Our Geography Curriculum

Our Curriculum Intent

At Hodge Clough Primary School, we aim to inspire children’s curiosity and fascination about the world and its people.

We believe in encouraging all children to develop a greater understanding and knowledge of the world, as well as their place in it. This will instil a passion and interest for the subject overall, providing children with the key knowledge, skills and vocabulary needed to be confident geographers.

Learning is linked to a range of topics and the children will have opportunities to investigate places, investigate patterns and communicate geographically. They will build on their prior learning and revisit these areas regularly, allowing them to remember more, know more and understand more.

Children at Hodge Clough will develop an excellent knowledge of where places are and what they are like, using geography to provoke and provide answers to questions about the natural and human aspects of the world.

We see exploring geography within the context of the immediate and wider local area as highly valuable and our children will be provided with the chance to explore the geography of their locality.

We are committed to providing them with opportunities to investigate and make enquiries about their local area of Moorside and Oldham so that they can develop a real sense of who they are and what makes their local area unique.

Our geography topics have been chosen to allow children to develop their knowledge and understanding of both the geography of our local area and the wider world.

Curriculum Overview

	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1		Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Nur	My home		School community & My journey to school			Different places in My World
Rec	My home (Address)		School community & My journey to school (map)			Different places in The World
Year 1	Moorside & Oldham			The United Kingdom				Weather
Year 2	London		What would it be like to live in Nairobi, Kenya?			Around the World (Continents & Oceans/ Hot & Cold places)
Year 3	Counties and Cities of the UK: region NW England			Extreme Earth (Earthquakes and Volcanoes)				Land use
Year 4	Europe: Countries and capitals		Rivers & Mountains The Water Cycle					South Aegean region (European)
Year 5	Somewhere to settle (settlements)		Rainforests			Brazil (S. America)
Year 6		Biomes & Climate zones		Economic Activity		World Time Zones

This is what our children should remember and be able to do in Geography by the end of EYFS.

ELG
Understanding the World (People and Communities)	Know that there are different countries in the world and talk about the differences they have experienced or seen in photographs.
	Recognise some environments that are different from the one in which they live.
	Recognise some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries.
	Draw information from a simple map.
Understanding the World (The Natural World)	Explain some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments (life in this country and life in other countries).
	Describe their own immediate environment and how environments might vary from one another.
Knowledge to be learned and retained
Nursery
To know that there are different places in the world To know where I live (area) To know how I get to school
Reception
To know that there are different places in the world that are different from where I live To know that not all places are the same (some hot, some cold etc) To know simple features on a map To know where I live (area and road)

This is what our children should remember and be able to do in Geography by the end of Key Stage 1, including the previous objectives from EYFS.

Y1 Y2

N C objectives
Locational Knowledge Name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas. (Y1) Name and locate the world’s 7 continents and 5 oceans. (Y2)	Human and Physical geography Identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom (Y1) and the location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles. (Y2) Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to: * Key Physical features, including: beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill,mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil, valley, vegetation, season and weather. * Key Human features, including: city, town, village, factory, farm, house, office, port, canal, harbour and shop.
Place Knowledge Understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography of a small area of the United Kingdom, (Y1) ) and of a small area in a contrasting non-European country. (Y2)	Skills and Fieldwork Use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the United Kingdom and its countries, (Y1) as well as the countries, continents and oceans studied at this key stage (Y2) Use simple compass directions (North, South, East and West) and locational and directional language (e.g. near / far, left / right) to describe the location of features and routes on a map. (Y1/2) Use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognise landmarks and basic human and physical features; (Y1) (Y2) devise a simple map; and use and construct basic symbols in a key. (Y1) (Y2) 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. (Y1) (Y2)
Knowledge to be learned and retained
Year 1
The location and names of the four countries of the UK The location and names of the four capital cities of the UK The location and names of the three main seas surrounding the UK To know 3 human and 3 physical features of the UK (from the following: sea, forest, hill, soil, valley, vegetation, season and weather and city, town, village, factory, farm, house, office, shop To know which is N, E, S and W on a compass To know my home address including the postcode To know the 4 seasons and know which are the hottest and coldest seasons in the UK To know and recognise the main weather symbols. (sunny, partially sunny, light rain, heavy rain, hailstones, cloudy, thunderclouds, sunny with showers, heavy snow, lightning)
Year 2
To know features of hot (palm trees, sand) and cold (snow, ice) places in the world (2 of each) To know where the Equator, North and South Poles are on a globe The names and locations of the seven continents and five oceans of the world To know the names of 4 countries in the Southern and 4 countries in the Northern hemisphere To know the main differences between a city, town and village. Explain 3 advantages and 3 disadvantages of living in a city or a village. In total to know 5 similarities and differences between a place in England and that of a place in a non-European country (Nairobi) (houses, transport, life, weather, landscape) To know and use the four compass points and terminologies, left and right, below and next to

This is what our children should remember and be able to do in Geography by the end of Key Stage 2, including the previous objectives from EYFS & KS1.

Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6

N C objectives
Locational Knowledge Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (inc. the location of Russia) and North and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities. (Y4) (Y5) Name and locate counties and cities of the United Kingdom, geographical regions and their identifying human and physical characteristics, key topographical features (inc. hills, mountains, coasts and rivers), and land-use patterns; and understand how some of these aspects have changed over time. (Y3) Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Trips of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic circle, (Y5) the Prime / Greenwich Meridian and time zones (inc. day and night). (Y6)	Human and Physical geography Describe and understand key aspects of: physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts (Y5/6),rivers, mountains, the water cycle (Y4) volcanoes and earthquakes (Y3); human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, (Y3/5) economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water (Y6)
Place Knowledge Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom, (Y3) a region in a European country (Y4), and a region within North or South America. (Y5)	Skills and Fieldwork Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries (Y3-6) and describe features studied; Use the eight points of a compass (Y3-6) four and six-figure grid references, symbols and key (including the use of Ordnance Survey maps) to build their knowledge of the United Kingdom and the wider world; Use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies.
Knowledge to be learned and retained
Year 3
To know the different types of land use in the UK (2 main uses of land in the UK. Rural and urban. Rural land includes agriculture (farming & countryside), forestry, coastal areas, freshwater and protected land. Urban areas include towns and cities and includes housing, healthcare, factories, education, recreation and retail) To know some local areas of urban and rural use in the UK Know three of the world’s volcanoes (Etna, Vesuvius, Reykjanes peninsula) and their location and three major recent earthquakes (Turkey, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Haiti, Pakistan, New Zealand) Know the key parts of a volcano & explain how volcanoes are formed Know what causes earthquakes and how they are measured Name and locate six cities in the UK (London, Manchester, Salford, Liverpool, Leeds, Chester) Know the names and locations of eight counties in England (Gtr. Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside, Cumbria, Derbyshire, W. Yorkshire & N. Yorkshire) Use maps, atlases and globes to locate the counties and cities of the UK Use the eight compass points to describe the location of the countries and cities of the UK
Year 4
Locate some rivers in the UK, including the River Thames and the River Tame To know the location of four of the world’s major rivers (Nile, Amazon, Volga, Congo) Name and locate 8 countries in Europe, and their capital cities (Greece, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Portugal, Belgium and Russia) To know the names of four of the world’s major summits (seven summits), including: Everest, Kilimanjaro, Mont Blanc. To know 5 differences between living in the UK and a Mediterranean country (weather, food (seasonal), school (times etc), currency, housing) Describe and explain how the water cycle works. Name the main features of a river, and the way that land use changes from the source to the mouth. To know that most major world cities are located near rivers, understand how rivers have impacted on human life and land-use over thousands of years and still today, with a focus on how people use rivers. Use maps, atlases and globes to locate European countries Use Google earth to locate a country or place of interest and to follow journeys of rivers etc Use the eight compass points to describe the location of the countries and cities of Europe
Year 5
To know the important features of a settlement, both essential (food, shelter, water, defence) and desirable (entertainment, leisure) Name and locate at least four countries and their capital cities in South America Identify the position and significance of lines of latitude: The Equator, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and Arctic and Antarctic Circle. To know the main human and physical differences (3 of each) between developed and third world countries (South America/Brazil) Label the layers of a rainforest To know what deforestation means To know how to use graphs to record features such as temperature or rainfall across the world. Use maps, atlases and globes to locate the countries of South America and describe features studied
Year 6
To know about time zones and work out differences To know what is meant by the term ‘Tropics’ To know what is meant by biomes and what are the features of a specific biome (at least 2 different biomes- Grasslands and Boreal/Taiga forests) To know the names of and locate some of the worlds grasslands and boreal forests To know why industrial areas and ports are important To know the key land use and economic activity of Oldham, both historic and current (housing, warehouses, retail, food/leisure, decline in land use and better transport) Use maps, atlases and globes to locate the main climate zones and describe features studied Use four and six-figure grid references with Ordnance Survey maps (symbols and keys) and know what most of the symbols are Use aerial images to describe the key physical and human features of the region and local area