Locational Knowledge |
Phase | Skills | Knowledge |
EYFS | - Identifying land and water on a map or globe
- Making observations about the characteristics of places (in stories, photographs or in the school grounds/local area).
| - To know some vocabulary to describe different bodies of water, even if used inaccurately (sea/ocean, lake, river, pond)
- To know that usually water is represented in blue on a map or globe. To know the name of their school and the place where they live.
- To know some vocabulary to describe the characteristics of different places, even if used inaccurately (hill, field, building, road, house, old).
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Key Stage 1 | - Locating all the world’s seven continents on a world map.
- Locating the world’s five oceans on a world map.
- Showing on a map the oceans nearest the continent they live in.
- Locating the four countries of the United Kingdom (UK) on a map of this area.
- Showing on a map which country they live in and locating its capital city.
- Locating the surrounding seas and oceans of the UK on a map of this area.
- Locating the capital cities of the four countries of the UK on a map of this area.
- Identifying characteristics (both human and physical) of the four capital cities of the UK.
- Showing on a map the city, town or village where they live in relation to their capital city.
| - To know the name of the seven continents (Europe and Asia).
- To know that a continent is a group of countries.
- To know that they live in the continent of Europe.
- To know that an ocean is a large body of water.
- To know the name of the five of the world’s oceans
- To know that the UK is short for ‘United Kingdom’.
- To know that a country is a land or nation with its own government.
- To know that the United Kingdom is made up of four countries and their names.
- To know the name of the country they live in.
- To know that a sea is a body of water that is smaller than an ocean.
- To know that there are four bodies of water surrounding the UK and to be able to name them.
- To name some characteristics of the four capital cities of the UK.
- To know the four capital cities of the UK.
- To know that a capital city is the city where a country’s government is located.
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Lower Key Stage 2 | - Locating some countries in Europe and North and South America using maps.
- Locating some major cities of the countries studied.
- Locating some key physical features in countries studied on a map including significant environmental regions.
- Locating some key human features in countries studied.
- Locating the world’s most significant mountain ranges on a world map and identifying any patterns.
- Locating where the world’s volcanoes are on a map and identifying the ‘Ring of Fire’.
- Locating some of the world’s most significant rivers and identifying any patterns.
- Locating some counties in the UK (local to your school).
- Locating some cities in the UK (local to your school).
- Identifying key physical and human characteristics of counties, cities and/or geographical regions in the UK.
- Beginning to locate the twelve geographical regions of the UK.
- Identifying how topographical features studied have changed over time using examples.
- Describing how a locality has changed over time, giving examples of both physical and human features.
- Finding the position of the Equator and describing how this impacts our environmental regions.
- Finding lines of latitude and longitude on a globe and explaining why these are important.
- Identifying the position of the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and their significance.
- Identifying the position of the Northern and Southern hemispheres and explaining how they shape our seasons.
- Identifying the position and significance of both the Arctic and Antarctic Circle.
| - To know where North and South America are on a world map.
- To know the names of some countries and major cities in Europe and North and South America.
- To know the names of some of the world’s most significant mountain ranges.
- To know the names of some of the world’s most significant rivers.
- To know that mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes largely occur at plate boundaries.
- To know that climate zones are areas of the world with similar climates.
- To know the world’s different climate zones (equatorial, tropical, hot desert, temperate and polar).
- To know that biomes are areas of world with similar climates, vegetation and animals.
- To know the world’s biomes.
- To know vegetation belts are areas of the world which are home to similar plant species.
- To know the name of some counties in the UK (local to school).
- To know the name of some cities in the UK (local to school).
- To know the name of the county that they live in and their closest city.
- To begin to name the twelve geographical regions of the UK.
- To know the main types of land use.
- To know some types of settlement.
- To know that countries near the Equator have less seasonal change than those near the poles.
- To know that the Equator is a line of latitude indicating the hottest places on Earth and splitting our globe into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
- To know lines of longitude are invisible lines on the globe that determine how far east or west a location is from the Prime Meridian.
- To know lines of latitude are invisible lines on the globe that determine how far north or south a location is from the Equator.
- To know the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn are lines of latitude and mark the equatorial region; the countries with the hottest climates.
- To know the Northern and Southern hemisphere are ‘halves’ of the Earth, above and below our Equator and have alternate seasons to each other.
- To know the boundaries of the Polar Regions are marked by the invisible lines the Arctic and Antarctic Circle.
- To know the patterns of daylight in the Arctic and Antarctic Circle and the Equatorial regions.
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Upper Key Stage 2 | - Locating more countries in Europe and North and South America using maps.
- Locating major cities of the countries studied.
- Locating key physical features in countries studied on a map.
- Locating key human features in countries studied. Identifying significant environmental regions on a map.
- Using maps to show the distribution of the world’s climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts.
- Locating many counties in the UK.
- Locating many cities in the UK.
- Confidently locating the twelve geographical regions of the UK.
- Identifying key physical and human characteristics of the geographical regions in the UK.
- Understanding how land-use has changed over time using examples.
- Explaining why a locality has changed over time, giving examples of both physical and human features.
- Identifying the location of the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones (including day and night) and explaining its significance.
- Using longitude and latitude when referencing location in an atlas or on a globe.
| - To know the name of many countries and major cities in Europe and North and South America.
- To know the location of key physical features in countries studied.
- To name and describe some of the world’s vegetation belts (ice cape, tundra, coniferous forest, deciduous forest, evergreen forest, mixed forest, temperate grassland, tropical grassland, Mediterranean, desert scrub, desert, highland).
- To know the name of many counties in the UK.
- To know the name of many cities in the UK.
- To confidently name the twelve geographical regions of the UK.
- To know that London and the South East regions have the largest population in the UK.
- To know the Prime/Greenwich Meridian is a line of longitude which goes through 0°and determines the start of the world’s time zones.
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