Geography

National Curriculum

Purpose of study
A high-quality science education provides the foundations for understanding the world
through the specific disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics. Science has changed
our lives and is vital to the world’s future prosperity, and all pupils should be taught
essential aspects of the knowledge, methods, processes and uses of science. Through
building up a body of key foundational knowledge and concepts, pupils should be
encouraged to recognise the power of rational explanation and develop a sense of
excitement and curiosity about natural phenomena. They should be encouraged to
understand how science can be used to explain what is occurring, predict how things will
behave, and analyse causes.

Aims
The national curriculum for science aims to ensure that all pupils:
? develop scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding through the specific
disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics
? develop understanding of the nature, processes and methods of science through
different types of science enquiries that help them to answer scientific questions about
the world around them
? are equipped with the scientific knowledge required to understand the uses and
implications of science, today and for the future.

In Year 1 at St Julie

In Year 1 our geography work begins in the Autumn Term with a place the children are familiar with; our school.  We look at physical and human features that can be found around the school and how these can be shown and seen on maps.

In the Spring Term we move further afield and take a look at human and physical features that can be found in Eccleston, and the different types of housing that can be found around out school.  From here we go further again and take a look at how Eccleston fits into the United Kingdom.  We learn about the the four nations of the Untied Kingdom and use different maps (both paper and computer based) to find out more about the places we look at.

Finally, in the Summer Term, we move our learning to the wider world and find out about where the UK fits on the world map.  From here we look at the weather and how it impacts on the lives of people.  This links well with our science topic about Seasonal Changes.

Below you can find the Knowledge Oraganisers for each of our geogrpahy topics.

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