We want the children of Bearpark Primary School to know where they live and see the world beyond Bearpark School.
We do this by offering a range of opportunities including accessing outdoor learning and geographical enquiry. We want children to have purposeful skills to use in their life and to prepare them for Geography at Secondary Education.
The Curriculum has been sequenced to enable children to build on what they know and prior learning of their immediate geography to their global geography.
Progression in Fieldwork
Fieldwork at Bearpark Primary School
Long Term Plan
Bearpark Geography Geography 2025-2027
At Bearpark Primary, we teach Geography progressively, focussing on the key skills; working geographically covering map and fieldwork skills, and key knowledge.
We teach the children about the importance of our locality, starting in our village and then looking beyond in our county, country, continent and the whole world.
Bearpark Geography MTP and Progression-25-26-27
Geography in Early Years
Geographical Vocabulary
Class 1 & 2
- Country
- Continent
- Ocean
- United Kingdom (UK)
- England
- Scotland
- Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Capital city
- County
- Region
- Landmark
- Human features
- Physical features
- Settlement
- Urban
- Rural
- Lake
- Valley
- Mountain
- Hill
- Coastline
- Landscape
- Farming
- Tourism
- Industry
- Weather
- Climate
- Temperature
- Season
- Map
- Globe
- Atlas
- Key
- Legend
- Symbol
- Compass
- Direction (North, South, East, West)
- Aerial view
- Satellite image
- Equator
- Northern Hemisphere
- Southern Hemisphere
- Hemisphere
Class 3
- Latitude
- Longitude
- Prime Meridian
- Coordinates
- Grid reference (4-figure / 6-figure)
- Scale
- Distance
- Compass rose
- Contour lines
- Elevation
- Ordinance Survey (OS map)
- National Park
- Region
- Population
- Settlement
- Climate zone
- Tropical
- Polar
- Arctic
- Antarctic
- Desert
- Rainforest
- Ice cap
- Drought
- Biome
- Vegetation belt
- Ecosystem
- Habitat
- Tropical rainforest
- Savanna
- Temperate forest
- Taiga
- Tundra
Class 4
- Planet
- Solar System
- Orbit
- Axis
- Rotation
- Revolution
- Time zone
- International Date Line
- Tropics
- Arctic Circle
- Antarctic Circle
- Natural resources
- Population
- Adaptation
- Climate (in-depth study)
- Country (global comparisons)
- Capital city (global comparisons)
Geography in Action
