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HoylandCommonPrimarySchool GeographySkills Subject content Key stage 1 Pupilsshoulddevelopknowledgeabouttheworld,theUnitedKingdomandtheirlocality.Theyshouldunderstandbasicsubject-specificvocabularyrelatingtohumanand physicalgeographyandbegintousegeographicalskills,includingfirst-handobservation,toenhancetheirlocationalawareness. Pupilsshouldbetaughtto: Location knowledge § nameandlocatetheworld’ssevencontinentsandfiveoceans § name,locateandidentifycharacteristicsofthefourcountriesandcapitalcitiesoftheUnitedKingdomanditssurroundingseas Place knowledge § understandgeographicalsimilaritiesanddifferencesthroughstudyingthehumanandphysicalgeographyofasmallareaoftheUnitedKingdom,andofasmallarea inacontrastingnon-Europeancountry Human and physical geography § identifyseasonalanddailyweatherpatternsintheUnitedKingdomandthelocationofhotandcoldareasoftheworldinrelationtotheEquatorandtheNorthand SouthPoles § usebasicgeographicalvocabularytoreferto: § keyphysicalfeatures,including:beach,cliff,coast,forest,hill,mountain,sea,ocean,river,soil,valley,vegetation,seasonandweather § keyhumanfeatures,including:city,town,village,factory,farm,house,office,port,harbourandshop Geographical skills and fieldwork § useworldmaps,atlasesandglobestoidentifytheUnitedKingdomanditscountries,aswellasthecountries,continentsandoceansstudiedatthiskeystage § usesimplecompassdirections(North,South,EastandWest)andlocationalanddirectionallanguage(e.g.nearandfar;leftandright)todescribethelocationof featuresandroutesonamap § useaerialphotographsandplanperspectivestorecogniselandmarksandbasichumanandphysicalfeatures;deviseasimplemap;anduseandconstructbasic symbolsinakey § usesimplefieldworkandobservationalskillstostudythegeographyoftheirschoolanditsgroundsandthekeyhumanandphysicalfeaturesofitssurrounding environment. Key stage 2 PupilsshouldextendtheirknowledgeandunderstandingbeyondthelocalareatoincludetheUnitedKingdomandEurope,NorthandSouthAmerica.Thiswillincludethe locationandcharacteristicsofarangeoftheworld’smostsignificanthumanandphysicalfeatures.Theyshoulddeveloptheiruseofgeographicaltoolsandskillsto enhancetheirlocationalandplaceknowledge. Pupilsshouldbetaughtto: Location knowledge § locatetheworld’scountries,usingmapstofocusonEurope(includingthelocationofRussia)andNorthandSouthAmerica,concentratingontheirenvironmental regions,keyphysicalandhumancharacteristics,countries,andmajorcities § nameandlocatecountiesandcitiesoftheUnitedKingdom,geographicalregionsandtheiridentifyinghumanandphysicalcharacteristics,keytopographical features(includinghills,mountains,coastsandrivers),andland-usepatterns;andunderstandhowsomeoftheseaspectshavechangedovertime § identifythepositionandsignificanceoflatitude,longitude,Equator,NorthernHemisphere,SouthernHemisphere,theTropicsofCancerandCapricorn,Arcticand AntarcticCircle,thePrime/GreenwichMeridianandtimezones(includingdayandnight) Place knowledge § understandgeographicalsimilaritiesanddifferencesthroughthestudyofhumanandphysicalgeographyofaregionoftheUnitedKingdom,aregioninaEuropean country,andaregionwithinNorthorSouthAmerica Human and physical geography § describeandunderstandkeyaspectsof: § physicalgeography,including:climatezones,biomesandvegetationbelts,rivers,mountains,volcanoesandearthquakes,andthewatercycle § humangeography,including:typesofsettlementandlanduse,economicactivityincludingtradelinks,andthedistributionofnaturalresourcesincludingenergy, food,mineralsandwater Geographical skills and fieldwork § usemaps,atlases,globesanddigital/computermappingtolocatecountriesanddescribefeaturesstudied § usetheeightpointsofacompass,fourandsix-figuregridreferences,symbolsandkey(includingtheuseofOrdnanceSurveymaps)tobuildtheirknowledgeofthe § UnitedKingdomandthewiderworld usefieldworktoobserve,measureandrecordthehumanandphysicalfeaturesinthelocalareausingarangeofmethods,includingsketchmaps,plansandgraphs, anddigitaltechnologies. Year1Year2Year3Year4Year5Year6 Geography Transition Assessmentcriteria Skills Childrenshowknowledge,skillsandunderstandingin IcanmarkonamapoftheBritishIsles,whereIliveandanyotherlocationsIknowabout. studiesatalocalscale. IcanlookatplacesanddrawfeaturesIlikeordislike,sortingthemintogroups. Icanmarkonamapofthelocalarea,thelocationoftheschool. IambeginningtonameandlocatethecountriesoftheUnitedKingdom. IambeginningtolearnafewthingsaboutthecountriesandcapitalcitiesoftheUnitedKingdom Iambeginningtolearnthattheworldismadeupofcontinentsandoceans Childrenrecogniseandmakeobservationsabout IambeginningtolearnaboutplacesintheUnitedKingdomusinggeographicalwordssuchasphysicaland physicalandhumanfeaturesoflocalities. human. Iambeginningtolearnsomebasicgeographicalvocabulary. Childrenexpressviewsonfeaturesofthe Iaskwhatisthisplacelike? environmentofalocality. ItellothersthethingsIlikeanddislikeaboutaplace. IcanusegeographyskillswhenlookingatacontrastinglocalityintheUK. Childrenuseresourcesthataregiventothem,and Iusebooks,storiesandotherinformationtofindoutaboutplaces. theirownobservations,toaskandrespondto IcanmakedrawingsofanareaIamfindingoutabout. questionsaboutplacesandenvironments. Childrenshowknowledgeandunderstandingof Icannoticethattheweatherchanges. weatherpatterns Year1Year2Year3Year4Year5Year6 Geography LowerKS1 Assessmentcriteria Childrenshowknowledge,skillsandunderstandinginstudiesata localscale. Childrendescribephysicalandhumanfeaturesofplaces,and recogniseandmakeobservationsaboutthosefeaturesthatgive placestheircharacter. Childrenexpressviewsontheenvironmentofalocalityand recognisehowpeopleaffecttheenvironment. Childrenshowanawarenessofplacesbeyondtheirlocality Childrenuseinformationandownobservationstohelpthemask andrespondtoquestionsaboutplacesandenvironments. Childrenarebeginningtouseappropriategeographical vocabulary. Childrencarryoutsimpletasksandselectinformationusing resourcesgiventothem. Childrenshowknowledgeandunderstandingofweather patterns. Skills Iaskwhatisthisplacelike?WhatandwhowillIseeinthisplace?Whyarethesepeoplehere,andwhataretheydoing? Icanmarkonamapoftheworld,TheBritishIsles,mycountryofbirthandanyotherlocationsIhavediscussedinclass. Icanmarkonamapofthelocalarea,thelocationoftheschoolandanyotherfeaturesIknowabout. Mymapshaveagridreference(A1,B1) IcannameandlocatethefourcountriesoftheUnitedKingdom IidentifysomecharacteristicsofthecountriesandcapitalcitiesoftheUnitedKingdom. Icannamemostoftheworld'scontinentsandoceans. IcanmakeamapofthethingsIseeintheplacesIvisitorfindoutabout. Icansaywhattypeofbuildingsthereareinaplaceandusethistodecidewhetheraplaceisacity,townorvillage. IcandescribethehumanandphysicalgeographyofasmallareaoftheUnitedKingdom. Iusesomebasicgeographicalvocabularytorefertokeyphysicalandhumanfeatures. Isaywhatplacesarelikeusingwordssuchasbuiltup,noisy,busy,quiet,hills,streets,roads,woods. ItellothersthethingsIlikeanddislikeaboutaplaceandgiveclearreasons. IlookatplacesanddrawfeaturesIlikeordislike,sortingthemintogroups. Icansayhowaplaceischanging(newhousesbeingbuilt,gettingbusier) Icanusegeographyskillswhenlookingatalocalityabroad. Icansayhowaplaceislikeanotherplace. Idescribeplacesusinggeographywordssuchasnaturalandbuilt. MymapsarelabelledwithgeographywordsIhavelearned. Icansaywheresomewhereisusingwordssuchasthecityortownname,andcontinent. Iusebooks,storiesandotherinformationtofindoutaboutplacesandIkeepitinanorganisedway. IusemywritingskillstocommunicatewhatIknow. Icansaythattheweatherchangesaccordingtotheseason. Year1Year2Year3Year4Year5Year6 