Geography


The IPC enables children to take part in a number of activities which enable them to learn about a number of contrasting places and their environments focusing on their similarities and differences.  They are informed about different environmental issues learning how environments are affected by natural processes and human activities and how they can affect the lives of people. The children learn how to read maps, atlases and globes and how to interpret geographical information. 

 During Key Stage 1 the children aged 5 to 7 years will learn: 

  • The main physical and human features of particular localities focusing on their similarities and differences.
  • The weather and climatic conditions in particular localities and how they affect the environment and the lives of the people living there.
  • That people can harm or improve the environment.
  • To use geographical terms, making maps and plans of real and imaginary places, using symbols and pictures.
  • To use maps at a variety of scales to locate position and simple geographical features of different countries.
  • To use secondary sources to obtain simple geographical information.

 During Key Stage 2 the children aged 7 to 11 years will learn: 

  • How particular localities have been affected by human activities, natural features and processes, and how the quality of the environment can be sustained and improved.
  • The main physical and human features and environmental issues in particular localities and their similarities and differences.
  • The recent and proposed changes in particular localities.
  • How the nature of particular localities affect the lives of people.
  • The weather and climatic conditions in the host country and how they affect the environment and the lives of the people living there.
  • To use geographical terms, making simple maps and plans of familiar locations and use maps at a variety of scales to locate position and geographical features of particular localities.
  • To use a variety of sources to gather geographical information.
  • To collect and record evidence to answer geographical questions.
  • To use appropriate techniques to gather information and instruments to record measurements.
  • To understand how and why people seek to manage and sustain their environment.
  • The major geographic features of their host country.