Geography  Comparing Places

Use world maps, atlases and globes, including online resources like Google Earth to identify the United Kingdom and its countries, as well as the countries, continents and oceans studied at this key stage

Use simple compass directions (North, South, East and West) and locational and directional language e.g. near and far; left and right, to describe the location of features and routes on a map

Use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognise landmarks and basic human and physical features; devise a simple map; and use and construct basic symbols in a key

Use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of their school and its surroundings and the key human and physical features of its surrounding environment

Name and locate the world's seven continents and five oceans

Name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom

Name, locate and identify characteristics of the seas surrounding the U.K.

Identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom and the location of hot and cold areas of the world in the relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles

Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key physical features, including: beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill, mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil, valley, vegetation, season and weather

Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key human features, including: city, town, village, factory, farm, house, office port, harbour and shop

Understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography of a small area of the United Kingdom, and of a small area in a contrasting non-European country 

Use world maps, atlases and globes, including online resources like Google Earth to identify the United Kingdom and its countries, as well as the countries, continents and oceans studied at this key stage.

Use simple compass directions (North, South, East and West) and locational and directional language e.g. near and far; left and right, to describe the location of features and routes on a map

Use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognise landmarks and basic human and physical features; devise a simple map; and use and construct basic symbols in a key

Use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of their school and its surroundings and the key human and physical features of its surrounding environment

Name and locate the world's seven continents and five oceans

Name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom

Name, locate and identify characteristics of the seas surrounding the U.K.

Identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom and the location of hot and cold areas of the world in the relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles

Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key physical features, including: beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill, mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil, valley, vegetation, season and weather

Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key human features, including: city, town, village, factory, farm, house, office port, harbour and shop

Understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography of a small area of the United Kingdom, and of a small area in a contrasting non-European country