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Geography at Manea Community Primary School

 

Intent:

The intent of the Geography curriculum at Manea Community Primary school is to foster a deep understanding and appreciation of the world, its diverse cultures, and physical features. It aims to instil a sense of curiosity and awe about the natural and human-made environments, developing pupils' knowledge, skills, and attitudes to become responsible global citizens.

Implementation:

1. Sequenced Curriculum: The Geography curriculum is thoughtfully designed, ensuring that the learning builds upon previous knowledge and skills. It provides a broad and balanced range of topics, covering local, national, and global perspectives. The sequencing of content is logical and coherent, enabling pupils to develop a holistic understanding of geographical concepts.
2. Engaging Learning Experiences: Teaching and learning in Geography are highly engaging. Lessons incorporate a range of resources such as maps, atlases, globes, photographs, documentaries, fieldwork, and guest speakers where possible. Practical investigations, virtual visits, and real-life case studies are used to connect knowledge to pupils' own lives and local environment, promoting active participation and deep learning.
3. Fieldwork Opportunities: The Geography curriculum provides numerous opportunities for meaningful fieldwork experiences, both within the local area. Pupils are encouraged to explore their locality, investigate geographical questions, and engage with the natural and built environment. These experiences are carefully planned, linked to the curriculum, and promote pupils' investigative and observational skills.
4. Integration with Other Subjects: Geography works with other subject areas, such as History, Science, and Literacy, to enhance cross-curricular learning. It promotes the development and application of key skills in research, data analysis, critical thinking, and communication. This integration not only strengthens pupils' knowledge but also reinforces the significance of geography in understanding the world as a whole.
5. Cultural Diversity and Global Perspectives: The Geography curriculum celebrates cultural diversity and promotes a multi-perspective approach. Pupils explore global issues, appreciate different cultures, and develop empathy towards others. They investigate global challenges, such as climate change, migration, and sustainable development, developing an understanding of their interconnectedness and their potential impact on society.

Impact:

1. Acquisition of Knowledge: Pupils have a secure and broad knowledge base in Geography, encompassing a wide range of physical and human features, places, and processes. They can describe and explain geographical concepts, make connections between different topics, and relate their learning to the wider world.
2. Skills Development: Pupils demonstrate high levels of geographical skills, including map reading, fieldwork techniques, interpretation of data, critical thinking, and effective communication.
3. Geographical Thinking: Pupils exhibit a deep understanding of geographical concepts and demonstrate the ability to think critically and conceptually about global issues. They can apply their knowledge and skills to identify solutions, propose actions, and make informed judgments about real-world problems.
4. Cultural Awareness and Global Citizenship: Pupils show a strong awareness and appreciation of cultural diversity, valuing different perspectives and understanding the importance of respecting other cultures. They actively engage with global issues, demonstrating empathy, responsibility, and a desire to make a positive difference to the world.
5. Enjoyment and Engagement: Pupils display enthusiasm and interest in learning about Geography, actively participating in lessons, and requesting further exploration of topics. They have a growing curiosity about the world and a desire to continue their geographical learning beyond the classroom.

 

 

Our Long-term Plan - Currently Cycle A

Reception

 

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Reception

Understanding of the world

Draw information from a simple map.

Recognise some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries.

Explore the natural world around them.

Recognise some environments that are different to the one in which they live.

Early Learning Goal

Describe their immediate environment using knowledge from observation, discussion, stories, non-fiction texts and maps.

Explain some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries, drawing on knowledge from stories, non-fiction texts and (when appropriate) maps.

Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class.

Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them, including the seasons.

 KS1

Cycle A

Villages, towns and cities

Where we live

 

Non-European Country-Mexico

 

The United kingdom

 

Mountains, Rivers and Coasts

KS1

Cycle B

Weather and seasons

Hot and Cold Places

 

 

Our School

Continents and Oceans

 

Routes and Journeys

 

 

 

 LKS2

Cycle A

Using and making maps UK cities

Celebrating our world

 

 

 Water and the water cycle

The shape of the land

 LKS2

Cycle B

Europe- Focus on Greece

 

South Aegean islands

 

UK regions

 

Lake District

Volcanoes

 

Earthquakes and Tsunamis

 UKS2

Cycle A

The earth in space

 

Mapping the world

World countries and capitals 

Trade and economic activity.

 

Sustainable living

 UKS2

Cycle B

 Biomes and vegetation belt

 Settlement and Migration Natural Resources

 

 

North America

South America

 

 

 

 

What we want our children to remember: Sticky Knowledge

Remaining units to be updated shortly

KS1

Unit

Knowledge to be learned and retained.

Continents and Oceans

Children are able to name, locate and describe the 7 continents and 5 oceans of the world.

The United Kingdom.

