Subject on a page: Geography

 

Geography has been prioritised from the last inspection- exercise books demonstrate a depth of understanding and a record of learning that children use to recall previous learning.

Geography is clearly taught in the curriculum from EYFS to Y6.

The curriculum is planned to ensure increasingly demanding curriculum goals for all pupils .

The geography projects are well sequenced to provide a coherent subject scheme that develops children’s geographical knowledge, skills and subject disciplines.

There is a focus on language development, vocabulary acquisition and application.

The geography projects are well sequenced to provide a coherent subject scheme that develops children’s geographical knowledge, skills and subject disciplines.

Geographical locations are not specified in the national curriculum, so they have been chosen to provide a broad and diverse understanding of the world.

Where there are opportunities for making meaningful connections with other projects, geography projects are sequenced accordingly. For example, children revisit the geography of settlements in the history project School Days after studying types of settlements in the geography project Bright Lights, Big City.

All geography projects are taught in the autumn and spring terms, with opportunities for schools to revisit less secure concepts in the summer term.

Throughout the geography scheme, there is complete coverage of all national curriculum programmes of study.

Our curriculum allows you to interrogate the sequencing of curriculum aspects and concepts, vocabulary and connectivity of the geography scheme with other curriculum subjects.

Assessment & Monitoring in Geography

Formative Assessment Strategies Include;

✓ Asking the children to close books and recount learning with a focus on the core disciplinary aim

✓ Using low-stakes quizzes to recall cumulative learning

✓ Effective questioning that consolidates on prior responses

✓ Using the curriculum as ‘the progress model’ and recapping on prior learning from previous topics and years-what links can they make?