Summer term

Year 3

Rivers 

In this unit, children will develop their understanding of how people interact with the world around them. They will explore how people use rivers, for example for irrigation for farmland, for transport and as a water supply. They will consider the impact of less than normal rainfall on rivers, specifically the Mississippi River, and then in turn the impact that a drought can have on the people who rely on the river. As the National Curriculum requires, children will be using maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate the rivers, the countries they journey through and to describe their features, particularly their shape and direction of travel.
In this unit children will use atlases to locate continents and countries. They will identify rivers and locate the countries the rivers run through.

 

Year 4

London and South East England

This unit builds on previous knowledge of regions of the UK and introduces London and the South East of England.  Children will build knowledge of the counties and cities of the UK, their geographical regions, human and physical characteristics and topographical features. Over time, as they progress through the curriculum, children are learning more and remembering more about regions of England.

Year 5

A local study - King's Lynn

This unit builds on children’s understanding of mapping, fieldwork and data. Children will look at maps of the local area, will sketch maps using their knowledge of the local area and will collect and analyse data. Throughout this unit, children will reflect upon the importance of data to geographers, how they collect, analyse and present their data and what data can tell us about the world around us. This unit will be adapted so that children can learn about local issues that affect them. The fieldwork children will participate in includes drawing a sketch map of the immediate local area and also gathering data. Children will analyse their data and present it visually using a suitable graph. Then, using their information, children will write to a local councillor to explain the issue they have studied, present the data they gathered, and to make suggestions for addressing the issue.

Year 6

South America

Within this unit children will use maps of South America to identify key countries and key physical features, including the Andes Mountains. They will use different maps to identify landscapes, biomes, industry and population distribution. Children will secure locational knowledge as they identify countries within South America. They will explore why geologists and scientists think South America and Africa were joined many millions of years ago. In this unit, children will learn about the Inca Empire, building on their knowledge of empires from history. This content has been included in this geography unit because it will help children to understand the significance of Machu Picchu (an Inca citadel located high in the Andes mountains) and also to understand how the Inca overcame the challenge of the terrain to build an empire across the Andes Mountain range.