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Miles Coverdale School Overview of Geography Curriculum – EYFS
(2016-2017)
Year
Nursery
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
My Family & Me
- Where do we live?
- Locating
environment
Reception
My Family & Me
Transport
Food
- Where do we live?
Class E
- Discovering local
environment
My Family & Me
Our Local Area
- Where do we live?
-People Who Help Us?
- Locating
environment
-Community
-Fire Service
Miles Coverdale School Overview of Geography Curriculum – KS1
(2016-2017)
Autumn 1
Class P
Spring 1
Spring 2
Around Our School:
Journey to School
The World: Foods From
Around the World
The UK: We are Britain
- 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.
- Use world maps,
atlases and globes to
name, locate and identify
areas in relation to the
UK and the rest of the
world e.g. continents and
oceans.
- 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.
Autumn 2
- Name and locate the
world’s seven continents
and five oceans.
-Use maps atlases,
locate, name and
identify countries that
make up Britain
Identify capital cities
and counties.
- Use google maps to
locate place is Britain
- To know 4 points on
a compass
Summer 1
Summer 2
Human & Physical
Geography: At the
Seaside
- Use world maps, atlases
and globes to name,
locate and identify areas
in relation to the UK and
the rest of the world e.g.
continents and oceans.
- Name and locate the
world’s seven continents
and five oceans.
Year 1
- 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 features
and routes on a map.
Around Our School:
Journey to School
- 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.
- 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.
Year 2
- 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 features
and routes on a map.
A World: Food Miles
- Use world maps,
atlases and globes to
name, locate and
identify areas in
relation to the UK and
the rest of the world
e.g. continents and
The World: Foods From
Around the World
- Use world maps,
atlases and globes to
name, locate and identify
areas in relation to the
UK and the rest of the
world e.g. continents and
oceans.
- Name and locate the
world’s seven continents
and five oceans.
A Small Area of a
Contrasting nonEuropean Study: Hot &
Cold Climates – Ecuador
- Use world maps,
atlases and globes to
name, locate and identify
the chosen area in
The UK: We are Britain
-Use maps atlases,
locate, name and
identify countries that
make up Britain
Identify capital cities
and counties.
- Use google maps to
locate place is Britain
- To know 4 points on
a compass
A Small Area of the
UK: At the Seaside
- Use world maps,
atlases and globes to
name, locate and identify
the chosen area in
relation to the four
countries of the UK.
- 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
features and routes on a
map.
Around Our School:
Green Fingers
- Use simple fieldwork
and observational skills
to study the geography
of their school and its
grounds and the key
human and physical
oceans.
- Name and locate
the world’s seven
continents and five
oceans.
relation to the UK and
the rest of the world e.g.
continents and oceans
features of its
surrounding
environment.
- Identify the location of
hot and cold areas of the
world in relation to the
Equator and the North
and South Poles.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
features and routes on a
map.
Throughout KS1 – use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to:
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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 harbor and shop
Miles Coverdale School Overview of Curriculum – KS2
(2016-2017)
Autumn 1
Year 3
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Local Area Study:
Shepherds Bush,
London.
Physical Geography:
Earthquakes &
Volcanoes
- Use fieldwork to
observe, measure,
record and present
the human and
physical features in
the local area using a
range of methods,
including sketch
maps, plans and
graphs, and digital
technologies.
- Describe and
understand key aspects
of physical geography
- Use the eight points
of a compass, four
and six-figure grid
references, symbols
and key (including
Summer 1
Summer 2
Physical Geography:
Mountains
- Describe and
understand key aspects
of physical geography
the use of Ordnance
Survey maps) to
build their knowledge
of the United
Kingdom and the
wider world.
Human/Physical:
Settlements (linked
with Saxons)
Year 4
The World – a
Region in North or
South America: The
Amazon
- Understand
geographical
similarities and
differences through
the study of human
and physical
geography of a
region in a European
country.
The World: Investigating
Polar Climates
- Identify the position
and significance of
latitude, longitude, Arctic
and Antarctic Circle, the
Prime/Greenwich
Meridian and time zones
(including day and night)
- Locate, describe and
understand key aspects
of physical geography,
including climate
zones, biomes and
vegetation belts, rivers
and mountains.
- Human geography,
including: types of
settlement and land
use, economic activity
including trade links,
and the distribution of
natural resources
including energy, food,
minerals and water.
- Human geography,
including: types of
settlement and land
use, economic
activity including
trade links, and the
distribution of natural
resources including
energy, food,
minerals and water.
- Locate the world’s
countries, using maps
to focus and North and
South America,
concentrating on their
environmental regions,
key physical and
human characteristics,
countries, and major
cities.
- Locate the world’s
countries, using
maps to focus on
Europe (including the
Location of Russia).
- Understand
geographical
similarities and
differences through the
study of human and
physical geography of
a region of the United
Kingdom and a region
within North or South
America.
Year 5
The World – a
Region in a
European Country
- Understand
Human/Physical: The
World’s Rivers
- Describe and
understand key aspects
Distribution of Natural
Resources
geographical
similarities and
differences through
the study of human
and physical
geography of a region
in a European
country.
- Human geography,
including: types of
settlement and land
use, economic
activity including
trade links, and the
distribution of natural
resources including
energy, food,
minerals and water.
Year 6
- Locate the world’s
countries, using maps
to focus on Europe
(including the
Location of Russia).
Human/Physical:
Mapping Out the
Slave Trade
of physical geography –
The Water Cycle
- Use the eight points of
a compass, four and sixfigure grid references,
symbols and key
(including the use of
Ordnance Survey maps)
to build their knowledge
of an area
- Use fieldwork to
observe, measure,
record and present the
human and physical
features in the local area
using a range of
methods, including
sketch maps, plans and
graphs, and digital
technologies
Human/Physical
Geography: Debating
Urban Regeneration
International Feast – locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia) and North and South
America, concentrating on their environment regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries and major cities as well the time
zones the countries are located in.