Term
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Content
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Half-Term 1
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Half-Term 2
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Aut
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Unit Overview
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Using Maps
Enquiry Question: How can we use and interpret maps?
- What information can we find from maps?
- Can you locate 5 European countries on a map?
- Can you locate Russia on a map?
- Can you explain why maps have scales?
- Can you explain the purpose of a key?
Map Skills
Use of OS Maps
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Exploring our Local Area
Enquiry Question: What is our local environment like?
- What are the human and physical features found in our local area?
- Can you describe your journey to school, using 8 compass points?
- Can you plot this journey on a map?
- Where was litter found in and around our school?
- How are plastics reused?
- How are materials recycled?
- How can we make our local area more sustainable?
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Big Ideas
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Locational Knowledge: UK
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Place Knowledge: UK; Human Geography; Human and physical interactions; human development and processes
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NC Link
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- locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia)
- use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied
- use the eight points of a compass, four-figure grid references, symbols and key (including the use of Ordnance Survey maps) to build their knowledge of the United Kingdom and the wider world
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- use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps.
- collect, analyse and communicate with a range of data gathered through experiences of fieldwork that deepen their understanding of geographical processes
- communicate geographical information in a variety of ways, including through maps, numerical and quantitative skills and writing at length.
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Spr
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Unit Overview
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Using the world’s resources
Enquiry Question: What resources do we use and why?
- Where does your food come from?
- What is the difference between renewable and non-renewable energy?
- How is water important in our lives?
- What is sustainable living?
- How big is my footprint on the world?
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London’s land use
Enquiry Question: What is London like?
- How has London progressed from Londinium to its modern-day version?
- What made London a good place to build a city?
- What is land use like in London?
- What economic activity occurs in London?
- What is settlement like in London?
- What role does the River Thames play in settlement, economic activity, land use and trade?
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Big Ideas
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Human and Physical interactions
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Place Knowledge: UK; Physical and Human features
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NC Link
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- Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied
- Describe and understand key aspects of human geography including: distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water
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- Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on: concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities.
- Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of: A region of the United Kingdom.
- Describe and understand key aspects of human geography including: economic activity including trade links; types of settlement and land use.
- Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography including: rivers.
- Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied
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Sum
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Unit Overview
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Continued from Spring 2
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The UK’s varying regions
Enquiry Question: How do regions in the UK vary?
- Can you explain what a region is?
- Can you name and locate countries and cities of the United Kingdom?
- Can you locate geographical regions?
- Can you locate the human and physical characteristics of geographical regions?
- Can you compare economic activity across the UK?
- Why is land used in different ways?
- How large is a region?
- Do regions have clear boundaries?
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Big Ideas
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Continued from Spring 2
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Locational Knowledge; Place Knowledge; Physical and Human Features
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NC Link
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Continued from Spring 2
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- Name and locate counties and cities of the United Kingdom, geographical regions and their identifying human and physical characteristics, key topographical features (including hills, mountains, coasts and rivers), and land-use patterns; and understand how some of these aspects have changed over time
- Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of: a region of the UK
- Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied
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