Geography

Geography is delivered using the award winning Oddizzi geography resource for primary schools, which allows for: 

• Progressive geographical skills (including vocabulary) which all children must master and apply in lessons; 
• Geography themes that highlight the importance of the children’s locality but also compare it to the rest of the United Kingdom and beyond; 
• A cycle of lessons for each subject, which carefully plans for progression and depth concentrating on the geographical skills suited to the age group; 
• Fieldwork and trips which will enhance the learning experience; 
• Lessons that engage and inspire the children using the most up to date technologies available; 

Opportunity to develop a real sense of who they are and what makes our locality special whilst comparing it with areas around the globe.

Intent

Our geography curriculum is designed to develop children’s curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. Children investigate a range of places – both in Britain and abroad – to help develop their knowledge and understanding of the Earth’s physical and human processes. We are committed to providing children with opportunities to investigate and make enquiries about their local area of Wensleydale so that they can develop a real sense of who they are, their heritage and what makes our local area unique and special. We are also developing the children’s ability to apply geographical skills to enable them to confidently communicate their findings and geographical understanding to a range of audiences.

Implementation

Geography is delivered using the award winning Oddizzi geography resource for primary schools, which allows for:

• Progressive geographical skills (including vocabulary) which all children must master and apply in lessons;
• Geography themes that highlight the importance of the children’s locality but also compare it to the rest of the United Kingdom and beyond;
• A cycle of lessons for each subject, which carefully plans for progression and depth concentrating on the geographical skills suited to the age group;
• Fieldwork and trips which will enhance the learning experience;
• Lessons that engage and inspire the children using the most up to date technologies available;
• Opportunity to develop a real sense of who they are and what makes our locality special whilst comparing it with areas around the globe.

Impact

Our Geography Curriculum is high quality, well thought out and is planned to demonstrate progression. If children are keeping up with the curriculum, they are deemed to be making good or better progress. In addition, we measure the impact of our curriculum through the following methods:

• A reflection on standards achieved against the planned outcomes;
• Observations during fieldwork and independent work;
• Tracking of progress at the end of each unit;
• Pupil discussions about their learning.

For more information about our Geography curriculum, please contact our Geography Subject Leader:

Mr Matthew Scrafton (based at Askrigg) [email protected]