Curriculum Intent

Our Geography curriculum is designed to ignite curiosity and foster a deep understanding of the world, empowering pupils to become informed and responsible global citizens. Beginning in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), children explore their immediate environment, developing observational skills and basic geographical concepts. As they progress through Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, students expand their knowledge to include the local area, the United Kingdom, Europe, and the wider world, studying diverse cultures, environments, and global issues. Fieldwork is integral to our curriculum, with students conducting investigations in their local area each year, honing skills in observation, data collection, and analysis. Through comparative studies, cultural exploration, and discussions on global issues, students develop an appreciation for the diverse ways people live and a sense of responsibility towards the planet and its people. By the end of Year 6, students will have acquired proficiency in map reading, fieldwork techniques, and critical thinking, enabling them to analyse geographical issues and propose solutions, all while understanding their role as global citizens.

National Curriculum Purpose of study - Geography

A high-quality geography education should inspire in pupils a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. Teaching should equip pupils with knowledge about diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes. As pupils progress, their growing knowledge about the world should help them to deepen their understanding of the interaction between physical and human processes, and of the formation and use of landscapes and environments. Geographical knowledge, understanding and skills provide the frameworks and approaches that explain how the Earth’s features at different scales are shaped, interconnected and change over time.

Aims

The national curriculum for Geography aims to ensure that all pupils:

1. 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
2. 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
3. are competent in the geographical skills needed to
4. collect, analyse and communicate with a range of data gathered through experiences of fieldwork that deepen their understanding of geographical processes
5. interpret a range of sources of geographical information, including maps, diagrams, globes, aerial photographs and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
6. communicate geographical information in a variety of ways, including through maps, numerical and quantitative skills and writing at length