Geography Curriculum

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Year 1

Where Do I Live?

In this exciting topic, the children will find out more about the town, country and continent they live in. They discover where the United Kingdom is located on a world map as well as exploring the many features and characteristics of the countries and capital cities of the UK, before finding out more about the wonders of Timperley!

Let's go on a safari

We are taking our Year 1s on safari to Africa! We will join explorers as we visit Kenya and meet the people, wildlife and landscapes. The children will learn where Kenya is on a map and undertake a variety of fun activities to help them learn more about Kenya and compare it to the UK. We’ll have a bunch of knowledgeable explorers in no time!

Let’s visit Australia

In this topic, the children go down under to learn Australia’s states and territories. They will describe its varied landscapes, weather and people. They will also use maps to develop their skills!

Year 2

My World and Me

We will help our classes to understand where the seven continents of the world are and how their proximity to the equator or the poles affects their climate. This is a perfect way to build on children’s knowledge of hot and cold areas of the world. The children will visit different countries and explore their climate and land features and undertake a variety of fun activities to help them learn more about each one. We’ll have a collection of knowledgeable explorers in no time!

Map Makers

Our children are given the opportunity to learn all about maps and the geography of their surrounding area. They will find out why we use maps and how to read them, as well as having the opportunity to draw their own maps and plan perspectives. The children are able to perfect their map reading skills and put them into practise in school and the surrounding local area, getting everybody excited about making and using maps!

Around the world 

In this exciting topic, the children will visit the seven continents of the world and delve deeper into one country from each. They’re sure to have a good understanding of the similarities and differences across the globe!

Year 3

The United Kingdom

In this exciting topic, the children have the opportunity to explore the country where they live. They will also get to have a detailed look other countries in the UK and the amazing cities around us. The children will explore the surrounding seas, rivers, hills and mountains. They will use all of this knowledge to understand how Manchester has changed over time!

Where does our food come from?

We will take the Year 3s on a journey around the world, visiting farms in temperate, tropical and Mediterranean climates. These exciting lessons teach children about locational language used to describe locations around the world. Children will learn about the climate conditions in a range of different biomes, how food is produced, traded and transported and how fair-trade organisations help farmers.

Rivers and Mountains

During this topic, Year 3 will become river and mountain experts. They will develop their skills to use maps to recognise rivers and mountains. They will develop their knowledge of different parts of a river and compare mountains across the world. 

Year 4

Village Settlers

We will travel back to the time of the early village settlers and discover how the towns and villages around them got their names and why certain areas were chosen as settlements. These historical Geography lessons will give our children a greater understanding of how our villages were formed, but also to improve their map knowledge and skills. Children will discover how reading maps can tell them what a village is like and will allow them to practise giving directions using their knowledge of different types of roads.     

Earning A Living

The children will understand how people in the UK and the rest of the world earn a living in a variety of ways with this topic. They have the opportunity to explore various jobs in various sectors, before investigating industries around the world and looking at why some adults don't work and some children do. They gain a valuable insight into economics and we may even inspire them for possible future careers!

Countries of the World

In this unit, the children learn to identify and locate each of the seven continents as well as some of the countries within each one, and also explore areas of human and physical geography around the world, from population and culture to mountains and rivers. Using a variety of worksheets, maps, challenges, quizzes and more, the children soon become global experts!

Year 5

Extreme Earth

We are going to introduce our classes to the wilder side of the world with this unit of geography. Our children will find out all about the Earth's extremes, from raging tropical storms to violent erupting volcanoes to terrifying towering tsunamis. They will also explore how these extremes affect people, communities and landscapes through a series of informative and thought-provoking lessons. 

Investigating Coasts

In this topic, the children are taken on a fascinating walk through the life of coasts as they investigate what coasts are, how they are formed, how they are protected and why they are constantly changing. They study the processes of erosion and deposition and how they affect the coast, find out the names of some different coastal formations and find out what disasters can happen on precarious cliff edges. The children will also have the chance to debate how changing a coastal area will affect the local environment and play the role of travel agents as they find coastal holidays for a variety of customers.

Grand Canyon

During this topic, the children visit the amazing Grand Canyon. Not only will they develop their knowledge of where the Grand Canyon is, their map skills will develop and so will their understanding of longitude and latitude. They will discover how the Grand Canyon was formed, whether tourism has a positive or negative effect, and what weather they can expect if they do ever have the opportunity to visit.

Year 6

North America and the Grand Canyon

In this set of lessons, we will voyage across the Atlantic as we discover the continent of North America and all its amazing countries, cities and landscapes. The children will identify the 23 countries of North America, from the vast lands of the USA and Canada down through Central America and on to the Caribbean islands. On the way they will explore the various geographical features of different areas of North America and compare them with their own locality.

Our Local Area

Our year 6 children will investigate the human and physical features of our local area, and consider the similarities and differences between these local features, and the UK as a whole. These comparisons are made in terms of economic activity, land use, settlements, climate, upland areas and rivers. As a result, the children can become more familiar with both the human and physical geography of their locality and of the UK as a whole.

Exploring Scandinavia

Did you know that Finland isn't part of Scandinavia? Well, the Year 6 children definitely will during this topic! The children will locate the Scandinavian countries on a map and learn about their capital cities. They will use their knowledge of climate to understand national events. We'll even have budding travel agents after they plan a holiday to a Scandinavian locality! From Copenhagen to Stockholm and Oslo there is so much to discover.