Geography
Our Geography subject leader is Mrs N Evans
Our Governor link for Geography is Mrs K Townrow
Please see our long term curriculum plan for Geography:
Geography is covered through cross curricular topic work. Geographical work starts with the youngest children studying the relationship between places which they know and using play maps for cars, and develops to compass work, the interpretation of maps and the study of places beyond the pupil’s experience.
At Springvale Primary, it is our intention that Geography will inspire pupils with a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with them throughout their lives. We aim to offer opportunities for children to explore the world in order to develop an understanding of the human and physical world in which they live in and their place within it. We aim to promote the children’s interest and understanding about diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes. It is our intention that Geography will promote children’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural development helping them to have a greater understanding of their place in the world, and their rights and responsibilities to other people and the environment. We encourage the children to ask questions about the world and provide opportunities for them to develop geographical skills and knowledge to be able to answer them.
Through our Geography curriculum we aim to develop skills and knowledge that the children can use throughout their life including: • Developing an age-appropriate, accurate knowledge of the location of a wide range of globally significant places and develop their skills in describing the physical and human characteristics of these places. • Using their locational knowledge to provide a geographical context in which to study and understand important geographical processes. • Developing an understanding that these key processes play a vital role in the development of key physical world in which they live in and their place within it. We aim to promote the children’s interest and understanding about diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes
They should be able to discuss the interdependence of physical and human geography and how they bring about variation and change to the geographical landscape of an area.
Developing their ability to use key geographical vocabulary which is appropriate and accurate and which evolves from EYFS to Key stage 1 and through to key stage 2.
They should develop the skills to use and interpret a wide range of sources of geographical information including maps, diagrams, globes, aerial photographs and Geographical Information Systems (GIS).
Developing the skills to collect, analyse and present a range of data, gathered through experiences of fieldwork, to deepen their understanding of key geographical processes.
Developing the skills to be able to communicate geographical information in a variety of ways, including through maps, numerical and quantitative skills at writing.
It is our intention that the Geography curriculum will be both stimulating and motivating in order to capture the pupil’s curiosity and fuel their motivation to learn. The pupils should be provided with exciting learning opportunities so as they enjoy acquiring and developing their skills and knowledge and perceive the world as an interesting place. With a solid foundation upon which they can continue to build their knowledge, we hope that the children will continue to have a curiosity of the world throughout their life.
We encourage parents to take their children on local, national and international trips, then share their experiences on the school Twitter feed as well as ‘Show and Tell’ time in class. This greatly adds to their child’s knowledge and understanding of the world around them.
The topics below are used to cover all areas of the geography and history National Curriculum. The order that they may be studied may vary within the year.
FS1 and FS2 often share topics, Year 1 and year 2 have adopted a two year rolling cycle, as have years 3 and 4. Year 5 and year 6 work independently.
The gallery below showcases some of the Geography work from across school:
Useful Websites
https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/ lots of fiction and non-fiction book recommendations and excerpts. Search for your chosen subject/topic.
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ Contains links to interactive resources based on all subject areas.
http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/ http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/ A very odd combination of random Science, History, Art and Literacy activities but interactive and fun!
http://www.coxhoe.durham.sch.uk/ Go to ‘curriculum’ and choose the subject you are interested in – there are links to many other sites with plenty of interactive resources.
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/ Plenty of worksheets and PowerPoint presentations covering most of the core areas of the curriculum.
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ Fun and useful interactive activities for most subjects as well as games for the children.
Geography
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ – weird and wonderful facts for geography, links to a wide variety of countries (ideal for projects), fun things children can make and do
http://www.upd8.org.uk/climate-futures – climate change resources and information for use in class
http://learn.christianaid.org.uk/TeachersResources/primary/crazyclimate.aspx – Crazy Climate
http://powerdown.actionaid.org.uk / – Power Down: Climate change and energy resources
http://www.teachshare.org.uk/ – online resource of links for environmental issues
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NGfLCymru
https://support.wwf.org.uk/kids-space
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/teacher-category/geography/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z2f3cdm
https://www.geography.org.uk/teaching-resources/early-years-and-primary-resources http://www.geography-map-games.com/
https://www.booksfortopics.com/geography