Support mixed-age geography teaching with this Year 3 and 4 mixed age geography block exploring settlements, land use and change over time. Designed for schools teaching combined Year 3 and Year 4 classes, this block forms part of our mixed age geography scheme of work for lower KS2 and provides a clear sequence of lessons that works effectively in mixed-age classrooms.
The lessons follow the same carefully sequenced structure as our single-year units but are organised so that pupils in mixed age lower KS2 classes experience the full geography curriculum without repeating the same topics.
As part of our Glorious Geography scheme, recognised as Highly Commended by the Geographical Association, this block helps pupils understand how settlements develop and how land is used and changed over time. Teaching slides, differentiated activities, vocabulary support and fieldwork ideas are included to help teachers deliver engaging human geography lessons in mixed-age classrooms while encouraging pupils to investigate their own local area.
For schools teaching mixed age classes, the Year 3 and Year 4 geography units can be organised into a two-year cycle.
In the first year of the cycle, pupils follow the Cycle B geography blocks. In the second year, pupils follow the Cycle A blocks of lessons. This prevents repetition and ensures that pupils in mixed age lower KS2 classes experience a broad and balanced geography curriculum.
Click here to view the unit outcomes in the single-age version.
This Year 3 and 4 mixed age geography block helps pupils explore how people shape places. Through mapwork, enquiry questions and local fieldwork, pupils investigate land-use patterns, compare different types of settlements, and consider how places change over time.
Tasks are structured to support both year groups: younger pupils develop an understanding of key human geography ideas, while older pupils build confidence using four-figure grid references, interpreting maps and explaining land-use decisions.
This is the third block in the Cycle B sequence for Year 3 and 4 mixed age geography. It follows the natural disasters and mountains/rivers units taught earlier in Cycle B and provides a balanced mix of physical and human geography.
Download this Year 3 and 4 mixed age geography block as part of our primary geography scheme of work. Access lesson packs, slides and planning with a free trial and explore human geography with your mixed age class.
