Geography Curriculum Overview
| Foundation | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | Phase 3 | ||||
| EYFS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
PLACE
| 1. CONTRASTING COUNTRIES | 1a. How is Glossop the same/different as other places? | 1b. How is life in Tocuaro different to life in Glossop? | 1c. How is Italy similar and different to the U.K.? | 1d. How does the Caribbean compare with the U.K.? | |||
2. HOW PEOPLE AND PLACES INTERACT | 2a. What do people do in polar lands? | 2b. What do people do at the seaside? | 2c. How does life in a polar region impact or influence people’s lives? | 2d. How can humans adapt to a place (e.g., living/surviving in a rainforest)? | ||||
HUMAN & PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY | 3. CHANGES TO PLACES OVER TIME | 3a. What is it like where we live? | 3b. Where is Glossop and what is it like ? | 3c. How has the Peak District changed over time? | 3d. How have mountains and rivers shaped the landscape in the U.K.? | |||
4. PHYSICAL FEATURES | 4a. What is our school forest like? | 4b. What is a rainforest like and how are these changing? | 4c. Where are the world’s rainforests and what are their specific physical and climate characteristics? | 4d. How have earthquakes and volcanoes changed the landscape of Iceland? | ||||
5. ECONOMIC ACTIVITY | 5a. Where do we get food from?
| 5b. What do people do for jobs in Norway? | 5c. Which foods and other commodities are grown in different climate zones? | 5d. What is Global Trade and how does it impact the world? | ||||
6. CLIMATE CHANGE | 6a. What are the different types of weather? | 6b. What is the weather like where we live? | 6c. How do humans affect climate change? | 6d. How can we reduce our carbon footprint? |