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Topics Nursery
| All about me (Celebrations) People who help us Traditional tales Growing Mini-beasts
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Reception | Ourselves Night and Day Homes and Buildings Traditional Tales Growing Habitats
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Vocabulary
| Police Officer Doctor Dentist Nurse Teacher Bulb Grow town vllage road path house school/nursery car park café airport season winter spring summer autumn | synagogue busy quiet pollution semi-detached terrace train station weather hot/cold/rain/ snow/sun/cloudy map habitat community environment home/rooms community | flats detached office shops bungalow
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Key knowledge and Skills
| Nursery Three and Four year olds. Natural world Comment and ask questions about aspects of their familiar world such as the place where they live or the natural world. Know that there are different countries in the world and talk about the differences they have experienced or seen in photos. Use all their senses in hands on exploration of natural materials. Talk about what they see, using a wide vocabulary. Talk about some of the things they have observed such as plants, animals, natural and found objects. Begin to understand the need to respect and care for the natural and found objects. Begin to understand the effect their behavior can have on the environment.
People, Culture and Communities Show interest in the lives of people who are familiar to them. Know some of the things that make them unique and talk about some of the similarities and differences in relation to friends and family. Talk about family customs and routines or family or friends. Show interest in different occupations and ways of life indoors and outdoors.
Reception People, Culture and Talk about members of their immediate family and community Talk about family customs and routines. Understand that some places are special to members of the community. Recognise that people have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways.
The natural World Draw information from a simple map. Talk about the features of their own immediate environment and how environments might vary from one another. Recognise some environments that are different to the one in which they live. Explore the natural world around them. Look closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change in nature. Understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them. | ||
Activities
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Stories: Titch -Jasper’s beanstalk -The Gigantic Turnip, The Very Hungry Caterpillar -The very busy spider -Aaaarrgghh Spider! etc
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| Year One | ||
Topics
| Islands Penguin Small Toys Cars Once upon a time | ||
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Vocabulary
| city town office factory countryside shop house Wales Scotland Northern Ireland England sea
| port harbour farm forest North Pole South Pole Aerial flats detached office shops bungalow landmarks environment | beach cliff coast village hill mountain sea river valley season weather winter spring summer autumn |
Key knowledge and Skills
| Locational Knowledge Name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas. Understand how some places are linked to other places. Place Knowledge Name, describe and compare familiar places Identify human and physical features of Dagenham and other places using geographical language. Understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography of a small area of the United Kingdom, and of a small area in a contrasting non-European country. Human and Physical Identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom. Understand the four seasons and identify daily weather patterns. To understand what weather is and how it changes. Use weather symbols on a map. Understand the differences in weather in relation to the North and South Poles Geographical skills and Fieldwork Ask simple geographical questions Use simple maps of the local area Make simple maps and plans Use world maps, atlases/globe and Google Earth to identify the United Kingdom and its countries.
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| Year Two | ||
Topics
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Time Travellers Eggs Eggs Eggs Diversity week Explorers (Ernest Shackleton Christopher Columbus Amelia Earhart)
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Vocabulary
| river forest ocean Artic ocean Southern ocean Indian ocean Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Continent Asia Antarctica Europe North America South America Oceania/Australia Equator beach | Town Countryside Forest Mountain Village Africa season weather coast port harbour coast hill
| cliff compass north/south/east/west near far left/right continents soil valley vegetation expedition perspective |
Key knowledge and Skills
| Locational knowledge Name and locate the world's seven continents and five oceans Place Knowledge Understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography of a small area of the United Kingdom, and a small area in a contrasting non-European country. Human and Physical Identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom and the location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator. Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key physical features. Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to physical and human features. Geographical skills and Fieldwork Use aerial photographs to recognize landmarks and basic and human features. Plan perspectives to recognise landmarks. Devise a simple map; and use basic symbols in a key. Use simple compass directions (North, South, East and West) and locational and directional language (for example, near, far, left and right), to describe the location of features and routes on a map. Use world maps, atlases, globes and Google Earth to identify the countries, continents and oceans.
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