VISION STATEMENT
Geography allows children to explore the interactions between themselves and both the physical and human world around them; at Moorlands we seek to inspire in children a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people and nuture explorative thinkers. Our aim is to promote the children’s interest and understanding of diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments.
We want children to appreciate their personal geography and through the exploration of this subject inspire awe, wonder and understanding of our ever-changing world. Geography can help children make links between their own experiences to that of others around the world; they will begin to understand their rights and responsibilities to people and the environment, and gain an understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes.
At Moorlands, we will begin to explore aspects of geography beginning in EYFS as part of Understanding the World and develop this knowledge progressively as the children continue through school following the framework set out in the Geography National Curriculum (2014). Through fieldwork, research and enquiry we aim to guide children towards becoming keen geographers with an appreciation of the diversity of the world that is beyond our own locality and culture.
AIMS
Our aims in the teaching of geography at Moorlands are:
- To inspire pupils about the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives.
- To provide pupils with knowledge about diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments.
- To develop a growing knowledge about the world to deepen their understanding of the interaction between physical and human processes, and of the formation and use of landscapes and environments.
- To enable pupils to have an understanding and skills to communicate geographical knowledge effectively.
- To provide children with the frameworks to learn and explain how the Earth’s features at different scales are shaped, interconnected and change over time.
DELIVERY
Geography at Moorlands is delivered by class teachers or HLTAs following the ‘Kapow’ scheme of work which supports attainment targets set out in the National Curriculum (2014). Wherever possible, children will experience a hands-on, enquiry-led approach to geography. Each unit will ensure that children participate in purposeful fieldwork and encourage children to communicate their findings in a variety of ways.
We value each child as individuals and inclusion is key to the delivery of our curriculum. Teachers and HLTAs use a range of strategies to meet SEND needs in each class to ensure full accessibility as well as providing appropriate challenges.
COVERAGE
From Year 1 through to Year 6, our Geography units are sequenced to provide a coherent scheme of learning that develops children’s geographical knowledge, skills and subject disciplines. Where opportunities arise we endeavour to make meaningful connections to other areas of the curriculum to deepen understanding. Key geographical concepts and skills are revisited and woven into all units to ensure attainment targets are met at the end of each key stage; they increase in complexity as children progress through the school allowing them to revise and build on previous learning.
In EYFS, Geography is covered through ‘Understanding The World’. Through this specific area of development the children are guided to make sense of their physical world and their community. A wide range of activities to increase personal experience in this area will help children understand their culturally, socially and ecologically diverse world.
GEOGRAPHY COVERAGE AND PROGRESSION: EYFS – KS2
SAMPLE KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS: KS1 – KS2
KEY VOCABULARY: EYFS – KS2
ASSESSMENT
Each unit of work in geography will be assessed by teacher judgement and retrieval tasks; these formative assessments are made regularly to inform the teacher of the children’s understanding to ensure progress and that the next steps are appropriate. An end of unit assessment is then undertaken to check children’s overall understanding of the topic.
