Year
Nursery
Reception
Year One
Year Two
Autumn 1
Becoming familiar
with classroom
layout, areas of the
unit, finding the
toilets and the
office. Knowing the
name of the school.
Becoming familiar
with classroom
layout, areas of the
unit, finding the
toilets and the
office. Knowing the
name of the school.
Becoming familiar
with new classrooms,
areas/routines of the
new key stage i.e.
playgroud, finding the
new toilets.
Geography –Place
Knowledge Comparing
Localities Coasts –
Lyme Regis
Autumn 2
Seasonal Changes
Visiting another
school – the
journey,
differences in
environments.
Geography – Maps
of the UK to show
which countries
make up Great
Britain. Capital
cities, Seas
surrounding Great
Britain.
Geography
Locational
Knowledge– Google
Earth – location of
Continents/Seas etc
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Becoming familiar
with classroom
layout, areas of the
unit, finding the
toilets and the
office. Knowing the
name of the school.
Seasonal Changes –
decay and changes
over time
Maps of farm/zoo
Water, weather, rain.
Rivers, lakes - bodies
of water
Seasonal Changes
growth, and changes
over time observations
of living things. Care
and concern – living
things/environment
Seasonal Changes
Visiting Ryton Pools –
the journey, the
environment. Animal
habitats. Observe/
care for living things
Seasonal Changes
Growth and changes
over time – what/why
they happen?
Geography – Human
and physical
geography: Seasonal
and daily weather
patterns
Lang: beach, port,
harbour
Locational knowledge:
continents and
oceans.
Geography – Human
and Physical
Geography-Comparing
Localities –
Antarctica – weather
stations.
Geography – Human
and physical
geography: Seasonal
and daily weather
patterns
Lang: beach, port,
harbour
Locational knowledge:
continents and oceans.
Place knowledge:
(similarities and
differences) Maps.
Places where fossils
were found
Forests hill mountain,
Street Local Map.
Simple field work to
study the geography of
school. Lang: soil,
Geography – Human
and Physical
Geography-Comparing
Localities – Antarctica
– weather stations
Geography –
Geographical skills and
fieldwork- Nocturnal
animals – different
countries –native and
not native to UK.
Geography Geographical skills and
fieldwork, Human and
Physical Geography
Location of Castles