Learning To Become A Geographer

Geography

Intent

• An extensive base of geographical knowledge and vocabulary.
• An excellent knowledge of where places are and what they are like.
• An excellent understanding of how human and physical environments are interrelated.
• Highly developed fieldwork.
• A passion and curiosity for finding out about the world and people who live there.
• An awareness of current issues in the environment.

Implementation

• We use a variety of long term topics to link to our carefully planned and tailored curriculum.
• Planning is differentiated by year group in our mixed aged classes linking to the consolidation of English and maths objectives.
• Specific vocabulary teaching within lessons and developed through the specific knowledge organisers.
• Speech and language opportunities supported through regular drama.

Schemes

• Chris Quigley Essential Curriculum Milestones
• CLPE planning used a basis for English planning across school linking to History opportunities

Impact

• All children make good or better progress.
• Confident, resilient learners.
• An understanding and tolerance of diversity in our community and the world.