KS1 Geography
Intent
In Key Stage One, the curriculum sets out to enable pupils to develop their locational and place knowledge of their locality, Great Lumley, the United Kingdom and the world. They learn to name and locate the countries that make up the United Kingdom and the world’s seven continents and five oceans. They compare and contrast geographical features locally and internationally.
Knowledge and Key Skills Progression Grid:
EYFS & KS1 – GEOGRAPHY – Knowledge and Key Skills – September 2023
Implementation
In Year One, children develop geographical language to describe human and physical features of their immediate locality, their home, their school and the village of Great Lumley, through the use of fieldwork. Children use maps, atlases and globes to identify, name and locate the four counties of the United Kingdom as well as main towns and cities; Durham, Newcastle, Sunderland and London. In Year Two, the curriculum is designed to allow children to use and apply their prior knowledge and skills to learn about the wider world, focussing on naming and locating the continents and world oceans on a map.
For more information on termly curriculum content and coverage of key skills and knowledge, please visit our class pages, where you will find termly Curriculum Information for Parents.
Impact
By the end of Key Stage One most children:
Locational Knowledge
- Name the 7 continents of the world, the five oceans and the capital cities of England, locating on a on a map.
Place Knowledge
- Describe and say what I like and do not like about Great Lumley and a contrasting place, outside of Europe, using geographical words.
- Describe some of the features of an island.
Human and Physical Knowledge
- Identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom, using a range gauge and wind sock.
- Identify the location Australia (hot place) and Antarctica (cold place) in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles.
- Describe the key physical and human features of the Great Lumley and a contrasting place outside of Europe.
- Explain the differences in jobs and tourism in contrasting places and can describe how a place has been spoilt or improved and give my reasons.
- Explain the facilities that a village may need and give reasons.
Map Skills
- Use maps to identify the capital cities of England: London, Wales.
- Use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the continents of the world.
- Create a map of the school using symbols and a map key.
- 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.
Fieldwork
- Use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of the school and its grounds and the key human and physical features of its surrounding environment.
- Complete fieldwork to identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom.