Geography UpperKS1 Assessmentcriteria Skills Childrenshowknowledge,skillsandunderstandinginstudiesata localscale. Ifindoutaboutplacesandthefeaturesinthoseplacesbyeithergoingtothatplacetoobserveorbylookingatinformationsources. Imakedetailedsketchesofthefeaturesofalocation. IlookatmapsofareasIamstudyingandidentifyfeatures. IdrawmapsandplansoflocalitiesIhavestudiedthatincludekeys,gridreferences,acompassroseandsomestandardOrdnanceSurvey symbols. Iusethecontentsandindexpagesofanatlastofindplacesquickly. Icannametheworld'ssevencontinentsandfiveoceans. WhenIdescribewhereaplaceisIusecountry,continentandnamesoftowns,citiesandrivers. IcannameandlocatethefourcountriesoftheUnitedKingdom,anditssurroundingseas. IidentifycharacteristicsofthefourcountriesandcapitalcitiesoftheUnitedKingdomanditssurroundingseas. Igivereasonsforwhysomefeaturesarewheretheyare. IcompareplacesthatIhavestudiedusingthephysicalandhumanfeaturesformycomparisons. Icanidentifythepartsofariverandunderstandhowlanduseisdifferentalongtheriverscourse. Icanexplaintheprocessoferosionanddeposition. Iknowhowerosion,depositionandfloodingcanaffectpeople. IcandescribethehumanandphysicalgeographyofasmallareaoftheUnitedKingdomandofasmallareainacontrastingnon-European country Iusebasicgeographicalvocabularytorefertokeyphysicalandhumanfeatures Idevisequestionnairestofindoutlocalopinionsonanissue. Idescribedifferentpointsofviewonanenvironmentalissueaffectingalocality. Icanidentifyhowasettlementhaschangedovertimeandgivereasonsforthis. Igivesomereasonsforthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenplaces,usinggeographicallanguage. Icancompareplaceswherepeopleliveandgivereasonsforthedifferences. IcansummariseanenvironmentalissueeitherinthelocalareaoranareaIamstudying. Icansuggestsolutionstodifferentpointsofviewastohowalocalitycanbeimproved. IknowhowIcancontributetoareductioninclimatechange. IusemywritingskillstocommunicatewhatIknow. IcandescribeaplaceusinginformationIhavefoundoutusingmygeographywordswell. Childrendescribeandcomparethephysicalandhumanfeatures ofdifferentlocalitiesandofferexplanationsforthelocationsof someofthesefeatures. Childrenofferreasonsforsomeoftheirobservationsandfor theirviewsandjudgementsaboutplacesandenvironments. Childrenareawarethatdifferentplacesmayhavebothsimilar anddifferentcharacteristics. Childrenrecognisehowpeopleseektoimproveandsustain environments. Childrenuseskillsandsourcesofevidencetorespondtoarange ofgeographicalquestions,andarebeginningtouseappropriate vocabularytocommunicatetheirfindings. Childrenshowknowledgeandunderstandingofweather patterns. IidentifyseasonalanddailyweatherpatternsintheUnitedKingdom. Year1Year2Year3Year4Year5Year6 Geography LowerKS2 Assessmentcriteria Childrenshowknowledge,skillsandunderstandinginstudiesofa rangeofplacesandenvironmentsatmorethanonescaleandin differentpartsoftheworld. Childrenexplaintheirviewsandtheviewsthatotherpeoplehold aboutanenvironmentalchange. Childrenarebeginningtorecogniseanddescribegeographical patternsandtoappreciatetheimportanceofwidergeographical locationinunderstandingplaces. Childrenunderstandhowpeoplecanbothimpactanddamage theenvironment. Drawingontheirknowledgeandunderstanding,theysuggest suitablegeographicalquestions,andusearangeofgeographical skillstohelptheminvestigateplacesandenvironments. Childrenuseprimaryandsecondarysourcesofevidenceto investigateandcommunicatetheirfindingsusingappropriate vocabulary. Childrenrecogniseanddescribephysicalandhumanprocesses. Childrenarebeginningtounderstandhowphysicalandhuman processescanchangethefeaturesofplaces,andhowthese changesaffectthelivesandactivitiesofpeoplelivingthere. Skills