Geography

Geography at Eastfield

At Eastfield, Our Geography curriculum is designed to equip children with a foundation of basic geographical skills whilst developing children’s curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives.

Through their work in Geography, children learn about their local area and compare this with other regions of the United Kingdom and the rest of the world. Pupils learn location and place knowledge as well as geographical skills such as using maps, atlases and globes. With their growing knowledge and understanding of human geography, children gain an appreciation of life in other cultures. In addition, children will study a variety of physical features using subject specific vocabulary. Through teaching, enquiry and research, children are equipped with knowledge about diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes. In years 1 – 6, geography is covered in the first half of each term.

 

We will deliver a curriculum that:

  • Inspires a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people

 

  • Equips children with an understanding of diverse places, people, resources and environments around them including the Thurmaston locality.

 

  • Allows children to build on prior learning about physical and human processes and the formation and use of landscapes and environments

 

  • Develops an understanding that the Earth’s features are interconnected and change over time

 

  • Encourages exploration of their own environment and challenges pupils to make connections between their local surroundings and that of contrasting settlements

 

  • Develops geographers with an extensive base of geographical knowledge and vocabulary and a genuine interest in the subject and the ability to express well-balanced opinions, rooted a thorough understanding about current issues in society and the environment.

 

How we teach geography at Eastfield

The geography units use the 2014 National Curriculum as its foundation. Content includes full coverage of these statements and links are made so that knowledge is built upon each year. Geography is present in all classrooms through either a large map or globe which enables learners to make connections with their geographical understanding even when a geography lesson is not in progress. Fieldwork studies are planned for each year group which involve a trip into the locality to investigate their learning or sometimes further afield, as part of a residential. These opportunities mean that learners can apply skills in a real-life context. Existing knowledge is assessed at the beginning of each new unit and recap questions are discussed at the beginning of each lesson; this ensures that learners are continuously being provided with opportunities to revisit and strengthen their understanding of concepts already covered. Lesson content and tasks are designed to provide appropriate challenge to all learners, in line with our commitment to inclusion. It is important that children develop the skills of a geographer by fully immersing them in all areas of the subject.

Click these links to rehearse your geography skills

Click these links to test your understanding of longitude and latitude.

Subject Policies/Plans

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Subject Leader:

Mr W Hack