Children are able to name and locate the four countries of the UK and their capital cities. Children can describe physical features of the UK using basic geographical language including the names of seas and oceans nearby.

Our School

Fieldwork

Children can locate school on a map of Manea, describe the layout of school using human and physical features, and discuss a journey to school using human and physical features.

Where we live

Fieldwork

Manea Link

Children can identify different types of housing in the locality of the school. They are able to discuss how their locality is used for leisure and work.

Weather and seasons. (Can be changed to a weekly teaching episode during register through weather checking routines.)

Children can use basic vocabulary to describe the weather of the UK. The children can then use this language to describe the seasonal changes that happen in the UK. Children start the understanding of extreme weather and use the related vocabulary.

Non-European Country

N/A

Hot and cold places

Children can explain where polar, desert and rain forests can be found on a globe or atlas. They are beginning to connect these locations to the equator. They can make simple descriptions of these regions.

Mountains, rivers and coasts

Children can name mountains, rivers and costal locations and make simple descriptions of these Physical geographical features.

Villages, towns and cities

Children can name villages that are local to them; towns that are local to them; cities that are local and important to them and make simple descriptions of these human geographical features.

Routes and journeys

Children can discuss routes and journeys that they take in their locality and further afield. They understand some animals make special journeys each year. Children can use geographical language to describe journeys.

LKS2

 

Using and making maps.

Children can name the cardinal points of a compass; common symbols used on maps and use the grid system to locate places.

Uk Cities and Counties

Children can name some cities of the UK including our local cities of Ely, Peterborough and Cambridge. They will know their county is Cambridgeshire and we are in the fenland district. Children will name some other counties of the UK.

UK Regions

The children understand that the UK is broken down into different regions and can describe the landscapes of some of these and how the land is used in the area of Manea.

Lake District

The children are able to describe a region different to our local region.  The children will be able to discuss the River Derwent in detail. The children will understand the industry of tourism for Keswick and discuss the pros and cons of this.

Europe

N/A

The shape of the land

Children are to discuss how mountains and rivers contribute to the landscape. Children can name significant mountains and rivers in the UK and world wide.

Volcanoes

Children can explain what a volcano is and use appropriate vocabulary to explain the process in simple terms.  Children will be able to discuss where volcanoes are found and how this links to the make-up of the earth interior. They will also be able to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of living near a volcano and explain how an eruption can cause global impacts.

Earthquakes and tsunamis

Children will be able to describe earthquakes and tsunamis and the damage caused. The children will be able to use the correct vocabulary to describe the process in simple terms.

Water and the water cycle

Children will understand that water is a key natural resource and will understand its importance in our lives. They children will also begin to understand the water cycle. All children will know that they need to use water wisely.

Celebrating our world

This unit is a consolidation unit where children will be able to develop their sense of wonder around the world. Children will be reinforcing their skill sin working with the world map.

UKS2

Mapping the world

Children can locate the equator and other key features such as tropics of cancer and Capricorn, on a globe or atlas map and explain the significance. They will know about lines of latitude and longitude and how they can be used to locate places.

The earth in space

The children can locate the prime meridian on a globe or world atlas map and how it is used in measuring time. The children will locate the tropics of cancer and Capricorn and the Arctic and Antarctic Circles and relate them to overhead sunshine or midnight sunshine.

Biomes and vegetation belts

The children will be able to describe a biome and name at least two examples. They will also know that biomes cover very large areas and are the result different climate conditions.  Children will also be able to discuss plants and animals that inhabit different biomes.

World countries and capitals

The children will name a range of countries around the world and their capital cities.

(Map these to include countries visited in history topics)

Settlement and migration

Children will understand settlement patterns and the way they are changing.  They will understand the concept of migration from history. They will also understand how people become refugees and the challenges they are face.

North America

Children will have an outline knowledge of the key human and physical features of North America and are able to locate and describe the Caribbean.

South America

Children can locate South America on a globe and on a 2D map and locate and describe some of its significant features. They will be able to talk about one or more of the continent’s large cities and some of the issues it faces as it grows. Children will also make a comparison of Lake Titicaca and East Anglia

Natural Resources

Children will know the resources that are used and where they come from.  They will become aware of environmental considerations and know that people need to conserve resources and use them wisely.

Trade and economic activity

Children will understand about different types of work. Why trade has evolved and how it affects their lives.  They will also have a growing awareness of global inequalities and how some people in the poor nations get paid very little for their produce.

Sustainable Living

Children will understand that sustainability involves thinking about quality of life now and in the future and that simple choices can affect the future. Previous geographical skills will be applied to identify how we live in an unequal world where access to different key resources varies enormously.

