Year 5

Curriculum Map

Geography unit is taught in the Spring and Summer term

Outcome

Identify using a map the worlds countries and locate Europe. Jigsaw in different countries in Europe using an Atlas commenting on their shapes.
Identify capital cities of British Isles and UK and EU with high population with large areas and compare it to which is the largest city/smallest city

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Compare and contrast the environment and landscape of 2 cities.
List key physical and human characteristics.
Look at Ariel maps and gather information about what kind of living standard they have.
More parks means more outdoor activities etc

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Compare and contrast the environment and landscape of 2 cities.
List key physical and human characteristics.
Look at Ariel maps and gather information about what kind of living standard they have.
More parks means more outdoor activities etc

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Investigate how land use is compared to population. EG Sweden having massive land compared to population and Spain having a huge population compared to six.
How does this affect living standards? housing? Education?

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To investigate similarities and differences and about land use patterns
Who uses water? What do they use it for?
As a class, compile a list of the various uses of water. Divide the children into groups and ask them to sort the list into categories – home, farms, industry, leisure, others.
Read to the class Bringing the rain to Kapiti Plain by Verma Aardema.
Ask the children to keep a diary of water use in the home for a few days. Explore the issue of wasting water and discuss what happens to water once it has been used.

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To obtain information from maps and an atlas about world weather patterns about physical and human features
Where can we find water locally? Where can we find water in the world?
Ask the children to note as many clues to the presence of water as possible, using a map of the area around the school. Then ask them to use an atlas to identify places with very high and very low rainfall.

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To observe and question
To collect and analyse evidence
Use secondary sources
Is all water usable? How can water be made usable?
Discuss with the children what makes water dirty. Prepare some water samples and examine their smell and appearance (BUT NOT TASTE) and carry out experiments to find out how water may be cleaned, eg boiling, filtering.
Ask them to consider whether there are things in the water that cannot be seen.
Children will carry out making water safe experiment from the water booklet.

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Explain what a flood plain is and the risk of flooding there explain why flooding is a serious issue
What is flooding and how does it occur? Discuss with the children what they already know about flooding and how it occurs.
Show the children the news video on recent floods in the south of England. Remember to explain that this is a worst case scenario and very unlikely to happen in the locality in which they live.
Ask the children to produce a newspaper report about a recent flood.

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Name and locate cities
Identify capital cities of British Isles and UK and EU with high population with large areas and compare it to which is the largest city/smallest city

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Compare and contrast two environments
Compare and contrast the environment and landscape of 2 cities. London and France
List key physical and human characteristics.
Look at Ariel maps and gather information about what kind of living standard they have.
More parks mean more outdoor activities etc

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Similarities and differences between to lifestyles
Identify the similarities and differences between the people of London and France.
How different is their lifestyle in terms of education, language, politics?
What makes them different to us.

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Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern/Southern Hemispheres
Look at time differences between London and France.

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To compare rural and urban
Look at France and what type of settlements there are compared to England. How rural or urban is it in comparison.

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Investigate land use in France.
What is their population like compared to England.
What lifestyle to they lead and how does this affect the land use and their style of living. Eg. France having massive land compared to population and London having a huge population compared to six.
How does this affect living standards? housing? Education?

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To investigate the distribution of natural resources
Use fieldwork and research skills to understand weather patterns and farming methods in London and France and its impact on the food that is produced.
Research the import and export of food from France and how this impacts the economy.
How is Brexit having or going to have an impact in France and England?

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Geography unit is taught in the Spring and Summer term

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