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Year 1 geography

Year 1 geography runs to 35 lessons across a 36 week year, for children aged 5 to 6 in Key Stage 1. Every lesson is listed below in teaching order.

The vocabulary a child meets this year includes school, address, postcode, aerial photograph, fieldwork, label, ground level photograph, job, interview, questions, locational language, map.

These lessons are written by Oak National Academy, the government-funded curriculum body, and are free to anyone. StudyDen sequences them, marks the answers and keeps the record.

Every Year 1 geography lesson

In the order they are taught. 35 lessons.

Local area: where do we go to school?

  1. Our School
  2. Our School From Above
  3. Our School in Ten Photos
  4. Jobs in Our School
  5. Describing Locations
  6. Fieldwork: Autumn in the School Grounds

Local area: where do we live?

  1. Our Homes
  2. Our Local Area
  3. The Street Outside Our School
  4. Buildings and Features Near Our School
  5. A Survey of How We Get to School
  6. Mapping Our Journey to School

Continents and oceans: what can we find out about the world?

  1. Earth View: Globes and Satellite Images
  2. Mapping the World: Locating the Continents
  3. The World's Five Oceans
  4. Rivers of the World
  5. Mountains and Landmarks of the World
  6. The UK's Place in the World

Seasons: how does the weather change through the year?

  1. Introducing the Weather
  2. Measuring the Weather
  3. Introducing the Seasons
  4. Weather and the Seasons: Spring
  5. Weather and the Seasons: Summer
  6. Weather and the Seasons: Autumn
  7. Weather and the Seasons: Winter

Local area: how do we read maps and plan routes?

  1. Locating Places in Our School Grounds
  2. Mapping Our School Grounds
  3. Planning a Route
  4. Fieldwork: Observing Geographical Features on Our Route
  5. Making a Map of Our Route
  6. Improving Our School Grounds

Local to global: how can we identify special places?

  1. Annotating Our Map of the School Grounds
  2. Describing and Locating Our Favourite Places
  3. The Seven Wonders of the Natural World
  4. Human Wonders of the World

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StudyDen puts the next geography lesson on the screen each morning, marks what your child types and writes the record as they go. The first lesson needs no card, then it is £29.99 a month for every child in the family.

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Common questions

What does Year 1 geography cover?
Year 1 geography runs to 35 lessons across a 36 week year, covering school, address, postcode, aerial photograph, fieldwork, label and more.
How many geography lessons are in Year 1?
35 lessons, sequenced in teaching order across the school year.
How old is a child in Year 1?
Children in Year 1 are 5 to 6 years old during the school year in England and Wales.