The aim of this unit is to: 

• Develop contextual knowledge of the location of globally significant places, both terrestrial and marine 

• Understand the processes that give rise to key physical and human geographical features of the world (e.g. formation of the pyramids, desserts, destruction of landmarks over time, weather) 

• Help children to develop knowledge about the world 

• Help children begin to name, locate and identify characteristics of significant countries in the world 

• Help children to understand geographical similarities and differences through studying another country compared to our own 

• Help children to identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in another country 

• Enable children to use world maps, atlases and globes to identify another country/continent and its surrounding seas 

• Allow children to use basic geographical vocabulary such as city, river, hill, mountain, sea season, weather, town, village, shop, factory, farm, office, port, desert, building, structure, market