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KS1 Readin ess (Reception → Year 1)People, Culture & Communities / Natural World (ELG)- Describe their immediate environment using knowledgefrom observation, discussion, stories, non fiction texts and maps.- Know some similarities and differences betweendifferent religious and cultural communities in this country, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class.- Explain some similarities and differences between life inthis country and life i n other countries, drawing on knowledge from stories, non fiction texts and, when appropriate, maps.- Recognise some environments that are different to the- Knows where they live and describes the route toural and human made features in the local environment.- Follows and creates simple maps of the classroom,school grounds and familiar stories.- Uses simple positional and directional language (near,with a contrasting place encountered in stories or non fiction (e.g. a hot country, a cold country, a city, the seaside).- Name, locate and identify characteristics of the fourcountries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas.Name and locate the world's seven continents and five oceans.- Understand geographical similarities and differencesthrough studying the human and physical geography of a small area of the United Kingdom, and of a small area in a contrasting non - European- Identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in theUnited Kingdom and the location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles.- Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to keyphysical featur es (including: beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill, mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil, valley, vegetation, season and weather) and key human features (including: city, town, village, factory, farm, house, office, port, harbour and shop).