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St Anne’s Catholic Primary School
Geography and History Coverage Overview
Year
Subject
Autumn Term
Spring Term
My Local Area
‘Incredible Me’
LK,PK,H&P-
Subject
Year
Weather/ Seasonal Changes
‘Walk on the Wild Side’
H&P- Identify seasonal and daily weather
patterns in the united kingdom and the location
of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to
the equator and the North and South Poles.
Pupils should develop knowledge about the
United Kingdom and our locality.
Geography
Summer Term
S&F - Use simple fieldwork and observational
skills to study the Geography of their school and
the key human and physical features of its
surrounding environment.
H&P- Use basic Geographical vocabulary to
refer to: key physical features including; beach,
coats, forest, hill, mountain, ocean etc.
S&F - Use compass directions and locational
language to describe the location of features
and routes on a map.
Geography
Seaside
‘Summer Holiday’
(Comparison to a non-European country)
PK - Understand Geographical similarities and
differences through studying the human and
physical geography of a small area of the United
Kingdom and of a contrasting non-European
country.
1
1
Great Fire of London / Gateshead
‘Hot & Cold!’
George Stephenson
‘Full Steam Ahead’
Events beyond living memory that are
significant nationally or globally.
Wide vocabulary of everyday historical terms.
The lives of significant individuals in the past
who have contributed to national and
international achievements. Some should be
used to compare different aspects of lives in
different periods.
Significant historical events, people and places
in their locality.
They should know where people and events they
study fit within a chronological framework.
Wide vocabulary of everyday historical terms.
The lives of significant individuals in the past
who have contributed to national and
international achievements.
History
Toys – Past & Present
Events beyond living memory that are
significant nationally. Changes within living
memory, used to reveal aspects of changes in
national life.
Wide vocabulary of everyday historical terms.
Understand some ways in which we find out
about the past.
History
Geography
Continents and Oceans
‘Over the Seas and far away…’
UK
‘There’s no place like home…’
LK - Name and locate the World 7 continents
and 5 oceans
Use world maps, atlases and globes to identify
the United Kingdom and its countries, as well as
the countries, continents and oceans studied at
this key stage.
Pupils should develop knowledge about the
United Kingdom.
LK - Name, locate and identify characteristics
of the 4 countries and capital cities of the
United Kingdom and its surrounding seas.
H&P - Identify seasonal and daily weather
patterns in the united kingdom.
2
Captain James Cook / Christopher
Columbus / Modern Explorer
‘Famous Explorers’
History
The lives of significant individuals in the past
who have contributed to national and
international achievements. Some should be
used to compare different aspects of lives in
different periods.
Significant historical events, people and places
in their locality.
They should know where people and events they
study fit within a chronological framework.
Wide vocabulary of everyday historical terms.
Using stories and sources so that they know and
understand key features of events.
‘Wonderful World’
LK - World map – Continents & Africa
Geography
3
Locate the world’s continents using maps to
focus on Africa, concentrating on their
environmental regions, key physical & human
characteristics (including coasts), countries &
major cities.
H&P – Types of settlement & land use
UK and Abroad
‘Home and Away’
H&P- Use basic Geographical vocabulary to
refer to: key human features including
city, town, village, island, farm, house,
office, shop etc.
Geography
S&F - Use aerial photographs and plan
perspectives to recognize landmarks and
basic physical features; devise a simple
map and use and construct basic symbols
in a key.
Travel
‘Planes, Trains & Automobiles’
Seaside – Past & Present
‘Oh I do Like to be beside the seaside’
How holidays and travel has changed over the
years. Some should be used to compare
different aspects of lives in different periods.
Similarities and differences between ways and
lives of different periods.
Wide vocabulary of everyday historical terms.
Understand some ways in which we find out
about the past.
Similarities and differences between ways and
lives of different periods.
Wide vocabulary of everyday historical terms.
Understand some ways in which we find out
about the past.
2
History
‘Volcanoes & Earthquakes’
LK – Revisit Countries & Oceans Revise
countries & oceans through looking at where
volcanoes & earthquakes take place.
PK – Volcanoes in the news
Locate the world’s countries using maps to
focus on Europe & N&S America, concentrating
on their environmental regions, key physical &
human characteristics (including coasts),
countries & major cities.
‘Local Settlements’
H&P – Types of settlement & land use
Ongoing with History Topic
Geography
3
H&P – Volcanoes & Earthquakes
Describe and understand key aspects of physical
geography e.g. volcanoes &
Earthquakes.
History
‘The Stone Age’
Stone Age to the Iron Age
‘The Ancient Egyptians’
The achievements of the earliest civilisations –
an overview of where and when the first
Anglo-Saxons / Northern Saints
‘Settlements & Saints’
Britain’s settlements by Anglo Saxons and
History
Changes in Britain from the Stone age to the
Iron Age.
Late Neolithic hunter gathers, Bronze age
religion, technology and travel e.g. Stonehenge,
Iron age hill forts.
civilisations appeared and an in depth study of
one of the following: Ancient Egypt
Scots. (Before Alfred the Great and the
creation of the Kingdom of England)
Northern Saints significant to local area
and school.
‘Living in the UK’
LK - UK map – Name & locate counties/cities
Name and locate countries and cities of the
United Kingdom, geographical regions and their
identifying human and physical characteristics
including hills, mountains, cities, rivers and land
use patterns and understand how some of these
have changed over time.
