Bishop Martin CE Primary School Geography Subject Overview Autumn One
Autumn Two
Spring One
Spring Two
Summer One
Summer Two
2Yr Old
The Natural World Begins to notice and explore the natural world, such as the weather, animals, and plants in their environment. Starts to develop a simple sense of the past by recognising familiar places and things they have seen before (e.g., "I went to the park yesterday").
The Natural World Begins to recognise simple changes in the environment, such as the weather changing from sunny to rainy, linking it to the present.
The Natural World Understands that some things stay the same while others change over time (e.g., “The flowers bloom in the spring” or “The leaves fall in autumn”).
Nursery
People, Culture and Communities Shows an interest in different occupations by asking questions about people’s jobs (e.g., “What does the postman do?”) and observing different roles in their community. Continues to develop positive attitudes about the differences between people, starting to understand that people have different beliefs, cultures, and ways of living.
People, Culture and Communities Explores and talks about different cultures, festivals, and occupations (e.g., participating in a celebration from another culture like Chinese New Year or learning about different jobs people do in their community). Shows respect for the diversity of people’s roles and customs, such as recognizing that people eat different foods or celebrate holidays in different ways.
People, Culture and Communities Continues to explore different occupations and roles in the community and may role-play or ask more questions about how people work in different environments. Talks about different countries in the world, either through books, pictures, or experiences, and starts to recognise and describe differences between countries. Shows continued respect and interest in the differences between people, including different cultures, customs, and family.
Reception
People, Culture, and Communities Begin to talk about people and communities they are part of (e.g., family, friends, and their community). Notice and talk about differences in people, for example, the different homes and families they know.
Year One
What is in our Local Area? Understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography of where they live. Name some key human features, including city, town, village, factory, farm, house, office, port, harbour and shop. Use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognise landmarks and basic human and physical features. Use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of their school and its grounds and the key human and physical features of its surrounding environment. Observation of school and the ground. Complete field sketch of school and local area, labelling
People, Culture, and Communities
People, Culture, and Communities
Recognise and describe features of their own environment (e.g., people in their community, places they visit). Understand and talk about different roles and jobs people do (e.g., teacher, shopkeeper, etc.). Show interest in different cultural events, celebrations, and traditions.
Begin to recognise that different communities have different ways of living and traditions (e.g., how families might celebrate differently). Discuss how people have different needs, customs, and traditions (e.g., festivals, food, clothing).
Life in the United Kingdom Name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas. 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. Name some key physical feature: including beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill, mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil, valley, vegetation, season and weather. 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. Begin to use language of North, East, South and West.
Our Wider World Name and locate the world’s seven continents and five oceans 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. Name some key physical feature: including beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill, mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil, valley, vegetation, season and weather. Use world maps to identify location of continents and oceans in the world.