Cashes Green Primary School and Children's Centre

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Geography

Subject Leader: Laurence Atkinson (latkinson@cashesgreen-pri.gloucs.sch.uk)

Geography at Cashes Green

Geography is important to show our children the world outside Cashes Green and to encourage them to explore the wonders of the wider world. We also want to help them understand the impact of their actions on the world. We hope to inspire them to look after our planet and to appreciate and respect the differences between people, places and cultures.

Link to EYFS Framework 

Link to National Curriculum Programme of Study for KS1 and KS2

Our Key Skills

Reception

Reception

Use Maps

• Talk about where I live  
• Name and locate different parts of the local community, e.g. house, farm, church 
• Draw information from a simple map  
• Describe my relative position. (e.g. behind, next to, etc)

Draw Maps

• Draw and create my own maps using real objects, and/or pictures and symbols. 

Collect data

• Find out about the environment by talking to people, examining photographs, simple maps and visiting local places  
• Recognise main types of weather and be introduced to seasons. 

Communicate geographically

• Recognise some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries.  
• Recognise some environment that are different from the one in which we live 
• Use simple geographical words to describe physical features e.g. beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill, mountain, sea, river, soil, season, weather.  
• Use simple geographical words to describe human features e.g. city, town, village,  
• Understand the concept of the world and that different people live in different places 

Year One

Use Maps

• Use a range of picture maps and globes
• Learn the names of some places within/around the UK
• Use a simple picture map to move around the school
• Follow simple directions

Draw Maps

• Draw picture maps of imaginary places from stories
• Use own symbols on an imaginary map

Collect data

• Use relative vocabulary (e.g. bigger, smaller)
• Collect and compare two or more sources (e.g. rainfall in different places on playground)
• Present data using practical block graphs, pictograms and simple tables

Communicate geographically

• Ask and respond to simple closed questions
• Make observations about where things are (e.g. within school or local area)
• Produce a written response to a simple enquiry question

Year Two

Use maps

• Identify land and sea on a globe
• Use large scale OS maps and infant atlases to locate places
• Follow a route on a map
• Locate and name major features on a UK map
• Follow directions using north, east, south, west

Draw maps

• Draw a map of a real or imaginary place (e.g. add detail to a sketch map from an aerial photo)
• Begin to understand the need for a key
• Use class agreed symbols to make a simple key

Collect data

• Begin to spacially match places
• Collect and compare data from five or six different sources (physical or human)
• Present data using block graphs or simple tables

Communicate geographically

• Ask simple geographical questions (e.g. where is it? What is it like?)
• Make simple comparisons between the features of two different places
• Produce a written response to a question, referencing data gathered

Year Three

Use maps

• Use large scale OS maps, online maps, junior atlases and aerial photos to locate places and identify features
• Follow a route on a map with some accuracy
• Use 4 compass points
• Use letter/number co-ordinates to locate features on a map

Draw maps

• Make a map of a short route experienced, with features in the correct order
• Make a simple scale drawing
• Use standard symbols to represent features

Collect data

• Begin to match boundaries
• Collect data from fieldwork or own research
• Present data using an appropriate table or a bar chart (1:1 or 1:2 scale)

Communicate geographically

• Begin to ask or initiate geographical questions
• Analyse evidence and begin to draw conclusions (e.g.) temperature in two places)
• Produce a longer piece of writing to answer a question, using evidence

Year Four

Use maps

• Use large and medium scale OS maps, junior atlases and aerial photos to locate places and find features
• Follow a route on a larger scale map
• Begin to recognise significant places and environments
• Begin to use 8 compass points
• Begin to use 4-figure grid references

Draw maps

• Make a map of a short route experienced, with features in the correct order
• Make a simple scale drawing
• Begin to recognise symbols on an OS map

Collect data

• Begin to match boundaries
• Collect data from fieldwork or own research
• Present data using an appropriate table, a bar chart (1:1, 1:2, 1:5 or 1:10 scale) or a simple line graph

Communicate geographically

• Ask and respond to questions and give own ideas
• Analyse evidence and draw conclusions
• Produce a longer piece of writing to answer a question, using a wide range of evidence

Year Five

Use maps

• Use medium scale land ranger OS maps
• Use index and contents pages within atlases
• Select a type of map for specific purposes
• Begin to use atlases to find out about features of places
• Begin to use 6-figure grid references and latitude and longitude on atlas maps

Draw maps

• Begin to draw a variety of thematic maps based on given data
• Draw a sketch map using symbols and a key
• Use symbols from an OS map

Collect data

• Measure straight line distance on a plan
• Begin to make decisions about what data to collect in order to answer an enquiry question
• Present data using a variety of tables, bar charts, line graphs or scatter graphs

Communicate geographically

• Begin to suggest questions for investigating
• Analyse evidence and draw conclusions, including changes over time (historical maps)
• Produce an essay-style piece of writing with extensive use of evidence

Year Six

Use maps

• Use a range of OS maps and atlases with confidence
• Recognise the world map as a flattened globe
• Follow a short route on an OS map and describe features shown
• Locate places on a world map
• Use atlases to find out about other features of places
• Use 6-figure grid references and latitude and longitude with increasing accuracy

Draw maps

• Draw a variety of thematic maps based on given and own data
• Use OS map symbols
• Use atlas symbols
• Draw simple scale maps at a range of scales

Collect data

• Use scale to measure distances
• Make decisions about what data to collect in order to answer an enquiry question with increasing confidence
• Present data using tables, scatter graphs, line graphs and bar graphs with more complex scales (fractions or decimals)

Communicate geographically

• Suggest questions for investigating
• Analyse evidence and draw conclusions, including identifying patterns (e.g. temperature or land use)
• Write an essay to answer an enquiry with extensive use of evidence

Our Key Vocabulary

Coverage in Our Curriculum