Iamconfidentlyusinggeographicalwords. Imakedetailedfieldsketchesofthefeaturesofalocation,labellingthemwithappropriategeographicalwords. Myfieldsketchesshowlayouts,patternsormovement. IlookatandmakedetailedmapsofareasIamstudying. IdrawmapsandplansoflocalitiesIhavestudiedthatincludekeys,gridreferences,ascale,compassroseandOrdnanceSurveysymbols. Iusethecontentsandindexpagesofanatlastofindplacesquicklyandusemyknowledgeofthe7continentstohelpmelocateplacesin thecontents. IcanlocatethecapitalcitiesofthefourcountriesoftheUnitedKingdom,anditssurroundingseas. Iuseaerialphotographstomatchfeaturesonamap. Iuseaerialphotographstohelpdescribealocationinmoredetail. WhenIdescribewhereaplaceisIusecontinent,country,regionandnamesoftownsandcities. Iidentifythehumanandphysicalcharacteristicsandland-usepatternsofcitiesandregionsoftheUnitedKingdom. Icanlocatetheworld'senvironmentalregions IchoosethemostappropriatewritingskillstocommunicatewhatIknow. Idescribedifferentpointsofviewonanenvironmentalissueaffectingalocalityandgivemyopinionontheissue,givingreasons. IcandescribeaplaceusinginformationIhavefoundoutusingmygeographicalwordswell. IcompareandcontrastplacesthatIhavestudiedusingthephysicalandhumanfeaturesformycomparisons. Igivesomereasonsforthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenplaces. IknowhowIcancontributetoareductioninclimatechange. Icansummarisewaysthatpeoplearetryingtomanageanenvironment. Igivereasonswhysomefeaturesarewherethereare. IcanidentifyafewgeographicalsimilaritiesanddifferencesinthehumanandphysicalgeographyofasmallareaoftheUnitedKingdom andofasmallareainacontrastingnon-Europeancountry Icollectstatisticsaboutpeopleandplacesandpresenttheminmostappropriateways. Ifindoutaboutplacesandthefeaturesinthoseplacesbyeithergoingtothatplacetoobserveorbydecidingwhichwillbethebest sourcesofinformationtolookat. Icanidentitythepartsofariverandtheareasaround. Icanexplaintheprocessoferosionanddeposition. Iknowhowerosion,depositionandfloodingcanaffectpeople. Icandescribeaplaceintermsofhoweconomicallydevelopeditis. Icanidentifyhowasettlementhaschangedovertimeandgivesomereasonsforthis,usingbothphysicalandhumanfactorsinmy explanation. Year1Year2Year3Year4Year5Year6 Geography UpperKS2 Incertsassessmentcriteria Skills Childrenshowknowledge,skillsandunderstandinginstudiesofa rangeofplacesandenvironmentsatmorethanonescaleandin differentpartsoftheworld. IcandescribeaplaceusinginformationIhavefoundoutusingmygeographicalwordswell. IcompareandcontrastplacesthatIhavestudied. IlookatandmakedetailedmapsofareasIamstudying,includinganypatternsthatareapparentusingappropriatecolourcodingtoshow thesepatterns. IdrawmapsandplansoflocalitiesIhavestudiedthatincludekeys,gridreferences,ascale,compassroseandOrdnanceSurveysymbols. Iusethecontentsandindexpagesofanatlastofindplacesquicklyandusemyknowledgeofthe7continentstohelpmelocateplacesin thecontents. IcanlocatetheUnitedKingdom'scountiesandcities,geographicalregionsandkeytopographicalfeatures Iunderstandthehumanandphysicalcharacteristicsandland-usepatternsofcitiesandregionsoftheUnitedKingdomandtheworld Icanlocatetheworld'senvironmentalregionsandmajorcities. Icanlocatetheworld’scountries,usingmapstofocusonEurope(includingthelocationofRussia)andNorthandSouthAmerica, concentratingontheirenvironmentalregions,keyphysicalandhumancharacteristics,countries,andmajorcities IcannameandlocatecountiesandcitiesoftheUnitedKingdom,geographicalregionsandtheiridentifyinghumanandphysical characteristics,keytopographicalfeatures(includinghills,mountains,coastsandrivers),andland-usepatterns;andunderstandhowsome oftheseaspectshavechangedovertime Icandentifythepositionandsignificanceoflatitude,longitude,Equator,NorthernHemisphere,SouthernHemisphere,theTropicsof