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.’
(National Curriculum, 2013)
Our curriculum knowledge is categorised in 2 ways:
- Substantive knowledge - which gives pupils the knowledge about the world around them
- Disciplinary knowledge- which gives pupils the skills to think and act like geographers.
Our curriculum knowledge is separated into seven schema that are revisited and repeated throughout each year group, from EYFS to Year 6, to develop our children’s knowledge and understanding.
Source: Chris Quigley Geography Curriculum Companion
Our curriculum drivers shape our approach to teaching geography so that every opportunity is taken to relate geography to the needs of our pupils. Geography is studied throughout each academic year and across each key stage so that pupils can gain a growing developmental understanding of the matters, skills and processes in our curriculum.
Oracy
First Hand Experiences
Belonging
Adaptive teaching
