Intent

• For children to be curious and inquisitive about their immediate and wider world and be creative in the way they think.
• For children to have good knowledge about diverse places, people, resources and the natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes.
• To create a passion for and commitment to the subject, and a real sense of curiosity to find out about the world and the people who live there.
• To facilitate the learning and understanding of an extensive base of geographical knowledge and vocabulary.
• Access to quality resources.
• Provide practical geographical learning opportunities where possible. Fieldwork, creating a river, local area walks, EYFS outdoor learning for example.
• To provide children with as many geographical experiences as possible as we know our children experience cultural capital. We have raised the profile of geography in school by purchasing a large world map and placing it in a key location for the children to access, use, engage with and learn from.
• Through a two-unit approach to delivering and teaching Geography, with all objectives revisited multiples times in each phase in different contexts, to help children to develop a deeper, more in depth Geographical understanding, embedding, consolidating and retaining learning over time.