Geography Lead:  Miss S. Worth

‘Geography underpins a lifelong ‘conversation’ about the earth as the home of humankind’

                                                                                                    Geography Association 

A high-quality geography education should inspire in pupils a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. Teaching should equip pupils with knowledge about diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes. As pupils progress, their growing knowledge about the world should help them to deepen their understanding of the interaction between physical and human processes, and of the formation and use of landscapes and environments. Geographical knowledge, understanding and skills provide the framework and approaches that explain how the Earth’s features at different scales are shaped, interconnected and change over time’. 

At Our Lady Immaculate we aim for our Geography curriculum to encourage children to develop a greater understanding and knowledge of the world.  We inspire children to consider their place in the world, and their ability to effect change as ambassadors for the planet.  Through our teaching we encourage children to become inquisitive, critical thinkers and develop investigative skills progressively.  We seek to inspire in children a curiosity and fascination about the natural world and its people, through the study of its most significant physical and human features.

To help build our geography schema the curriculum has been organised into three key ‘concept thresholds’.  These the are big ideas that underpin the subject:

  • Investigate places
    This concept involves understanding the geographical location of places and their physical and human features.
  • Investigate patterns
    This concept involves understanding the relationships between the physical features of places and the human activity within them, and the appreciation of how the world’s natural resources are used and transported.
  • Communicate geographically
    This concept involves understanding geographical representations, vocabulary and techniques.

In Key Stage 1 children focus on developing their knowledge about the world, the United Kingdom and their own locality – they learn to locate the seven continents and five oceans while studying about the countries of the United Kingdom and their capital cities. Children develop their knowledge of the human and physical geography of the United Kingdom.

When children move to Key Stage 2, their learning extends beyond the local area and they develop their knowledge and understanding of the United Kingdom, Europe, as well as North and South America. Their learning at this stage focuses on the environmental, physical and human features of regions, countries and major cities.

Guardian -Eyewitness

BBC Bitesize

Ordnance Survey Maps

Worldmapper

Time for Geography