Download St Ambrose RC Primary School Geography Skills I Can Statements

St Ambrose RC Primary School
GEOGRAPHY
I CAN STATEMENTS
Geography Skills
I Can Statements
Key Stage 1
 I can ask and answer questions about places
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I can use books, pictures, DVDs and websites to find out about places
 I can use different kinds of maps, atlases and globes to locate geographical features, such as continents and
oceans; the countries that make up the United Kingdom and their capital cities; countries I may be studying
 I can use geographical vocabulary correctly
 I can talk about geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography
of a small area of the United Kingdom.
 I can talk about geographical similarities and differences through studying a contrasting non-European
country
 I can talk about how people in different places or countries live their lives
 I can use first hand observation to identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the local area
 I can locate hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles
 I can name key physical features, including: beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill, mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil,
valley, vegetation, season and weather
 I can name key human geography features, including: city, town, village, factory, farm, house, office, port,
harbour and shop
 I can describe places I have seen in a fiction or non-fiction book or on a DVD.
 I can use first hand observation and fieldwork to describe the human and physical geography of the local
area.
 I can record my observations of the local area in different ways, such as labelled drawings, sketches, plans,
maps or writing
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I can 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
 I can use aerial photographs and simple maps or plans to recognise basic landmarks and features, such as
towns, villages, rivers and hills.
 I can make a simple map or plan with symbols and a key.
 I can draw a simple plan view.
Key Stage 2
 I can ask and answer questions about geographical locations.
 I can use geographical vocabulary correctly
 I can use books, pictures, DVDs and websites to find information about places and the people who live there.
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I can describe countries in terms of their environmental regions, climate, physical features and human
characteristics, such as major cities.
 I can name and locate some counties and cities of the United Kingdom, geographical regions and their
identifying human and physical characteristics.
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I can compare and contrast the similarities and differences between different geographical locations or
regions
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 I can identify key topographical features (including hills, mountains, coasts and rivers), and land-use patterns;
and understand how some of these aspects have changed over time
 I can identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern
Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian
and time zones (including day and night)
 I can describe and understand aspects of physical geography, using vocabulary such as climate zones,
biomes, vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes
 I can explain the importance and workings of the water cycle
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I can discuss human geography, including types of settlement, land use and other types of economic activity.
 I can describe links between different countries, such as trade links, exports and imports
 I can describe how natural resources, such as water, energy, food and minerals are distributed
 I can discuss environmental issues that are of concern globally and locally
 I can use field study techniques to observe, measure and record human and physical features in the local
area, including weather data
 I can present my studies of the local area as sketch maps, plans, graphs, charts and photographs
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I can describe patterns of change in the local area
 I can use different types of maps, atlases, globes and digital maps to locate countries or other physical
features globally, nationally or in the local area.
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I can use the eight points of the compass
 I can use grid references to locate geographical features
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I can use symbols and keys to locate locations
 I can place symbols and keys on maps and plans that I may draw
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