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    Year 6 Geography Topics

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    This document outlines the key geography topics for Year 6, including locational knowledge, place knowledge, human and physical geography, and geographical skills and fieldwork. It details learning objectives related to locating countries and major cities on maps, understanding latitude and longitude, comparing regions within and outside the UK, describing climate zones and biomes, and using maps, compasses, and fieldwork to study human and physical geography.

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    This document outlines the key geography topics for Year 6, including locational knowledge, place knowledge, human and physical geography, and geographical skills and fieldwork. It details learning objectives related to locating countries and major cities on maps, understanding latitude and longitude, comparing regions within and outside the UK, describing climate zones and biomes, and using maps, compasses, and fieldwork to study human and physical geography.

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    This document outlines the key geography topics for Year 6, including locational knowledge, place knowledge, human and physical geography, and geographical skills and fieldwork. It details learning objectives related to locating countries and major cities on maps, understanding latitude and longitude, comparing regions within and outside the UK, describing climate zones and biomes, and using maps, compasses, and fieldwork to study human and physical geography.

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    YEAR 6 GEOGRAPHY TOPICS

    Locational Knowledge
    Ge2/1.1a locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of
    Russia) and North and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key
    physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities

    Ge2/1.1b name and locate counties and cities of the United Kingdom, geographical regions and
    their identifying human and physical characteristics, key topographical features (including hills,
    mountains, coasts and rivers), and land-use patterns; and understand how some of these aspects
    have changed over time

    Ge2/1.1c identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern
    Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic
    Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones (including day and night)

    Ge2/1.2 Place Knowledge


    Ge2/1.2a understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and
    physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom, a region in a European country, and a
    region in North or South America

    Ge2/1.3 Human and Physical Geography


    Ge2/1.3a describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: climate zones,
    biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle

    Ge2/1.3b describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including: types of
    settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural
    resources including energy, food, minerals and water

    Ge2/1.4 Geographical Skills and Fieldwork

    Ge2/1.4a use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and
    describe features studied

    Ge2/1.4b use the 8 points of a compass, 4 and 6-figure grid references, symbols and key
    (including the use of Ordnance Survey maps) to build their knowledge of the United Kingdom
    and the wider world
    Ge2/1.4c use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical
    features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, and
    digital technologies.

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