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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 |
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
| 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |