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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Local Field Study
Enquiry Question: What is our area of study like?
- What are the physical features of an area?
- What are the human features of an area?
- Why do different areas have different features?
- How can we compare different areas?
- How can we use OS maps to locate and describe an area?
- What is the route from one area to another?
Use of OS maps to show 4 and 6-figure grid references, distance and scale, directions, contour lines, and spot heights.
Use of OS maps to describe different routes.
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Big Ideas
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Physical geography: features, physical processes, interactions between physical and human geography.
Human geography: features, impact of humans, interactions between human and physical geography.
Skills: 4-figure grid references, 6-figure grid references, distance, scale, contour lines, spot heights.
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NC Link
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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 United Kingdom.
- Describe and understand key aspects of physical and human geography.
- Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied.
- Use the eight points of a compass, four and six-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.
- 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, plans and graphs, and digital technologies.
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Spr
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Unit Overview
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Different Settlements
Enquiry Question: Where do people live and why?
- What are the different types of settlement? (Hamlet, village, town, city)
- What are the different types of land use?
- How is land used in settlements?
- Do settlements have a pattern?
- Do different types of people live in different settlements?
- Do physical factors affect where people live?
- Have settlements changed over time?
Interpretation of OS maps to locate and describe settlements.
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Migration
Enquiry Question: Why do people migrate?
- What is migration?
- What are push and pull factors?
- What is the impact of migration on London?
- What are refugees?
- What happens to refugees when they move to a new country?
Interpretation of flow line maps.
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Big Ideas
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Physical geography: features, weather and climate.
Human geography: features, impacts of humans on areas, land use, interactions between human and physical geography.
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Locational knowledge: place knowledge.
Physical geography: features.
Human geography: features, interactions between human and physical geography.
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NC Link
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- Describe and understand key aspects of physical and human geography.
- 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
- Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied.
- Human geography, including types of settlement and land use.
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- Describe and understand key aspects of physical and human geography.
- 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
- 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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Microclimates
Enquiry Question: Does our school have its own microclimate?
- What is the difference between weather and climate?
- Where are the different climate zones?
- How do humans and animals adapt to different climates?
- What is a microclimate?
- Where should a new school bench be placed?
Use of OS maps
Use of aerial photographs
Constructions and interpretation of graphs
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Big Ideas
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Physical geography: features, weather and climate, adaptations
Human geography: features, processes, adaptations, interactions between human and physical geography
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NC Link
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- Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones (including day and night).
- Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including climate zones.
- Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping
- 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, plans and graphs, and digital technologies.
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