Geography Statement
Curriculum Drivers:
Purposeful Empowering Relevant Experiential Memorable
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Our Geography curriculum inspires in our children a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people. Through their learning in Geography, our children develop their knowledge of significant places including our local area, the city of Coventry, the United Kingdom and the wider world. Through our Geography curriculum, our children develop a range of skills as geographers including map work, fieldwork and geographical enquiry. Through Geography, our children are enabled to consider God’s creation and their responsibility as global citizens.
The aims of the Geography curriculum at St Anne’s Catholic Primary School are:
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| Underpinned by... | High expectations | Modelling | Fluency | Vocabulary |
| All children are expected to succeed from their starting points, developing an enthusiasm and enjoyment of geographical learning and discovery. | Teachers teach the knowledge and skills to succeed in Geography, providing examples and modelling high expectations. | Children can apply and link their Geography skills to all areas of the curriculum and daily life. | Subject specific vocabulary is taught, applied and built upon as topics are revisited to ensure understanding. | |
| Implementation | Curriculum coverage and progression | Geographical skills | Enrichment | Homework |
| The acquisition of core knowledge (knowing what) and core skills (knowing how) is an integral part of our Geography lessons. See below for links to the core concepts and skills covered at in each year, as well as a whole school progression document. | Children develop an excellent knowledge of where places are and what they are like, both in the UK and wider world. They gain a comprehensive understanding of the ways in which places are interdependent and interconnected. An extensive base of geographical knowledge and vocabulary is built up. | Walks in the local area, field trips to sites of geographical and scientific interest and visits by local experts are all important parts of the curriculum. In Reception and Key Stage 1, weekly Outdoor Learning sessions allow pupils to develop their practical and independent learning skills. | Homework may provide the opportunity for wider research, creativity or connection making. | |
| Whole school events | Support and challenge | Questioning | Cross-curricular links | |
| All children take part in a range of Geography events, particularly centred around fieldwork. | Teachers create a positive attitude to Geography learning within their classrooms and reinforce an expectation that all children can achieve high standards. Children are supported and challenged in their learning. | Carefully planned questioning encouraged deeper thinking and reasoning. Open questions are used to enable the pupils to explore their own ideas and clarify their thinking. We aim to follow children’s interests by incorporating their questions in our planning and learning. | Geography is taught as a subject within a topic approach. Close links are developed with many other curriculum areas for example English, DT, History, Maths, Modern Foreign Languages, RE and Science. | |
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| Pupils develop the ability to apply questioning skills, carry out fieldwork, collect data and present their findings effectively. Children are taught to reach clear conclusions and explain their findings in a well-balanced manner. | Each lesson contains an element of Flashbacks to prior learning as a low stakes recall opportunity. | |||
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Pupil voice | Evidence in Knowledge | Evidence in skills | Outcomes |
| Impact | Pupil voice is used to develop the Geography curriculum, through questioning of pupils’ views and attitudes towards Geography. Book scrutiny, professional dialogue and governor visits are all used regularly. | Pupils show an understanding of both human and physical Geography, including how places are interdependent and interconnected. They show excellent fieldwork skills and fluent use of relevant vocabulary. | Teachers ensure that skills are built and developed throughout children’s time at the school. Pupils can apply their knowledge of Geography when using equipment or conducting experiments and fieldwork. They continue to ask questions and be curious about the Earth and local surroundings. | Pupils’ achievements reflect planned outcomes. Children achieve Age Related Expectations (ARE) at the end of their cohort year and are fully prepared for their next stage of learning. Children who have gaps in their knowledge receive appropriate support and intervention to ensure that progress is made. |
Click Here for Year 1 Geography Concepts and Skills.
Click Here for Year 2 Geography Concepts and Skills.
Click Here for Year 3 Geography Concepts and Skills.
Click Here for Year 4 Geography Concepts and Skills.
Click Here for Year 5 Geography Concepts and Skills.
Click Here for Year 6 Geography Concepts and Skills.
Click Here for St Anne's RC Whole School Geography Concepts and Skills Progression Document.