Geography

We believe that it is important for pupils to have a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people. We want our children to be world class citizens, aware of the environmental issues that face our world and how they have a part to play in connecting with and protecting our world.

Through Geography our children have opportunities to become explorers, enquirers, environmentalists and global citizens. Our children begin to think like geographers through interpreting a range of sources such as maps, atlases, globes and photographs. Pupils develop knowledge about Earth’s key physical and human processes.

Non-negotiables for Geography:

· Explicitly teach the vocabulary identified for each topic.

· Opportunity for children to raise questions and engage in the decision-making process about the key questions the class choose to address

· Opportunities to sort, order, classify, group, compare & contrast information/data

· Opportunities to access the geographical context through drama/educational visit/maps and images/fieldwork/engaging with visitors to the school

· Reflections upon or responses to practical experience capturing key learning outcomes

· Opportunities to apply writing skills in the context of geography i.e. recounts, diary accounts, letters, newspaper articles, descriptions etc

· The opportunity to develop mapping skills within the context of the topic

· Comparisons between places and/or over time.

· Opportunities to relate the experiences people in other places in the world to their own experiences.

· Identification of climate/physical/human features of places.

· Impact of the weather/climate/terrain upon the people that live there

· Development of geographical vocabulary.

· There is an opportunity to reflect upon, research as appropriate and answer the key questions raised at the outset of the learning journey.