Locational knowledge
YEAR ONE
UK/LOCALITY STUDY
YEAR TWO
UK/NON-EUROPEAN
STUDY
YEAR THREE
UK REGIONAL STUDY
YEAR FOUR
EUROPE STUDY
YEAR FIVE
AMERICAS STUDY
YEAR SIX
THE WORLD!
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Seven continents
and five oceans
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Name and locate
counties and
cities of the UK
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Locate countries
using maps, focus
on Europe (inc.
Russia)
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Locate countries
using maps, focus
North and South
America
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Locate geographic
zones of the
world
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Compare and
contrast small
area of the UK
with a nonEuropean country
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Understand
geographical
similarities and
differences
(regional)
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Understand
similarities and
differences in a
region of a
European country
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Key human and
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physical vocab
(see Chris Quigley
for breakdown)
Seasonal and daily 
weather patterns
Key human and
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physical vocab
(see Chris Quigley
for breakdown)
Seasonal and daily
weather patterns
Key human and
physical vocab
(see Chris Quigley
for breakdown)
Seasonal and daily
weather patterns
Key human and
physical vocab
(see Chris Quigley
for breakdown)
Seasonal and daily
weather patterns
(hot/cold,
North/South pole)
Use aerial photos
and plan
perspectives (map
and key)
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Describe key
aspects of
physical: rivers,
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Describe key
aspects of
physical:
mountains, water
cycle
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Understand
similarities and
differences in a
region within
North or South
America
Describe key
aspects of
physical:
volcanoes,
earthquakes
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Describe key
aspects of
physical: biomes,
climate zones
vegetation belt
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Describe key
aspects of human:
land use
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Describe key
aspects of human:
settlements
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Describe key
aspects of human:
distribution of
natural resources
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Use maps, atlases, globes and digital computer mapping
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8 points of
compass, 4 figure
grid references,
symbols and key
Use fieldwork to
observe, measure,
record and
Name and locate
and identify
capitals and
characteristics of
4 UK countries
Place Knowledge
Physical Geography
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Human Geography
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Geography skills and
fieldwork
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Fieldwork of local
area
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Use world maps, atlases and globes
Use simple compass directions
Locational and directional language
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8 points of
compass, 4 figure
grid references,
symbols and key
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Describe key
aspects of human:
economic activity
(including
tradelinks)
8 points of compass, 4 and 6 figure grid
references, symbols and key (OS maps)
present the
human and
physical features
in the local area.
History- MUST be taught in order
Artefact/ Place
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Changes within
living memory
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Changes within
living memory
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Stone Age to Iron
Age
Person
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The lives of
significant
individuals
(national)
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The lives of
significant
individuals
(international)
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Roman Empire,
impact on Britain
Event
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Significant events,
people and places
in locality
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Significant event
beyond living
memory- globally
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Settlements by
the Anglo-Saxons
and Scots
 Viking and Anglo
Saxon struggle
for the kingdom
of England to the
time of Edward
the Confessor
(MUST INCLUDE
LOCAL HISTORY
STUDY)
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British history
beyond 1066
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Ancient Greece
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Earliest
civilisations and a
depth study of
one of the
following;
Ancient Sumer,
Indus valley,
Ancient Egypt,
The Shang
Dynasty of
Ancient China
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A non-European
society that
provides contrast
with Britain