Key Stage 1 – Geography
Key Stage 1 Geography: Teaching for every child
- Children learn to use geographical skills, and resources including maps and plans, to find out about places:
- where features are located (for example, shops, bus stops, streams and trees)
- how and why features change (for example, heavy rain causing floods)
- how to care for the environment.
At this age they do this through their study of:
- the immediate neighbourhood of the school and the school’s own buildings and grounds
- a similar-sized area, either in the UK or overseas, that is different from the area in and around their school.
Key Stage 1 Geography: Targets for every child
Around age 7, most children are able to:
- describe the main features of places they study, using geographical words like ‘hill’, ‘river’, ‘motorway’
- understand how places may be similar to and different from each other
- recognise where things are and why they are there (for example, why a pedestrian crossing is on one part of a road rather than another)
- spot changes in the places they study
- see how people affect the environment
- find out about places by observing them, asking and answering questions and using other resources such as maps and photographs
- give their views about places
See our range of Geography Games
This information is supplied by Parents Centre and the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.
