Geography Curriculum
Our Geography Curriculum
Our Geography curriculum ensures we have covered the skills and knowledge required to meet the aims of the National Curriculum. The content allows for a broader, deeper understanding of the four areas of geography, identified in the curriculum (locational and place knowledge / human and physical geography / geographical skills and fieldwork). It aims to develop contextual knowledge of the location of globally significant places and understanding of the processes that give rise to key physical and human geographical features of the world, along with how they bring about variation and change over time. We intend to develop children’s curiosity and a fascination of the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. There are opportunities for investigating places around the world as well as physical and human processes. The lessons are intended to improve children’s geographical vocabulary, map skills and geographical facts and provide opportunities for consolidation, challenge, and variety to ensure interest and progress.
In KS1, children begin to use maps and recognise physical and human features to do with our school, the local area, building to using maps to explore the continents and oceans of the world in year 2. Further, in year 2, children will begin to compare where they live to places outside of Europe and ask and answer geographical questions. In KS2, map skills are developed further using digital maps, more keys and symbols and children begin to use more fieldwork skills. Through revisiting and consolidating skills, our lessons and resources help children build on prior knowledge alongside introducing new skills and challenge. All children expand on their skills in local knowledge, place knowledge, human and physical geography, geographical skills and fieldwork. Across both key stages, children have a range of opportunities to experience geography through practical engaging tasks beyond the classroom. Key vocabulary are also highlighted, to be used by children to deepen their geographical knowledge.
Our Geography Curriculum
Level expected at the End of EYFS
We have selected the Early Learning Goals that link most closely to the Geography National Curriculum:
Understanding the World
- Children draw information from a simple map.
- Recognise some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries.
- Explore the natural world around them.
- Describe what they see, hear and fell whilst outside.
- Recognise some environments that are different to the one in which they live.
- Understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them.
Early Learning Goals:
People, Culture and Communities
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Describe their immediate environment using knowledge from observation, discussion, stories, non-fiction texts and maps;
- Know some similarities and differences between different religious and cultural communities in this country, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class;
- Explain some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries, drawing on knowledge from stories, non-fiction texts and – when appropriate – maps.
The Natural World
- Children at the expected level of development will:
- Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants;
- Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class;
- Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around them, including the seasons and changing states of matter.
Key Stage 1 National Curriculum | |
Locational Knowledge Pupils should be taught to:
Place Knowledge Pupils should be taught to:
Human and Physical Geography Pupils should be taught to:
- key physical features, including: beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill, mountain, sea, ocean, - key human features, including: city, town, village, factory, farm, house, office, port, | Geographical Skills and Fieldwork Pupils should be taught to:
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Key Stage 2 National Curriculum Expectations | |
Locational Knowledge Pupils should be taught to:
Place Knowledge Pupils should be taught to:
| Human and Physical Geography Pupils should be taught to:
- physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, - human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity Geographical Skills and Fieldwork Pupils should be taught to:
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