Linked to Development Matters
The Development Matters document indicates the units linked to people, culture and community for Reception. The information provided suggest one way these could be delivered in keeping with the geography units in other parts of the school.
There are three units that link with Key Stage 1 geography:
• Show interest in different occupations – Who are the people that help us?
• Recognise that people have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways – What and how do we celebrate? (It is recognised that this has close links with RE, but it also provides opportunities to explore geographical issues)
• Draw information from a simple map – What is a map?
The planning does not intend to imply a way of working. The methodology is very much up to the practitioners. It is the coverage that is outlined here.
| The outlines below offer more detail for each of the three before providing planning links below: | ||
| Who are the people that help us? | What and how do we celebrate? | What is a map? |
| •Invite different people to visit from a range of occupations, such as a plumber, a farmer, a vet, a member of the emergency services or an author •Plan and introduce new vocabulary related to the occupation and encourage children to use it in their speech and play. •Consider opportunities to challenge gender and other stereotypes. | •Weave opportunities for children to engage with religious and cultural communities and their practices throughout the curriculum at appropriate times of the year. •Help children begin to build a rich vocabulary with which to describe their own lives and the lives of others. | •Draw children’s attention to the immediate environment, introducing and modelling new vocabulary where appropriate •Familiarise children with the name of the road, and or village/ town/ city where the school is located •Look at aerial views of the school setting, encouraging children to comment on what they notice, recognising buildings, open space, roads and other simple features •Offer opportunities for children to choose to draw simple maps of their immediate environment or maps from imaginary story settings they are familiar with. |
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