Leanne Reeves – Baldwins Gate Primary School
Assessment of Geography skills KS1
Essential learning objectives / Milestone 1 / CommentsTo investigate places / · Ask and answer geographical questions ( such as What is this place like? What or who will I see in this place? What do people do in this place?)
· Identify the key features of a location in order to say whether it is a city, town, village, coastal or rural area.
· Use world maps, atlases and globes and Google maps to identify the United Kingdom and its countries.
· Use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of their school and its grounds and the key human and physical features of its surrounding environment.
· Use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognise landmarks and basic human and physical features; devise a simple map; and use and construct basic symbols in a key.
· Name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas.
· Name and locate the world’s seven continents and five oceans.
To investigate patterns / · Understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography of the local area around school and of a small area in a contrasting non-European country, eg Kenya.
· Identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the UK and the location of hot an cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles.
· Identify land use around the school.
To communicate geographically / · Understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the physical geography of a place
o including beach, coast, forest, hill, mountain, ocean, river, soil, valley, vegetation and weather.
· Understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the human geography of a place
o including city, town, village, factory, farm, house, office and shop
· Use simple compass directions (North, South, East and West) and locational and directional language [for example, near and far; left and right], to describe the location of features and routes on a map.
· Devise a simple map; and use and construct basic symbols in a key. Use simple grid references.
Assessment of Geography skills Lower KS2
Essential Learning Objectives / Milestone 2 / CommentsTo investigate places / · Ask and answer geographical questions about the physical and human characteristics of a location.
· Explain own views about locations, giving reasons.
· Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping (Google Earth) to locate countries and describe features studied.
· Use fieldwork to observe and record the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies.
· Use a range of resources to identify the key physical and human features of a location.
· Name and locate counties and cities of the UK, geographical regions and their identifying human and physical characteristics, including hills, mountains, cities, rivers, key topographical features and land-use patterns; and understand how some of these aspects have changed over time.
· Compare a region of the UK with a region in Europe, eg. local hilly area with a flat one or under sea level. Link with Science, rocks.
· Locate and name the countries of North and South America. Locate and name principal cities.
To investigate patterns / · Name and locate the Equator, N. and S. Hemisphere, Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic. Describe some of the characteristics of these geographical areas.
· Describe how the locality of the school has changed over time.
· Describe geographical similarities and differences between North and South America.
To communicate geographically / · Describe key aspects of:
o Physical geography, including rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes and the water cycle.
o Human geography, including settlements and land use
· Learn the eight points of a compass, 2 figure grid reference (maths co-ordinates), some basic symbols and key (including the use of a simplified Ordnance Survey maps) to build their knowledge of the United Kingdom and the wider world
Assessment of Geography skills Upper KS2
Essential Learning Objectives / Milestone 3 / CommentsTo investigate places / · Identify and describe how the physical features affect the human activity within a location.
· Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping mapping (Google Earth) to locate countries and describe features studied
· Use fieldwork to observe, measure and record the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies.
· Analyse and give views on the effectiveness of different geographical representations of a location (such as aerial images compared with topological maps)
· Locate the main countries in Europe. Locate and name capital and principal cities.
· On a world map locate the main countries in Africa, Asia and Australasia/Oceania. Identify their main environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, and major cities.
· Compare a region in UK with a region in North or South America with significant differences and similarities.
· Name and locate the key topographical features including coast, features of erosion, hills, mountains and rivers. Understand how these features have changed over time.
To investigate patterns / · Identify and describe the position and significance of latitude/longitude and the Greenwich Meridian. Linking with science, time zones, night and day.
· Identify the position and significance of Equator, N. and S. Hemisphere, Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.
· Understand some of the reasons for geographical similarities and differences between countries.
· Describe how locations around the world are changing and explain some of the reasons for change.
· Describe how countries and geographical regions are interconnected and interdependent.
To communicate geographically / · Describe and understand key aspects of:
o Physical geography, including climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes and the water cycle.
o Human geography, including settlements, land-use, economic activity incluidng trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water supplies.
· Use the eight points of a compass, four-figure grid references, symbols and key (including the use of Ordnance Survey maps) to build their knowledge of the United Kingdom in the past and present.
· Extend to 6 figure grid references with teaching of latitude and longitude in depth.
· Create maps of locations idenifying patterns (such as; land use, climate zones, population densities, height of land).