We aim for all our children to develop a fascination about the World and its people. Our Geography curriculum covers the objectives outlined in the National Curriculum and we ensure we offer a relevant and broad curriculum that inspires and excites our pupils using a range of topics.

We ensure Geography lessons throughout our units of work are varied, fun and engaging for all children. Each new topic begins in the same way, with the children completing a KWL grid to reflect on what they already know and what they would like to learn. Each lesson starts with a key question for the children to answer, for example ‘How do volcanoes erupt?’ and ‘Where are the mountain ranges of the world located?’ We use a range of sources of geographical information to answer our key questions and learn about locations, both immediate to our locality and further afield such as maps, diagrams, globes and aerial photographs.

During each topic, the children develop their key knowledge, skills and vocabulary in the following areas:

• To investigate places
• To investigate patterns
• To communicate geographically

In Key Stage 2 we follow a 4 year rolling programme and in Key Stage 1 we follow a 2 year rolling programme; this reflects our mixed aged classes.

Key Stage 2 Geography topics

Key Stage 1 History and Geography topics