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Intent
This curriculum inspires our young geographers to flourish. All pupils, regardless of their starting point, are given the opportunities to deepen core knowledge and to develop a love for Geography. Our children will leave us feeling inspired and curious to find out even more. We ensure that pupils experience a wide breadth of study, to give them the cultural capital needed for success now and in the future. Within Geography we have a focus on understanding the world around us. We aim to make a geography curriculum which is inspirational and results in pupils knowing more and remembering more.
We believe that it is important to foster curiosity about the world and its people through a high qualitygeography education that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. Geographical knowledge, understanding and skills will provide the frameworks and approaches that explain how the Earth’s features at different scales are shaped, interconnected and change over time. We aim to equip pupils with knowledge about diverse places, people resources and natural and human environments. As pupil’s progress, their growing knowledge about the world should help them to deepen their understanding of the interaction between physical and human processes and the formation and use of landscapes and environments. Geography is, by nature, an investigative subject and we seek to inspire our children to ‘think like a geographer’ by asking questions and encouraging a critical understanding of big ideas and the use of key geographical vocabulary. We also want children to develop geographical skills: collecting and analysing data; using maps, globes, aerial photographs and digital mapping; and communicating information in a variety of ways.
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Aspirations
Pupils develop an understanding of how subjects and specific skills are linked to future jobs. Here are some of the jobs you could aspire to do in the future as a Geographer:
- Marine Biologist
- Helicopter Mission Controller
- Forester
- Farmer
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Impact
- Children will achieve age related expectations in Geography at the end of their cohort year
- Children will develop a curiosity about the world around them and be able to pose their own questions
- Children will work practically to investigate, find the answers and extend their understanding
- Children will be able to build on prior knowledge and link ideas together
- Children will retain knowledge that is pertinent to Geography within a real life context
- Children will have a richer vocabulary which will enable them to articulate their understanding of taught topics.