Vision

Our geography curriculum aims to inspire and develop children’s inquisitiveness and fascination in both their immediate surroundings and in places and environments in the wider world. This, in turn, encourages children to become independent and ambitious with their learning through purposeful research, careful questioning and discussions. Our Geography curriculum encourages children to gain an awareness and understanding of diverse cultures and people through in-depth studies of countries and regions of the world.

We provide children with a wealth of opportunities to develop and apply their geographical skills in both the local area and beyond through our forest schools provision, local fieldwork, trips and residentials

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Policy

Curriculum Booklet

National Curriculum

Intent

  • To develop a lifelong curiosity and fascination of their immediate surroundings and in places and environments in the wider world.
  • To gain an awareness and understanding of diverse cultures and people.
  • To value their own and others’ surroundings and understand how they can impact our changing world.
  • To be active global citizens who value, respect and appreciate planet Earth and its people.
  • To be able to link and apply their geographical skills across the curriculum.

 

Features of effective Geography teaching:

  • to enable children to gain knowledge and understanding of places in the world;
  • to increase children’s knowledge of other cultures and, in so doing, teach a respect and understanding of what it means to be a positive citizen in a multi-cultural country;
  • to allow children to learn graphic skills, including how to use, draw and interpret maps;
  • to enable children to know and understand environmental problems at a local, regional and global level;
  • to encourage in children a commitment to sustainable development and an appreciation of what ‘global citizenship’ means;

• to develop a variety of other skills, including those of enquiry, problem solving, ICT, investigation and how to present their conclusions in the most appropriate way.