Geography

We aim to provide a broad and rich Geography curriculum that allows all children to develop a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people. To achieve this, we provide pupils with diverse and differentiated learning opportunities, both through class-based lessons and additional learning opportunities, in order to inspire our pupils’ passion for the world around them. We provide a progressive curriculum which enables the children to build upon and extend their geographical skills and knowledge.

Class teachers will:

• Have a clear understanding of the key assessment criteria and sticky knowledge that the children will retain linked to each geographical learning context
• Support the needs of all learners through differentiation, scaffolding resources and alternate ways of recording work
• Carefully plan a cycle of lessons that build upon previous skills and knowledge and facilitate for progression within the subject
• Provide children with the opportunity to examine, interpret and evaluate a range of sources of geographical importance
• Extend learning opportunities through purposeful school trips, workshops and visitors
• Implement knowledge mats to reinforce key geographical vocabulary and sticky knowledge facts
• Build a secure understanding of geographical terms and vocabulary
• Develop links between Geography and the local community
• Support and promote British values, political awareness and current issues linked to Geography around the world
• Give children opportunities to collect, analyse and communicate a range of data gathered through fieldwork
• Provide opportunities for low-stakes quizzes in order to reinforce sticky knowledge
• Develop cross-curricular links with subjects such as Science and Maths
• Provide differentiated learning opportunities that extend all pupils understanding of Geography and provide sufficient challenge
• Promote Geography through meaningful working walls within the classroom and around school.

When leaving Horbury Primary Academy, children will:

• Have high levels of engagement and enjoyment when learning about Geography
• Know more, remember more and understand more about geographical sticky knowledge and be able to apply a range of geographical vocabulary
• Understand how and when to apply geographical skills
• Have a developed knowledge and understanding of the world around them and how it changes
• Show evidence of their progression against Key Assessment Criteria showing that they are working at the age-related expectations
• Be inquisitive and motivated to undertake and explore the world in which they live.