Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Name and locate the seven continents on a world map.
- Locate the North and the South Poles on a world map.
- Locate the Equator on a world map.
- Describe some similarities and differences between the UK and Kenya.
- Investigate the weather, writing about it using key vocabulary and explaining whether they live in a hot or cold place.
- Recognise the features of hot and cold places.
- Locate some countries with hot or cold climates on a world map.
Lesson 5 involves fieldwork on the school grounds. It is important to risk-assess the proposed route taking into account any relevant school risk assessment policies and procedures. Refer to the Before the lesson section in Lesson 5 to prepare for this lesson. Please be aware this lesson may take longer than 1 hour.
Suggested prior learning
Y1/2: What is it like to live in Shanghai? (Cycle B)
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Lessons
Y1/2: Lesson 1 (Cycle B): Where are the continents?
Y1/2: Lesson 2 (Cycle B): Where are the coldest places on Earth?
Y1/2: Lesson 3 (Cycle B): Where is the Equator?
Y1/2: Lesson 4 (Cycle B): What is life like in a hot place?
Y1/2: Lesson 5 (Cycle B): Do we live in a hot or cold place?
Y1/2: Lesson 6 (Cycle B): Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place?
Key skills
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Key knowledge
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Key vocabulary
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Unit resources
Assessment – Geography Y1/2 (Cycle B): Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place?
Assessment – Geography Y1/2 (Cycle B): Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place? Assessment resources for this unit. Use
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Knowledge organiser
Knowledge organiser A summary resource for pupils' use,
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Key vocabulary
Key vocabulary Subject resources
Policy support
Policy support This document outlines the intent and
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Geography: Long-term plans
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National curriculum mapping
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Geography: Pupil progression of skills
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Assessment A downloadable spreadsheet to record teacher
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- maintain attention and participate actively in collaborative conversations, staying on topic and initiating and responding to comments
- listen and respond appropriately to adults and their peers
- give well-structured descriptions, explanations and narratives for different purposes, including for expressing feelings’
See National curriculum - English key stages 1 to 2.
British values: Mutual respect.
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