Knowledge and skills:

During Year 1 & Year 2 the children learn to:

• keep a weather chart and answer questions about the weather;
• explain where they live and tell someone thier address;
• explain some of the main things that are in hot and cold places;
• explain the clothes that I would wear in hot and cold places;
• explain how the weather changes throughout the year and name the seasons;
• name the four countries of the United Kingdom and locate them on a map;
• name some of the main towns and cities in the United Kingdom.

• say what they like and do not like about the place that they live in;
• say what they like and do not like about a different place;
• describe a place outside Europe using geographical words;
• describe some of the key features of an island;
• describe the key features of a place from a picture using words like: beach, coast, forest, hill, mountain, ocean, valley;
• explain how jobs may be different in other locations;
• explain how an area has been spoilt or improved and give their reasons;
• explain the facilities that a village, town and city may need and give reasons;
• name the continents of the world and locate them on a map;
• name the world oceans and locate them on a map;
• name the capital cities of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland;
• find where they live on a map of the United Kingdom.