Purpose

• To inspire a love of cultural knowledge and understanding of our local environment and the world beyond
• To understand how human processes and physical processes interact, and the effect they have on the human and physical environment
• To develop and nurture inquisitive minds and to equip the children with skills in order to find answers to their geographical questions
• To develop a broad locational knowledge and helping to establish a sense of identity and place in our world

Process

Our curriculum is designed to include:

• regular fieldwork opportunities, making use of community links and local expertise
• opportunities for residential visits for different year groups
• specific lessons on reading and making maps at different scales
• access to different kinds of maps in the classroom and on the wall with topic appropriate geographical vocabulary displayed
• use of classroom maps to make links to different subjects
• an awareness of current affairs through the use of BBC Newsround, Geographical Association or Royal Geographical Society and discussions to encourage curiosity about the world and global current events
• opportunities to take part in charity events, raising awareness and empathy of global issues

Product

• Understand the cause and effect of different physical and human processes – how their actions affect the world around them and those who live in it and how to make a positive contribution
• View themselves as global citizens and to question human behaviour in order to sustain and improve the environment
• Have a thirst for knowledge and be well prepared , skills-wise, for the next stage of their education