Geography
“What is our knowledge
worth if we know nothing about the world which sustains us, nothing
about the natural systems and climate, nothing about other countries
and cultures?” Jonathan
Porrit, Forum for the Future.
KEY STAGE 1
Pupils start by examining
their immediate surroundings in the classroom, playground, school. They
study Geography based on their own experience in these well known areas,
and move on to study other places in a broader geographical sphere.
The topics studied are as follows:
| |
Term
1 |
Term
2 |
Term
3 |
Y1 |
Around the school |
Where in the World
is Barnaby Bear? |
Homes in hot places
Simple mapping |
Y2 |
An Island study
The Seaside |
A study
of an area different to our own.
Sight and glasses in
different countries of the World. |
KEY
STAGE 2
Pupils investigate a wider
range of peoples, places and environments. They make links between different
places in the world. They find out how people affect the environment
and how they are affected by it. They use a wider range of resources,
such as atlases, CD-ROMs, maps and aerial photographs.
Children follow geographical units of study such as Rivers, Natural Hazards, Weather and Seasons, Physical and Political Features on Regional/World Maps and developing map work skills.
KEY STAGE 3
Pupils investigate a wide
range of people, places and environments at different scales around
the world. They learn about geographical patterns and processes and
how political, economic, social and environmental factors affect contemporary
geographical issues. They also learn about how places and environments
are interdependent. They carry out geographical enquiry inside and outside
the classroom. In doing this they identify geographical questions, collect
and analyse written and statistical evidence, and develop their own
opinions. They use a wide range of geographical skills and resources
such as maps, satellite images and ICT.