Progression of vocabulary

Key stage one

Lower Key Stage 2

Upper Key Stage 2

Locational Knowledge

Africa

Antarctica

Arctic Ocean

Asia

Atlantic Ocean

Australasia

Equator

Europe

Indian Ocean

North America

North Pole

Pacific Ocean

South America

South Pole

Southern Ocean

United Kingdom

County

Region

District

county

Equator

North pole

Northern hemisphere

South pole

Southern hemisphere

Prime meridian

Tropic of cancer

 

Tropic of Capricorn

Greenwich

International date line

Time zone

Capital

Country

Global

 

Place Knowledge

Atlantic Ocean

Belfast

Cardiff

Celtic Sea

Edinburgh

England

English Channel

Irish Sea

London

North Sea

Northern Ireland

Scotland

United Kingdom

Wales

 

Intercity

Thames

Pennines

Jurassic Coast

Norfolk broads

Giants causeway

Derwent water

 

Keswick

Sicily

Nile

Silk Road*

West Indies

 

Antarctic Circle

Arctic Circle

 

 

Human and Physical Geography

 

 

Aborigine

Autumn

avocado

Bank

Beach

Beachcomber

Blizzard

Building

Bungalow

Cactus

Camel

canopy

Capital City

Change

City

Cliff

Cloud

Coast

Cold

Community

Continent

Council

Country

Deforestation

Desert

Detached-house

Drought

Dune

Environment

Feature

Flood

Flow

Fog

Gale

Grounds

Headland

Heatwave

Hibernate

Hill

Hospital

Hot

Hurricane

Inputs

Island

Job

Landmark

Leisure

Local

Marsh

Meerkat

Midnight

Migration

Motorway

Mountain Range

Mouth

Mudflat

Northern Lights

Oasis

Ocean

Osprey

Outputs

palm tree

Path road

Peak

Penguin

Polar bear

Pollution

Rain

Ridge

River

Road safety

Rock stack

Rocky outcrop

Saguaro

School

Sea

Season

Semi-Detached

Senior citizen

Services

Shields

Shop

Showers

Silhouette

Skyscraper

Snow

Source,

Space

Spice

Spring

Stream

Street

Summer

Sun

Swallow

Terminal

Terraced house

Tornado

Town

Train station

Transport

Traps and gratings

Travel

Tributary

Valley

Village

Warm

Wildebeest

Winter

World

administrative area

Aftershock

Ancient world

Ash

Barrier

Borehole

boundary

Canyon

Catchment (River)

city

Civilisation

Cluster

coat of arms

Community

Condensation

crater

Crops

Crust

Deforestation

Delta

Drain

Drill

Earthquake

Environmental issues

Erupt

Evaporation

Explorer

Fertile

Flood

Glacier

Gorge

Human features

industry,

Lake

land use

Landscape

Lava

Location

logo

Magma

Mantle

Marsh

Monitoring centre

Moor

Mountain

Mountain pass

Mountain range

Mouth

National Park

Particles

Peak

Physical features

Plate boundaries

Reservoir

Seasonal work

Seismometer

Settlements

Slope

Source

Tank

Tarn

Tectonic plate

Tourism

trade

Tributary  

Tsunami

Vent

Volcano

Water

Water butt

Water cycle

Waterfall

Waterworks

Weather chart

Weir

Well

Zone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barter

Border country

Cactus

Campaign group

Carbon footprints

Charity shop

Choice

Community

Convection

Date palm

Drought

Electricity

Environment

European union

Export

Fair trade

Flood

Food miles

Fossil fuel

Futures

Goods

Hydrant

Immigrant

Income

Inequality

Jungle

Landlocked

Life expectancy

Logging

Massai

Migration

Mineral

Mirage

Monument

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oasis

Oil

Orbit

Organic

Passage

Planning

Population

Primary activity

Rainforest

Ranching

Recycle

Refugee

Reservoir

Sand dune

Savannah

Season

Secondary activity

Shipping route

Shopping centre

Silhouette

Skyline

Soil

Sustainability

Sustainable

Tertiary activity

The commonwealth

Trading bloc

Trail

Trek

Tropics

Turbine

United nations

Water conservation

Wealth

 

Geographical Skills and Fieldwork

 

 

Address

Area

Atlas

Code

Compass

Destination

Digital

Direction

Direction

Globe

Holiday

 

 

Image

Journey

Key

Map

North

Plan

Postcode

Route

Route

Symbol

Travel

Webcam

 

Address

Cardinal Points

Code

Column

Column

Compass

Contour line

East

Grid reference

Grid reference

journey

Logo

North

Ordinance survey

picture map

Pole Star

route

Row

South

Symbol

West

Pattern

 

Axis

Map projection

North point

index

Satellite image

Pattern

Food Miles

Label

Survey

 

 

 

Knowledge Organisers

The resources below will support the children in acquiring the knowledge needed. You can use these at home to discuss your child's learning.

Knowledge Organisers


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