Year 3

Geographical Enquiry

Physical Geography

Human Geography

Geographical

Knowledge

•  Do they use correct

•  Can they use maps and

•  Can they describe how

•  Can they name a number

geographical words to

atlases appropriately by

volcanoes have an impact

of countries in the Northern

describe a place and the

using contents and

on people’s lives?

Hemisphere?

events that happen there?

indexes?

•  Can they confidently

•  Can they locate and name

•

Can they identify key

•  Can they describe how

describe human features in

some of the world’s most

features of a locality by

volcanoes are created?

a locality?

famous volcanoes?

using a map?

•  Can they describe how

•  Can they explain why a

•  Can they name and locate

•  Can they begin to use 4

earthquakes are created?

locality has certain human

some well-known European

figure grid references?

•  Can they confidently

features?

countries?

•

Can they accurately plot

describe physical features

•  Can they explain why a

•  Can they name and locate

NSEW on a map?

in a locality?

place is like it is?

the capital cities of

•  Can they use some basic

•  Can they locate the

•  Can they explain how the

neighbouring European

OS map symbols?

Mediterranean and explain

lives of people living in the

countries?

•  Can they make accurate

why it is a popular holiday

Mediterranean would be

•  Are they aware of different

measurement of distances

destination?

different from their own?

weather in different parts of

within 100Km?

•  Can they recognise the 8

the world, especially

points of the compass

Europe?

(N,NW, W, S, SW, SE, E, NE)?

•  Can they work out how

•  Can they explain why a

•  Can they explain how

•  Can they name the two

long it would take to get to

locality has certain physical

people’s lives vary due to

largest seas around

a given destination taking

features?

weather?

Europe?

account of the mode of

transport?