‘Europe’
LK – Map of Europe – Northern Europe
Geography
Locate the world’s countries using maps to
focus on Northern Europe concentrating on
countries and major cities.
‘World Biomes’
H&P - Biomes
Describe and understand key aspects of physical
geography e.g. biomes.
Geography
H&P – Settlement, land use, economic
Describe & understand key aspects of economic
activity including trade links, the distribution of
natural resources including energy, food,
minerals & water.
Use field work to observe, measure and record
the human and physical features in the local
area using a range of methods, including sketch
maps, plans and graphs and digital technologies
4/5 A
Anglo-Saxons & the Vikings
‘Vicious Vikings and Savage Saxons’
History
4/5 B
PK – Area in UK to study
Understand geographical similarities and
differences through the study of human and
physical geography of a region of the UK.
Geography
The Viking and Anglo Saxon Struggle for the
Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the
Confessor. (After Alfred the Great and the
creation of the Kingdom of England)
LK –Equator & tropics
Locate the world’s countries using maps to
focus on N & S America.
Understand geographical similarities and
differences through the study of human and
physical geography of a region of the UK and a
region within N or S America.
PK – South American Rainforest
Use maps, atlases, globes, digital computer
mapping to locate countries and describe
features.
Identify and position the significance of
4
Benin/Mayan Civilisation
A non-European society that provides contrast
with British History – One study chosen from:
Early Islamic civilisation, including a study of
Baghdad; Mayan civilisation Benin (West Africa).
History
‘Europe’
LK – Map of Europe – Countries Locate the
world’s countries using maps to focus on Europe
concentrating on their environmental regions,
key physical and human characteristics,
countries and major cities.
PK – Area in Europe to study Understand
geographical similarities and differences
through the study of human and physical
geography of a region of Europe.
H&P – Water cycle
Geography
5
latitude, longitude, equator, Northern
hemisphere, Southern hemisphere, the tropics
of cancer and Capricorn, the prime Greenwich
meridian and time zones.
Describe and understand key aspects of physical
geography e.g. the water cycle.
H&P Climate zones, biomes, vegetation belts
Understand geographical similarities and
differences through the study of human and
physical geography of a region of the N or S
America.
Describe and understand key aspects of physical
geography e.g. climate zones, biomes,
vegetation belts.
Extended chronological study
History
Geography
‘The Battle of Britain’
A study of an aspect or theme in British history
that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge
beyond 1066: The Battle of Britain
‘Rivers’
LK - World map
PK – Compare Tyne, Amazon, Nile
H&P – Rivers
Describe and understand key aspects of physical
geography e.g. rivers
Ancient Greece
‘Groovy Greeks’
Ancient Greece – A study of Greek life and
achievements and their influence on the
Western World.
‘Mountains’
LK - World map locate main mountains
PK –Kathmandu, Alps, Ben Nevis
H&P – Mountains
Describe and understand key aspects of physical
geography e.g. mountains.
6
History
Local History Study over time: Local
Innovations
(Stephenson/Swan/Parsons/Armstrong)
‘It’s Great Up North!’
A local History study. A study of an aspect of
History or a site dating from a period beyond
1066 that is significant in the locality.
Romans
‘The Rotten Romans’
Roman Empire impact on Britain
History
LK – Name & location of counties & cities
in UK linked to History
Name & locate counties & cities of the United
Kingdom, geographical regions and their
Identifying human & physical characteristics,
key topographical features and land-use
patterns and understand how some of these
aspects have changed over time.
Local History
Industrial Revolution
‘Everything’s Changing’
A study of an aspect or theme in British History
that extends pupils chronological knowledge
beyond 1066.
Geography
6
History
Geography
LK – Locational knowledge
PK – Place knowledge
H&P – Human and physical geography
S&F – Geographical skills and fieldwork
Collective Fieldwork objectives KS1 – These should be covered progressively in every topic/year group through field work and map skills
work.
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use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the United Kingdom and its countries, as well as the countries, continents and oceans studied at
this key stage
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 location of features and routes on a map
Collective Fieldwork objectives KS2 – These should be covered progressively in every topic/year group through field work and map skills
work.
use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied
use the eight points of a compass, four and six-figure grid references, symbols and key (including the use of Ordnance Survey maps) to build
their knowledge of the United Kingdom and the wider world
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.
History - Aims Key stage 1&2
The national curriculum for history aims to ensure that all pupils:
know and understand the history of these islands as a coherent, chronological narrative, from the earliest times to the present day: how
people’s lives have shaped this nation and how Britain has influenced and been influenced by the wider world
know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world: the nature of ancient civilisations; the expansion and dissolution of
empires; characteristic features of past non-European societies; achievements and follies of mankind
gain and deploy a historically grounded understanding of abstract terms such as ‘empire’, ‘civilisation’, ‘parliament’ and ‘peasantry’
understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance, and use them to
make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends, frame historically-valid questions and create their own structured accounts, including
written narratives and analyses
understand the methods of historical enquiry, including how evidence is used rigorously to make historical claims, and discern how and why
contrasting arguments and interpretations of the past have been constructed
gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts, understanding the connections between local, regional,
national and international history; between cultural, economic, military, political, religious and social history; and between short- and longterm timescales.
Key Stage 2
Subject content
Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear
narratives within and across the periods they study. They should note connections, contrasts and trends over time and develop the appropriate
use of historical terms. They should regularly address and sometimes devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and
difference, and significance. They should construct informed responses that involve thoughtful selection and organisation of relevant historical
information. They should understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.