at Sugar Hill Primary School
“It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.”
Sir David Attenborough
Our Intent:
The intention of the Geography curriculum at Sugar Hill is to inspire our pupils to become geographers and develop their understanding in 3 aspects of Geography:
- Contextual world knowledge of locations, places and geographical features via good quality resources and experiences
- Understanding the conditions, processed and interactions that explain the geographical features and changes over time
- Be competent in geographical enquiry and the application of skills in observing, collecting, analysing, evaluating and communicating geographical information through repeated practical activities
The knowledge and skills required to excel in this subject are set out in the progression documents below.
Geography and Cultural Capital:
We have planned our Geography curriculum so there are opportunities for the children to learn about all places across the world in a way that acknowledges their own experiences and builds on this throughout their school career. On this learning journey, they will have the opportunity to find out more about famous geographers, cartographers, explorers and modern-day commentators. They will also understand the reasons behind studies and explorations both historical and present-day. These will include social economic motives, environmental reasons, political purposes and a changing natural world. By its very nature, Geography will touch on every aspect of human life on earth.
Implementation:
Our Geography curriculum has been carefully planned and structured to reflect the knowledge of younger learners to more abstract learning for our older learners. The children’s learning journey starts with a focus on very familiar and small areas that they can relate to. Every year, the learning covers a wider area. In this way, the children have the opportunity to learn and develop their geographical knowledge, skills and vocabulary from a solid foundation. As they continue through their learning journey, the objectives get progressively more intricate and complex.
Our Long Term Plan
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| Geography Progression Document.pdf | Download |
All topic areas begin with a question. We encourage children to think about what they want to know about the topic and teachers plan around those questions. Although we ensure that we adhere to National Curriculum objectives, lessons are largely based on the interests of the children. The children will therefore be more engaged with the lessons and help them to retain information to their long term memories.
Impact
- Sugar Hill pupils will be confident at locating places on a range of maps, globes, atlases and digital
- Children will be able to compare and contrast many different aspects of geographical similarities and differences.
- They will have a deep understanding of human activity in the world, both positive and negative.
- Carry out fieldwork, building on prior skills and analyse any gathered data.
- Describe a location using correct geographical vocabulary