CancerandCapricorn,ArcticandAntarcticCircle,thePrime/GreenwichMeridianandtimezones(includingdayandnight) Iuseaerialphotographstomatchfeaturesonamap. Iuseaerialphotographstohelpdescribealocationinmoredetail. WhenIdescribewhereaplaceisIusecontinent,country,regionandnamesoftownsandcities. IchoosethemostappropriatewritingskillstocommunicatewhatIknow,thinkingaboutmyaudience. Igivesomereasonsforsimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenplaces,usinggeographicallanguageandwhatIknowaboutrelationships betweencountries. IknowhowIcancontributetoareductioninclimatechange. Icansummarisewaysthatpeoplearetryingtomanageanenvironment. IunderstandthegeographicalsimilaritiesanddifferencesofthehumanandphysicalgeographyofaregionoftheUnitedKingdom,a regioninaEuropeancountry,andaregionwithinNorthorSouthAmerica. Igivereasonswhysomefeaturesarewherethereare. Iask“Whatmightthisplacebelikeinthefuture?”anddescribethepossibilities,givingreasonsthatIbackupwithmyevidence. Ifindoutaboutplacesandthefeaturesinthoseplacesbyeithergoingtothatplacetoobserveorbydecidingwhichwillbethebest sourcesofinformationtolookat. Childrenrecognisesomeofthelinksandrelationshipsthatmake placesdependentoneachother. Childrenrecognisehowpeoplemanageenvironments sustainably. Childrenarebeginningtoexplaintheirownviewsandsuggest relevantgeographicalquestionsandissues. Drawingontheirknowledgeandunderstanding,theyselectand useappropriateskillsandwaysofpresentinginformationtohelp theminvestigateplacesandenvironments. Childrenselectinformationandsourcesofevidence,suggest plausibleconclusionstotheirinvestigationsandpresenttheir findingsbothgraphicallyandinwriting. Childrendescribeandarebeginningtoexplaingeographical patternsandphysicalandhumanprocesses. Icollectstatisticsaboutpeopleandplacesandpresenttheminmostappropriateways. IchoosethemostappropriatewritingskillstocommunicatewhatIknow. Icanidentitythepartsofariverandtheareasaround. Icanexplaintheprocessoferosionanddeposition. Year1Year2Year3Year4Year5Year6 Geography Childrendescribehowgeographicalpatternsandphysicaland humanprocessescanleadtosimilaritiesanddifferencesinthe environmentsofdifferentplacesandinthelivesofpeoplewho livethere. Childrensuggestexplanationsforthewaysinwhichhuman activitiescausechangestotheenvironmentandthedifferent viewspeopleholdaboutthem. Childrenusgeographicalandfieldworkskills Icandescribeandunderstandkeyaspectsof:physicalgeography,including:climatezones,biomesandvegetationbelts,rivers, mountains,volcanoesandearthquakes,andthewatercycle Icandescribehumangeography,including:typesofsettlementandlanduse,economicactivityincludingtradelinks,andthedistribution ofnaturalresourcesincludingenergy,food,mineralsandwater Icancompareplaceswherepeopleliveandgivereasonsforthedifferences. Igivesomereasonsforthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenplacesusinggeographicallanguageandwhat Iknowabouthumanandphysicalprocesses. Iknowhowerosion,depositionandfloodingcanaffectpeople. Icandescribeaplaceintermsofhoweconomicallydevelopeditis. Icanidentifyhowasettlementhaschangedovertimeandgivesomereasonsforthis,usingbothphysicalandhumanfactorsinmy explanation. Icansummarisewaysthatpeoplearetryingtomanageanenvironment. Icanidentifyhumanactivitieswithinanenvironment. Icandescribehowhumanactivitycanchangeanenvironment. Iunderstandthatpeoplehavedifferingviewsaboutenvironmentalchanges. Icanusemaps,atlases,globesanddigital/computermappingtolocatecountriesanddescribefeaturesstudied usethe8pointsofacompass,4-and6-figuregridreferences,symbolsandkey(includingtheuseofOrdnanceSurveymaps)tobuildtheir knowledgeoftheUnitedKingdomandthewiderworld Icanusefieldworktoobserve,measurerecordandpresentthehumanandphysicalfeaturesinthelocalareausingarangeofmethods, includingsketchmaps,plansandgraphs,anddigitaltechnologies