Vocabulary is the focus of this week’s Talk Time.
Thinking about the new topic vocabulary, I can begin to use these words at home.
This half term, we’re all being geographers, learning specifically about British geography. Here’s a list of key words that are being learnt and applied as part of our learning:
Years 1 and 2 Geography vocabulary:
| atlas | a collection of maps, usually in a book |
| city | a large town |
| compass | a tool for finding direction |
| locality | an area or neighbourhood |
| landmark | an object or feature of a locality that has importance and can be used to help find your way. |
| physical geography | Physical geography looks at the natural things in our environment. |
| human geography | Human geography looks at changes in the environment by humans. |
| to survey | to find the opinions of a group of people by asking them questions |
| issue | an important topic or problem that needs discussion |
Years 3 and 4 Geography vocabulary:
| grid reference | a location on a map which is found using numbered lines |
| Ordnance Survey (OS) | Britain’s mapping agency |
| scale | the relationship between distance on a map and the matching distance on the ground |
| county | a region within a country |
| settlement type | places where people live and work |
| land-use | the specific purpose that an area of land is used for |
| compass points | the marks on a compass that show direction |
Years 5 and 6 Geography vocabulary:
| national park | an area set aside by the government for the preservation of the natural environment |
| six figure grid reference | contains six numbers which give a precise location on a map |
| city expansion | Also called urban sprawl, this is the increase in built up area of a city. |
| urban green space | any vegetated land or water within an urban area |
| carbon stores | places where carbon is stored in the environment |
| quantitative data | data which can be written in numbers |
| qualitative data | data that can be written in words, not numbers |
| soundscape | a qualitative record of the sounds in any environment |
| sampling | a way of collecting fieldwork data without measuring everything |
Some of these words have already been discussed in lessons but there may be others that are going to be covered in the coming weeks.
Encourage your child to think back to their geography learning so far. The following questions might prompt your child to remember even more about the vocabulary:
- What does this word mean?
- Can you use the word in a sentence?
- Can you (where possible) give an example of this?
- Have you seen a picture or clip that links to that word?
- Can you link this word to one or more of the other words?