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Year 2

The UK: what kind of place is it?

6 lessons

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  • Diversity
  • Land use and settlement
  • Natural resources
  • The UK and regions
  • Water and rivers

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This unit introduces the United Kingdom as a country made up of four nations. Pupils learn to name and locate the nations, capital cities and surrounding seas, and explore distinctive geographical features across the UK using maps and images.

This unit introduces national-scale geography through a focused study of the UK, including its countries, capitals and surrounding seas, as outlined in the National Curriculum. Its placement builds on pupils’ locational knowledge and prepares them for regional comparisons in later units.

  1. The UK and its surrounding seas
  2. The countries and capital cities of the UK
  3. Geographical features in Scotland
  4. Geographical features in England
  5. Geographical features in Wales
  6. Geographical features in Northern Ireland

  • Some experience of locating and mapping their local area, naming basic geographical features and using maps at this scale.
  • A basic understanding of the world as a framework of continents and countries and oceans.
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