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Knowledge and Skills Progression Through Geography
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Year Group |
Climate, weather |
Locations |
Economic & human geography |
Maps |
Geographical features |
Progression |
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6 |
Major climatic zones of the world Global warming Climatic extremes Jet stream Ocean currents Gulf stream El Nino |
The tropics The Arctic, Antarctic circle One continent in depth The earth and solar system |
Sustainability Global warming Geographical features using aerial photos, plans a E-resources Human and physical features on maps
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Using OS maps; understanding symbols and 6 figure coordinates Using a map to answer questions on world time zones |
Rivers and mountains The course of a river Famous rivers and their location in an atlas |
skills |
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5 |
Measuring weather Keeping daily, weekly, termly records World weather |
Continents; major countries, mountain ranges, rivers, capital cities Oceans and seas |
Geographical position of towns and cities next to rivers Human and economic locations of towns |
Using maps Simple OS symbols and grid references |
Deserts and desert regions of the world Hot and cold deserts The world’s largest desert World Kitchen |
knowledge |
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4 |
A climatic zone Measuring weather temperature, rainfall, windspeed etc. |
European union and capitals Northern and southern hemisphere countries and tropics |
Comparing life in cities, towns and countryside |
Planning a journey to another place in the world |
Fertile and non-fertile growing areas Earthquakes |
understanding |
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3 |
Correct geographical words to describe a place |
Knowledge of UK |
Communication, roads, motorways and transports in Britain |
Planning a journey to a place in England British Isles |
Understanding volcanoes |