Geography

Statement of Intent 

We provide a high-quality geography education designed to inspire our children with a curiosity, fascination and appreciation of the world around them (We are inspired).

Our curriculum progresses in sequence so that it builds upon our pupils’ prior knowledge of their own locality extending to understand our world globally. We will equip our pupils with the diverse knowledge and understanding of people, places natural, human and physical knowledge and understanding that enable them to be inquisitive, resilient, caring, challenging geographers and future active global citizens, whilst providing our children with a sense of awe and wonder about the world they live in (We are resilient, We are caring, We are confident).

Thereby instilling them with the confidence to use and build upon their cultural capital, learning and experiences inside and outside of the classroom.

Through the framework of the National Curriculum 2014, the aim for geography is that all pupils:

• Develop contextual knowledge of the location of globally significant places – both terrestrial and marine – including their defining physical and human characteristics and how these provide a geographical context for understanding the actions of processes.
• Understand the processes that give rise to key physical and human geographical features of the world, how these are interdependent and how they bring about spatial variation and change over time.

Are competent in the geographical skills needed to:

• Collect, analyse and communicate with a range of data gathered through experiences of fieldwork that deepen their understanding of geographical processes.
• Interpret a range of sources of geographical information, including maps, diagrams, globes, aerial photographs and Geographical Information Systems (GIS).
• Communicate geographical information in a variety of ways, including through maps, numerical and quantitative skills and writing at length.

The school adopts a creative curriculum and where possible geography teaching will be included. Where this is not possible, geography will be taught discretely.

• Will create confident geographers and prepare them for the journey beyond.
• Is scaffolded by excellent teaching practices.
• Allows children to develop key geographical skills, including the gathering, communication and critical analysis of data and sources of information.
• Creates deep-seated learning and skills, as a permanent foundation for the next steps in progression.
• Promotes higher order analytical and creative thinking, in considering real world features, problems and solutions.
• Will challenge children to research information and think for themselves, give reasoned answers, work independently, be socially aware of local and global geographical issues, and develop good resilience and attitudes to learning.
• Creates fun, enjoyable, engaging, memorable learning experiences.
• Gives children the opportunity to consider and apply cross-curricular learning.