About this curriculum
At Widey Court Primary School, our vision is to allow children to develop an understanding of the geographical world around them, starting with our school and the local environment before moving on to explore locations around the UK and then the wider world.
Intent
The children will participate in sequences of lessons that will be closely linked to the aims and objectives outlined in the National Curriculum. Children will develop knowledge and understanding focused on the four areas of the geography curriculum:
- Locational Knowledge
- Place Knowledge
- Human and Physical Geography
- Geographical Skills and Fieldwork
Throughout the year groups and Key Stages, the children’s knowledge and understanding will be reviewed through our ROCKS PowerPoints and then this will be developed further and used in practical situations. Children will be given opportunities to answer the geographical enquiry question at the end of each unit.
Implementation
EYFS
- Understanding the World- People and Communities
- Understanding the World- The World
The children will explore and create maps of the school and practice following simple directions. They will compare England and China, including looking at New Year celebrations. Throughout the year they will explore the different seasons and how the environment and weather changes.
KS1
- Locational Knowledge
- Place Knowledge
- Human and Physical Geography
- Geographical Skills and Fieldwork
In KS1 the children will explore the local area surrounding the school (Crownhill) before looking at Plymouth as a whole, then compare Plymouth to Cairns in Australia. They will explore locations by looking at the human and physical features present in each area. They will learn to use maps to identify locations including the countries in the UK, their capital cities and surrounding seas, identify key landmarks and practice following directions moving from left, right, forwards and backwards to north, south, east and west. They will explore keys and create maps using their own keys.They will learn the names and locations of the 7 continents and the 5 oceans but also develop an understanding of how the oceans are linked. The children will gain knowledge of how weather and climate changes depending on where in the world you are.
KS2
- Locational Knowledge
- Place Knowledge
- Human and Physical Geography
- Geographical Skills and Fieldwork
In KS2 children will
Whilst fieldwork is incorporated throughout the curriculum, all children will participate in ‘Fieldwork Fortnight’ each year where they will focus on answering a key question linked to our local environment.
Impact
Through lesson observations and child interviews, children will be able to demonstrate their increased geographical knowledge and understanding. Fieldwork will show that the children can apply their skills to gather information as well as interpreting data to explain what they have discovered. Book looks and planning security will show a clear sequence and progression of learning across each year group, key stage and the whole school.
