Support mixed-age geography teaching with this Year 3 and 4 mixed age geography block exploring UK counties, cities and key geographical features through the engaging theme of sport. Designed for combined Year 3 and Year 4 classes, this unit forms part of our wider mixed-age geography scheme of work for Lower KS2.
Pupils strengthen their locational knowledge of the UK while developing map and atlas skills, comparing places and investigating how people travel between locations. The sporting focus provides a practical and relatable context for geographical enquiry and fieldwork.
Recognised as Highly Commended by the Geographical Association, our Glorious Geography scheme supports clear progression across mixed-age classrooms while helping teachers deliver engaging and well-sequenced geography lessons.
This geography block forms part of our wider two-year geography cycle for mixed-age primary classes.
For schools teaching mixed-age Lower KS2 classes, the Year 3 and Year 4 geography units are organised into a two-year cycle.
In the first year of the cycle, pupils complete the Cycle A geography units. In the second year, pupils move onto the Cycle B blocks. This approach ensures pupils experience the full Lower KS2 geography curriculum without repeating the same lessons.
The units can be delivered through weekly geography lessons or through blocked geography teaching across alternate half terms, depending on how geography is organised within your curriculum.
This mixed-age geography block is adapted from our single-age Year 3 geography unit. You can also explore the standard Year 3 UK counties and cities geography block to view the original unit outcomes and progression.
This Year 3 and 4 mixed age geography block helps pupils understand how the UK is organised into countries, counties and major cities. Through map work, route planning and geographical enquiry, pupils explore human and physical features while investigating places connected through sport and travel.
The lessons are designed to support progression across mixed-age Lower KS2 classes. Younger pupils build confidence locating places and using simple geographical vocabulary, while older pupils apply their understanding more independently through comparison, interpretation and fieldwork activities.
This is the third block in the Cycle A sequence for Year 3 and 4 mixed age geography. It builds on earlier place knowledge and prepares pupils for future learning about settlements, physical geography and wider regional studies across Lower KS2.
The unit can be taught flexibly within different curriculum structures. Many schools choose to teach geography through blocked units across alternate half terms, while others deliver shorter weekly geography lessons throughout the term.
Created by subject specialists and recognised as Highly Commended by the Geographical Association, our Glorious Geography scheme supports progression from EYFS geography through to KS2 geography.
