EYFS

• Understanding the world.
• Talked about the features of their immediate environment and how those environments change over time.

Year 1 & 2

• Locate landmarks in the UK (Northern Ireland).
• Giants Causeway, Big Ben, Ben Nevis, St Pauls Cathedral and Tower Bridge.
• Flags - England, Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland.

Year 2 - Australia

• Diverse landscapes of Australia.  
• Great Barrier Reef.

Year 3 – Europe and Russia

• Landmarks-St Basil’s Cathedral-Russia.
• Culture (Diversity) - Matryoshka Dolls.

Year 4- South America and Brazil

• Children explore the Amazon Rainforest through the location of South America.
• Key landmarks in Brazil.

Year 5 – Trade Links

• To explore the relationship between India and trade links.

Year 6 - Maths, Geography Link and Contrasting Localities in Europe

• Year 6 explore coastal regions through the topic of erosion.

Flags in the Environment

RECEPTION

• Talk about features of their own immediate environment and how they might vary.
• Observe and explore places, objects and plants.
• Patterns and change.
• Directional language.
• Real life experience.

YEAR 1

• Simple map.
• Developing knowledge of locality.

YEAR 2

• Construct map using basic symbols.
• 4 counties and capital cities of the UK with surrounding seas.

Year 3

• Embedding knowledge of UK
• Location of Russia focusing on key physical and human features on a sketch map

Year 4

• Mapping to locate world’s countries outside of Europe – South/Central America
• Mapping using symbols and keys to identify human and physical features

YEAR 5

• Sketch maps and diagrams of human and physical features and how they affect land use and settlement.

YEAR 6

• Locating counties and cities within the UK.
• Measure, record and present human and physical features using sketch maps, graphs and diagrams.