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Year 2

In Year 2, children will complete the following skills related to Geography:

Locational Knowledge:

- Name and locate the world’s seven continents and five oceans.

Place Knowledge:

- Understan d geographic al region in Europe, e.g. local hilly area with a flat one or under sea level. Link with Science, rocks.

Geographical Skills and Fieldwork:

- Use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognise landmarks and basic human and physical features; devise a simple map; and use and construct basic symbols in a key.

- Use simple compass Directions (North, South, East and West) and locational and directional language [for example, near and far; left and right], to describe the location of features and routes on a map.