Geography

Geography Yearly plan

Nurs/Rec	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5	Year 6
			Autumn/Spring
Study of School building	Countries and capitals of UK	Countries and capitals of UK	Locate and name the countries making up the British Isles, with their capital cities.	Locate and name the main counties and cities in/around London.	Locate and name the main counties and cities in England. Compare 2 different regions in UK rural/urban.	Name and locate the key UK topographical features including coast, features of erosion, hills, mountains and rivers.
Weather diary	Continent study – Africa. Weather diary	Name 7 continents and 5 oceans. Continent study - Asia	North America and key features of volcanoes.	South America Key features rainforests and rivers.	Continent – Western Europe. Key features of earthquakes.	Continent – Eastern Europe. Key features mountains and coastlines.
	Compare/contrast small area of UK and Africa	Compare/contrast small area of UK and Asia	Compare/contrast small area of UK and North America	Compare/contrast small area of UK and South America	Compare/contrast small area of UK and Western Europe	Compare/contrast small area of UK and Eastern Europe
REC – Antarctica and Arctic	Develop mapping skills	Develop mapping skills	Develop mapping skills	Mapping - compass points	Mapping – OS maps	Mapping – 8 point compass OS grid reference
Weather diary	Woodland visit	Seaside visit	Visit to a farm	Visit - River walk study	Visit – rural village e.g. Godstone	Visit – coastal visit
			Summer
World continents and oceans– identify hot and cold places.	Local study – buildings in the local area	Local study – Shops in the local area	Local study – Environment in the local area	Local study – amenities for different age groups	Local study - Land use	Local study – how to bring about changes to facilities in our local area
Revisit weather diary	Creating local area maps	Creating local area maps	Creating local area maps	Mapping – compass points.	Use graphs to present findings of local study fieldwork.	Use ICT to enhance learning and present finding.
REC – Local study – safe places to cross			Sustainability issues	Sustainability issues	Awareness of current global issues.	Awareness of current global issues.
Creating simple maps						Visit – School journey