Geography

The intent of our Geography Curriculum is to:

• Develop an excellent knowledge of where places are, and what they are like.
• Promote a passion for, and commitment to, the subject, and a real sense of curiosity to find out about the world and the people who live there.
• Develop an excellent understanding of the ways in which places are interdependent and interconnected and how much human and physical environments are interrelated.
• Teach an extensive base of geographical knowledge and vocabulary.
• Develop fluency in complex, geographical enquiry and the ability to apply questioning skills and use effective analytical and presentational techniques.
• Promote the ability to reach clear conclusions and develop a reasoned argument to explain findings.
• Encourage significant levels of originality, imagination or creativity as shown in interpretations and representations of the subject matter.
• Make use of highly developed fieldwork and other geographical skills and techniques.
• Develop the ability to express well-balanced opinions, rooted in very good knowledge and understanding of current and contemporary issues in society and the environment.

The implementation of our Geography Curriculum:

Our geography projects are sequenced to provide a coherent subject scheme that develops children’s geographical knowledge, skills and subject disciplines.

Geographical locations are not specified in the national curriculum, so they have been chosen to provide a broad and diverse understanding of the world. Throughout the geography scheme, there is complete coverage of all national curriculum programmes of study.  Where there are opportunities for making meaningful connections with other projects, geography projects are sequenced accordingly.

The intended impact of our Geography Curriculum is that:

By the end of KS2, our children will have developed the geographical knowledge, vocabulary and skills to help them explore, navigate and understand the world around them and their place in it. Children’s knowledge and skills will develop progressively as they move through the school, not only to enable them to meet the requirements of the National Curriculum but to prepare them to become competent geographers in secondary education and beyond.

Mrs Davis is our Subject Leader for Geography.