n winter the shortest day The time between June and st December. August. Usually the hottest season in the UK. Deciduous trees shed their leaves once a year, usually during autumn. Most conifers are evergreens – these trees keep their leaves all year round. The Notice and observe Prior Learning: day changes in the h day EYFS: Understanding the world: 40-60 – Looks closely at om school woodland similarities, differences, patterns and change. ason KS1 – Could a bog baby live in our woodland? KS1 – Why can’t a meerkat live at the South Pole?

Learning Challenge: Why do we Geography Phase: KS1 Strand: Hum National Curriculum Objective/s Core Kn Human & physical geography In the UK, no one lives m Identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United the sea. Kingdom and the location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and North and South Poles. Coasts have many diffe caves, cliffs, mudflats an Learning Challenge Questions A cliff is a steep rock fac 1. Where do you go to on holiday and why? of the sea. 2. Where did people go on holiday in the past? 3. What attracts visitors to seaside resorts? A beach is a pebbly or 4. What do you notice about the coast and how is the sea and a higher la it different to Elland? An island is a piece of la 5. What can we learn about lifeboats and surrounded by sea. lighthouses? 6. What was *Blackpool/Scarborough like in the past? What we know already… Name & locate the EYFS: What is an Kenya is in th world’s seven island? continent of A continents & five oceans

e love to be beside the seaside? man & physical geography: seaside & coast Core Text: nowledge resort Key Vocabulary more than 130km from tide A seaside resort is a town or place where people go on erent features, such as: lighthouse holiday by the sea. nd beaches. The rise and fall of the sea, ce usually at the edge postcard usually caused by the pull of ocean gravity from the moon and sun. sandy shore between lifeboat and place. A tower containing a beacon of light to warn or guide ships at and completely sea. A card for sending a message to someone without an envelope. A large area of salt water between continents. A specially made boat aimed at rescuing people stranded in the sea. he An explorer is a Prior Learning: Africa person who travels to new places to EYFS ELG – Children know about similarities and learn about them, differences in relation to places, objects, materials and living things. They talk about the features of their own they change immediate environment and how environments might people’s lives and vary from one another. KS1 – Why can’t a meerkat live at the South Pole? ideas

Learning Challenge: W Geography Phase: LKS2 Strand: Geo National Curriculum Objective/s Core Kn Geographical skills & fieldwork Halifax is a minster town in of Calderdale in West York  Use fieldwork to observe, measure & record the human & physical features in the local area using a range of The town has been a cent methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, & manufacture from the 15th digital technologies through the Piece Hall. Dean Clough was original Learning Challenge Questions for Crossleys carpets – the carpet factory. 1. Where is Halifax on a map of the UK and where Halifax is known for Mackin are other towns/cities that we have visited? toffee products, including The Halifax Gibbet was an 2. Why do so many people live in Halifax? an alternative to beheadin 3. Can you trace the growth in population in installed during the 16th ce replica today. It claimed it Halifax over the past 100 years? Shibden Hall is a historic ho 4. Can you choose 5 popular monuments or residents, including the dia buildings in Halifax and write a promotion leaflet The Wainhouse Tower is th on them? standing at 84m high. 5. From photographs you have taken can you paint one of your favourite places Halifax? The name Halifax comes f 6. What would be the main advantages and ‘area of coarse grass in th disadvantages of living in Halifax? The architect who designe was also responsible for de Parliament in London. What we know already… The town of Elland The church in Elland A village is usu became important was founded in 1903 associated with for wool production countryside an smaller than a

What is it like in Halifax? ographical skills & fieldwork: Local area nowledge minster Core Text: guillotine n the Metropolitan Borough Key Vocabulary kshire. town tre of woollen diarist A large or important church. h century, originally dealing folly An apparatus designed for borough efficiently carrying out executions ly built in the 1840s to1860s architect by beheading. en, the world’s largest Towns are generally larger than villages but smaller than cities. ntosh’s chocolate and A person who writes a diary. Quality Street. A costly, ornamental building n early guillotine, used as with no practical purpose. ng by axe or sword. It was A town that has a representative entury and you can see a (member) of parliament (an MP). ts last victim in April 1650. A person who plans, designs and ouse, famous for different oversees the construction of arist Anne Lister. buildings. he tallest folly in the world – from Old English meaning he nook of the land’. ed Halifax Town Hall in 1863 esigning the Houses of ually An aerial view is Prior Learning: h the ‘looking from nd is KS1 – What would Traction Man find in Elland and the town above’, often called UK? a bird’s-eye view KS1 – What was it like in Elland 100 years ago?

Learning Challenge: Wha Geography Phase: LKS2 Strand: Hum National Curriculum Objective/s Core Kno Human & physical geography Volcanoes are caused the surface of the Earth Describe & understand key concepts of: of gas to appear in it. Physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes & vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes & earthquakes, Earthquakes are usually and the water cycle. underground suddenly This sudden release of e Learning Challenge Questions waves that make the gr 1. What causes a volcano to erupt and which are A tsunami is a series of la the famous volcanoes in the world? by an abrupt movemen that can result from an 2. How do volcanoes impact on the lives of people underwater landslide or and why do people choose to live near them? 3. How can we recreate an erupting volcano? 4. What causes an earthquake (and a tsunami) and how are they measured? 5. Who experiences extreme weather in our country? 6. Which countries have experienced earthquakes and tsunamis in your life time? What we know already… The Earth has seven A continent is a large The equator is continents: Europe, expanse of land imaginary lin Asia, Africa, North (which can contain around the cen America, South more than one the Earth. It is v America, Antarctica, country) hot at the equ Oceania