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Year 1
Year 1 Humanities work is linked with Science.

Year 1 Humanities work is linked with Science.

Year 1 Humanities work is linked with Science.
Year 2
My address/location,
Map UK - where I live in the world,
Journey to school.

Villages, towns and cities and characteristics of each.
Weather maps,
Weather in different parts of the world,
Homes in different climates.

Looking at our school,
Compass points,
Co-ordinates,
Map of Europe and Map of the World
Year 3
Planet Earth: Landscapes, Continents and Composition of British Isles.
Weather - hot/cold places,
Rainforest/deserts/polar lands
Water - importance, variety of forms

Transport: Ways of travelling, movement of people and goods (relate to local Area),
Places : UK - Scotland - landscape/ weather/people.
Europe - France - landscape/ economy - rural & industrial

Work: Food and Farming in the British Isles/ World Wide,
Focus on dairy farming.
Settlement - villages in UK and world wide - Local study of a village.
Environment: Caring for the countryside, habitats, plants and animals.
Year 4
Planet Earth:
The Seashore - What is it like? What can you find? How do people look after it?
Rivers - rivers and valleys, features of a river system, using and caring for rivers. Weather - recording, forecasts, how it affects us.
Maps and Plans - UK, Map skills

Settlements: Towns - features of a town, local area and towns around UK, local study of a town.
Transport: routes and journeys.
Work - making things and factories.
Environment: caring for towns

Interaction between people and their environment
Places: Northern Ireland (UK) - Work/ landscape/ people.
Germany (Europe) - Work/ landscape/ people.
Central and North America (World) - living in Jamaica
Maps and Plans - inc UK & World and skills.
Year 5
Places: Wales (UK)- Settlement features work,
Greece (Europe) - Landscape/ climate comparisons with UK
South America (World) - landscape/ people, Brazil and the Amazonian Rainforest focusing on vegetation, people, issues of development.
Manaus: a study of a city in the rain forest

Map Skills - plans, journeys, compass, grid squares, symbols, use of colours, scale and distance.
Places on Maps - UK, Europe and Worldwide.
Transport - links and different methods of transport.
Work - shops - large and small.
Economic activities.

Planet Earth:
Seas and Oceans,
Climate and Weather UK and Worldwide.
Affects of different climates and the Seasons.
Soils - rivers wearing away the land, soil profile, soil movement and erosion.
Settlements: Cities - UK and Worldwide.
Local study of a city.
Year 6
World: India - (Chembokolli)
What is it like? The climate, people and life.
Farming - Land ownership/poverty,
Development and policies.

Planet Earth:
Earthquakes and volcanoes
Water - Uses of water, clean water and saving water. Weather - Local weather conditions, air pollution.
Settlement - Planning Issues. Transport - Road traffic issues.

Work - Types of work
Environment - Conservation
Places - UK - England, Europe and the European Union

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