Knowledge, Skills and Understanding breakdown for
Geography
Year 3
Geographical Enquiry |
Physical Geography |
Human Geography |
Geographical |
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• Do they use correct |
• Can they use maps and |
• Can they describe how |
• Can they name a number |
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geographical words to |
atlases appropriately by |
volcanoes have an impact |
of countries in the Northern |
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describe a place and the |
using contents and |
on people’s lives? |
Hemisphere? |
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events that happen there? |
indexes? |
• Can they confidently |
• Can they locate and name |
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Can they identify key |
• Can they describe how |
describe human features in |
some of the world’s most |
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features of a locality by |
volcanoes are created? |
a locality? |
famous volcanoes? |
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using a map? |
• Can they describe how |
• Can they explain why a |
• Can they name and locate |
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• Can they begin to use 4 |
earthquakes are created? |
locality has certain human |
some well-known European |
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figure grid references? |
• Can they confidently |
features? |
countries? |
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Can they accurately plot |
describe physical features |
• Can they explain why a |
• Can they name and locate |
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NSEW on a map? |
in a locality? |
place is like it is? |
the capital cities of |
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• Can they use some basic |
• Can they locate the |
• Can they explain how the |
neighbouring European |
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OS map symbols? |
Mediterranean and explain |
lives of people living in the |
countries? |
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• Can they make accurate |
why it is a popular holiday |
Mediterranean would be |
• Are they aware of different |
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measurement of distances |
destination? |
different from their own? |
weather in different parts of |
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within 100Km? |
• Can they recognise the 8 |
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the world, especially |
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points of the compass |
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Europe? |
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(N,NW, W, S, SW, SE, E, NE)? |
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Year 3 (Challenging)
• 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 |
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transport? |
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