Subject curriculum: Geography

Take a look at our Primary Geography subject curriculum:

Year 1

  • Water
  • Around our school and maps
  • Around the world

Year 2

  • Hillview School and mapping
  • Where can we put a new playground?
  • Malawi

Year 3

Land Use and Maps

  • Sketch Maps
  • World Maps
  • Egypt Map
  • Using a key
  • Using a grid and co-ordinates
  • Continents
  • Oceans

Rainforests

  • Where are Rainforests?
  • The Rainforest Climate
  • Layers of the Rainforest
  • Life in the Rainforest
  • The Amazon
  • Protecting the Rainforests

Extreme Earth

  • Under Our Feet
  • Volcanoes
  • Earthquakes
  • Tsunamis
  • Tornadoes

Year 4

  • What is the environment?
  • What does the term conservation mean?
  • What is pollution and are there types of pollution?
  • Why do people pollute?
  • What are the Three R’s?
  • How can we do the 3 R’s at school and home?
  • How long does trash really last?
  • Composting
  • Recycling

Year 5

Location knowledge and geographical skills

  • Maps
  • Atlases
  • Globes
  • Computers

    Biomes and vegetation belts

    • Savannah
    • Alpine
    • Rainforest
    • Desert
    • Marine
    • Temperate deciduous forest

    Human and physical geography

    • British Isles
    • India
    • Mexico

    Year 6

    Investigating Rivers

    1. Water cycle
    2. Drainage systems in the school locality
    3. Regional drainage
    4. Physical features
    5. Human activities
    6. Erosion and siltation