HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY LONG TERM PLAN OVERVIEW OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS PROGRESSION. EYFS
Year 1
Year 2
Primary Topics
Primary Topics
Primary Topics
Primary Topics
Myself Get up and Grow Beside the Seaside
Time Travelling Teddies Amazing Animals Checking out Chippy
London’s Burning From Dragons to Dim Sum Planes, trains and automobiles
Time Travellers (Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age) Tomb Raiders
3-4 Years Know that there are different countries in the world and talk about the differences they have experienced or seen in photos.
Name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities of the UK and its surrounding seas Understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography of a small area of the United Kingdom (Chipping Norton)
Name and locate the world’s seven continents and five oceans Understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography of a small area of a non-European country (Africa)
Name and locate the counties and cities of the UK, geographical regions and their identifying human and physical characteristics, key topographical features including: Hills, Mountains, Coasts, Rivers, and land-use patterns; and understand how some of these aspects have changed over time. Understand geographical similarities and differences through a study of human and physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom (Oxford).
Reception Draw information from a simple map. Recognise some similarities and differences between life in this country and live in other countries. Recognise some environments that are different to the one in which they live. ELG The Natural World Explore the natural world around them. Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences
Year 3 Year 4 National Curriculum-Location and Place Knowledge Primary Topics
The Quest for the Kingdom The Groovy Greeks
Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia), concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristic, countries and major cities. Identify the position of the Equator, Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere. Understand geographical similarities and differences through a study of human and physical geography of a region in a European country.
Year 5
Year 6
Primary Topics
Primary Topics
The Legacy of the Mayan Mighty Rivers From Absolute Monarchy to Absolute Democracy
War and Peace The Roman Supremacy Blue Planet
Name and locate counties and cities of the United Kingdom, geographical regions and the identifying physical and human features. Understand geographical similarities and differences through a study of human and physical geography of a region in a European country (Greece).
Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on North and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries and capital cities Understand geographical similarities and differences through a study of human and physical geography of a region within North or South America (Brazil and the Amazon)