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    Aim

    At St Barnabas, we believe that Geography gives children essential knowledge and skills which enable them to better understand the world around them and their place within it. 

    We believe that a high-quality Geography education should:

    Ensure that children have a secure knowledge of the location and characteristics of places that they encounter as part of the wider curriculum.

    Encourage children to think of themselves as ‘Geographers.’ It should enable children to be confident in finding out information and exploring more about the world in which they live.

    Inspire children to find out more about the world and how they fit into it. Also to think about what they can do to ensure the sustainability of the natural world.

    Locational Knowledge Year Group Progression

    At St Barnabas we want all children to be able to name, locate and identify certain key places in the world and importantly to retain that knowledge as they move through the school. We want to make sure children know key locational knowledge that links to subjects taught in our wider curriculum. This helps to make that learning more meaningful and rich. It also helps to embed the learning and to create those vital links in their general knowledge. 

    EYFS
    • My area – Erdington
    • My City – Birmingham
    • My country – England
    • Recognise  - coastline, desert, forest, canals, rivers, lakes, mountain range,

    Year 1
    • Countries of the UK – England, Wales, Scotland, N. Ireland
    • Capital cities of countries in the UK – London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast.

    Year 2
    • Name and locate the world’s seven continents and 5 oceans.

    The 7 continents of the world are North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia

    The 5 oceans of the world are the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean.

    Year 3
    • Name and locate countries in Europe and their capital cities UK countries and capitals, France - Paris, Germany - Berlin, Spain - Madrid, Italy - Rome, Belgium - Brussels, Holland - Amsterdam, Greece- Athens, Portugal- Lisbon, Finland - Helsinki, Norway- Oslo, Sweden - Stockholm and Russia - Moscow (recognised as both in Europe and Asia)
    • Equator and Northern and Southern hemisphere

    Year 4
    • Name and locate Major Mountains ranges (Alps, Himalayas, Andes) and Rivers (Nile, Thames, Amazon,  Mekong, Ganges, Danube)
    • Name and locate countries in North American continent  (USA, Canada and Mexico)  South American countries (Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru)
    • Name and Locate Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn

    Year 5
    • Name and locate countries in Asia and their capital cities – Beijing - China, New Delhi - India, Islamabad -Pakistan, Toyko - Japan, Jerusalem - Israel, Mecca - Saudi Arabia. (recap countries and capitals from previous year groups)

    Year 6
    • Name and locate African Countries (Nigeria, Mali, South Africa, Kenya, Benin)
    • WW2 links  - Russia/USSR – Stalingrad (Volgograd), Leningrad (St Petersburg) – Japan – Hiroshima, Nagasaki, France – Normandy, Poland – Warsaw, USA – Pearl Harbour in Hawaii,
    • Antarctic circle and Arctic circle countries (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Canada, Greenland and Iceland)
    • (recap countries and capitals from previous year groups)

    1. Curriculum Overview Geography

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