2025/2026

Spring 2

Year 3/4 - UK Geography: the South West

Key end points of this unit:

• Counties in the south west of England include Dorset, Cornwall, Devon and Gloucestershire.
• The south west is one of the warmest parts of Britain.
• Key physical features include Dartmouth National Park and Exmoor.
• Farming and tourism bring a lot of money to the south west.

The children will be learning about this important region of their country in order to compare and contrast it to their own. They will develop an understanding of how different industries, like farming and tourism, can impact the local communities. It will also strengthen their place knowledge, including cities and counties. The unit offers the children opportunities to develop their understanding of human and physical geography and the relationship between the two. 

Year 5/6 - Australia

Key end points of this unit:

• Australia is large country situated in the southern hemisphere
• It includes major cities such as Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne.
• The country is split into regions, including Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales.
• The Australian outback in the middle of the country is very dry, which means many cities are located near the coast.
• Australia's size means it has different climates, biomes and time zones. 

The children will broaden their knowledge of the wider world by exploring their first country in the southern hemisphere. This will include a history of the country, particularly how the country changed once Britain arrived to make it part of the empire in the 1700s. An understanding of the range of biomes in the country will help the children to identify scale and the impact of this. Students will have the opportunity to make cross-curricular links with our previous work on the British Empire in History.