Geography
Intent:
At Camps Hill, our intent is for all children to develop a secure understanding of the human and physical features of the world around them. Through meaningful studies of both the local area and the wider world, pupils build a strong foundation of geographical knowledge that helps them make sense of their environment.
Over their time at Camps Hill, children learn to ask thoughtful questions, analyse a range of information sources and draw informed conclusions. Our curriculum is designed to nurture these skills progressively, enabling pupils to think like geographers.
We aim to foster a lifelong curiosity about the world, inspiring pupils to use their geographical understanding to explore, interpret and contribute positively to the communities and environments they encounter. By the time they leave Camps Hill, children will be confident, reflective and responsible learners with the skills to continue discovering and improving the world around them.
Implementation:
- Our Geography progression document ensures the children receive a broad and balanced curriculum, focussing on a range of geographical areas of learning, including a progression of skills and geographical vocabulary (from EYFS to Year 6).
- We use our skills wheels in every lesson (from Reception to Year 6) to help the children recognise which skills they are using, ensuring that prior skills are built upon.
- Geography is taught through investigation and enquiry, whenever possible, encouraging children to be 'Geographers' and looking at the world through the 'Eyes of a Geographer'.
- Our whole school Geography 'WoW' days provide active, first hand experiences for our children. This makes Geography learning both fun and memorable.
How we measure impact:
The National Curriculum has been broken down across Key Stage 1 and 2 to ensure that key skills and knowledge are taught.
At the end of the year, teachers will make judgements about pupil's understanding/application and record these on our assessment system. Pupils will be judged at working towards, at or beyond these age related expectations.
Skills Wheels