Geography

GEOGRAPHY

Intent
At North Tawton Primary School, it is our intent for the Geography element of our school curriculum to inspire pupils with 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. Teaching should develop 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 understand the relationship between physical and human processes, and of the formation and use of landscapes and environments.
We want our children to gain confidence and enjoy the practical experiences of geography. Children should have the skills to explain a range of aspects studied and have a broad vocabulary which can be applied across all units.

Aims
The national curriculum for geography aims to ensure that all pupils

develop contextual knowledge of the location of globally significant places – both land based and marine – including their defining physical and human characteristics and how these provide a geographical context for understanding the actions of processes
understand the processes that give rise to key physical and human geographical features of the world, how these are interdependent and how they bring about changes over time

Are capable in the geographical skills needed to

collect, analyse and use a range of data gathered through experiences of fieldwork that deepen their understanding of geographical processes
interpret a range of sources of geographical information, including maps, diagrams, globes, aerial photographs and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
communicate geographical information in a variety of ways, including through maps, quantitative examples/analysis and writing at length

Implementation
At North Tawton Primary School, we implement a progressive Geography curriculum which builds on prior knowledge and skills year on year. Pupils will revisit geographical skills and knowledge in order to embed and deepen understanding, and at the start of each unit, they have an opportunity to show what they already know in an elicitation task. Consideration is given to how the wide range of abilities will be catered for within each lesson, as well as how learners will be supported as part of the school’s commitment to inclusion. Children have access to knowledge organisers containing key language and information in order to support their learning and cross-curricular links are woven into a unit, providing pupils with opportunities to demonstrate their knowledge in other subjects. At the end of a unit, pupils complete an end of unit quiz in order to show case their understanding.

Impact
The impact of our Geography curriculum is that our pupils are equipped with the geographical skills and knowledge for life as an adult in the wider world and to enable them to be ready for the secondary curriculum. Pupils will be able to discuss their learning and demonstrate their knowledge and understanding through a range of activities. Through their studies in Geography, children will learn about the features, diversity, wonder and importance of our world and how it should be treated, setting them up to be responsible global citizens.

OUR CURRICULUM

GEOGRAPHY	AUTUMN	SPRING	SUMMER
YEAR 1	Weather & Climate	UK	Local Area
YEAR 2	Continents & Oceans	Hot & Cold Places	Mugumareno Village, Zambia
YEAR 3	Rivers	Rain Forests	European Region (Greece)
YEAR 4	Volcanoes & Earthquakes	Climate Zones	Rio, SE Brazil
YEAR 5	Mountains	South America - The Amazon	North America
YEAR 6	United Kingdom		Local Area & region

gEOGRAPHY CURRICULUM PROGRESSION