Vocabulary Progression
Progression in Geographical Vocabulary at Dell Primary School 2021-2022.
Vocabulary is listed in the term that it is first introduced. This supports teachers in understanding progression and the prior knowledge that pupils have. Our curriculum is designed so that topic words are revisited throughout the curriculum.
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| KS1 Year A | KS1 Year B | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 |
Autumn 1 | Capital city Island Sea Atlas United Kingdom Landmark Compass London Thames North/South/ East/West |
| Ancient Wonder Fortification Mausoleum Emperor State Invasion Desert Citadel Sinkhole Mythology Society Civilisation | Lithosphere Pangea Continental Drift Hypothesis Trench Fault Line Ridge Boundary Convergent Divergent Transform boundary | Warm Current Cold Current Gulf Stream Tide Migrating Latitude Longitude Tropics | Mountain range European union Prehistoric Monument Political Political boundaries Conflict
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Autumn 2 | Names of the 5 oceans Names of the 7 continents Locate Continent Caribbean Sea Ocean Physical Feature Human Feature Similarities Differences |
| Humas Topsoil Subsoil Bedrock Crust Mantle Outer Core Inner Core Techtonic Plate Erupt Active Dorment Extinct Earthquake | Particle Solar Atmosphere Magnetic Canyon Geology Summit Erosion Geologist Diversity Species | Authority Politics Government Democracy Elected Constituents Economies Economics Power Natural resources Terrain
| Pole Polar region Ecosystem Permafrost Glaciers Thawing Reflect Ice cap Global warming |
Spring 1 | Town Country Village Lowestoft Suffolk England Map Aerial View Key
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| Agriculture Urban Rural Produce Farming Livestock Vegetation Climate Seed drill Drought Harvest Manure Global warming Arable Pastoral | Crop Food miles Processed foods Seasonality Temperate Tropical | Evaporation Condensation Precipitation Water vapour Accumulation Reservoir Flooding Dam Pesticides
| Resources Services Goods Generation Nuclear Biomass Solar power Wind power Renewable Non-renewable Carbon footprint Gigawatt
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Spring 2 | Northern Ireland Belfast Wales Cardiff Scotland Edinburgh North Sea English Channel |
| Equator Northern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere Temperature Depth Habitat Pollution Barrier Reef Coral Reef | British Isles 8 compass points Ben Nevis Scarfell Pike Prime Meridian County Pennines Topographical Map | Biome Vegetation belt Forest Tundra Grassland Desert Ice sheet Rainforest Temperate forest Tropical forest Adaption | Weathering Acid Dissolve Minerals Bay Headland Arch Dune Stack Stump Spit Deposition |
Summer 1 | Rural City Settlement Hamlet Local |
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Summer 2 | Beach Cliff Coast Erosion
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