
Autumn
Geography
Topic - Our School in Bromley
Key Skills/Knowledge
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Begin to recognise familiar places in their local area
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Use maps to gather information about the local area
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Locate landmarks/places on a map
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Use maps to plan and plot a route
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Use simple compass directions (NESW)
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Use aerial photographs to recognise basic human and physical features
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Recognise basic map symbols and begin to understand the need for a key
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Use simple fieldwork skills to study the geography of the school
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Make simple observations about the geography of the classroom and school
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Ask simple geographical questions
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Explore housing types
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Explore geographical issues through discussion
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Suggest improvements to the environment
Key Vocabulary
- Compass, North, South, East, West
- aerial view
- key, label, title
- 4-point, direction
- plan, observe
- fieldwork
- observe
- photograph
- environment
- travel, route, transport, distance, direction, position
- frequency table
- past, present
- map, map symbols, OS (Ordnance Survey)
- local area, school, home, address
- NESW, (any key words specific to this locality)
- locate (find!)
- street map
- record
- safety
- map symbols
- house/houses/hosuing, offices, business, shops, stream, river, forest
- detached, semi-detached, terraced, cottage, bungalow, flats, caravan
- village, town, city, county, country, continent
- council
- improve.
Science
Topic - Plants
Key Skills/Knowledge
Key Vocabulary
- Trees - deciduous, evergreen, ash, birch, beech, rowan, common lime, oak, sweet chestnut, horse chestnut, apple, willow, sycamore, fir, pine , holly, etc
- Wild flowering plants - cleavers, coltsfoot, daisy, dandelion, garlic mustard, mallow, mugwort, plantain, red clover, self heal, shepherd’s purse, sorrel, spear thistle, white campion, white deadnettle and yarrow.
- Garden plants – crocus, daffodil, bluebells, etc
- Parts of plants – roots, branch, trunk, stalk, leaf, flower, petal, seeds, bulbs and twigs
Topic - Seasonal Changes
Key Skills/Knowledge
Key Vocabulary
- Seasons; spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Year, months, days
- Hot, warm, mild, cold
- Sunny
- Cloudy
- Rain, sleet, snow, hail, thunder, lightning, rainbow
- Wet, damp, dry
- Windy, breezy, gust
- Temperature
- Degrees Celsius
- Thermometer
- Weather vane
- Anemometer