​As children move into KS2, pupils extend their knowledge and understanding beyond the local area to include the United Kingdom and Europe, North and South America. This will include the location and characteristics of a range of the world’s most significant human and physical features. They develop their use of geographical knowledge, understanding and skills to enhance their locational and place knowledge. ​
​The 3 themes studied across the year will cover all of the following skills:

Locational and Place Knowledge

• Name and locate an increasing range of places in the world including globally and topically significant features and events.
• Describe some geographical similarities and differences comparing an area of the UK and a region in South America.

Human Knowledge

• Use geographical language to identify and explain key aspects of human features as well as links between people, places and distribution of natural resources such as energy, food, minerals and water.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how and why some features or places are similar or different.

​Physical Knowledge

• Use technical geographical vocabulary to describe the formation of physical features
• On a world map, locate and describe areas of similar environmental regions. Including climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts.
• Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography (the water cycle)

Mapping

• Begin to draw a variety of thematic maps.
• Compare land use and geographical features on different types of maps.

Scale/Distance

• Measure straight line distance on a plan.
• Find/recognise places on maps of different scales. (eg. River Nile.)

Direction

• Use the 8 points of a compass to follow a route.

Positioning

• Locate and explain the significance of the latitude and longitude, along with the Arctic and Antarctic Circles and time zones.

Enquiry and investigation

• Use a range of maps and other sources of geographical information and select the most appropriate for a task.
• Locate features using six-figure grid references

Fieldwork and data

• Choose the best method of collecting and recording observations and measurements including sketch maps, plans, graphs and digital technologies.

SEND

• Pupils with SEND generally study the same curriculum scope as other pupils.
• Teachers have the same level of ambition for all pupils and use specialist advice to adapt teaching approaches where necessary.
• Ensure teaching assistants are well briefed in the geography that is to be learned and the approaches taken.
• Classroom resources eg. maps are adjusted as required to ensure that all pupils take part​

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