Statement of Intent

At St. Leonard's Primary, a high-quality geography education inspires children to develop curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. Teaching equips them 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. As they progress, our children's growing knowledge about the world should help them to deepen their understanding of the interaction between physical and human processes, and of the formation and use of landscapes and environments. Geographical knowledge, understanding and skills provide the framework and approaches that explain how the Earth’s features at different scales are shaped, interconnected and change over time.

Geography Useful Information

Subject Leader- Mr. Postlethwaite

Do you want to know what your child will be learning in Geography?

Below you will find a copy of our Geography policy which will give you an idea of what we are aiming to achieve in Geography at St. Leonard's. You will also find a copy of our long term curriculum map. In our school, we follow a two year rolling programme (as we have mixed age classes). This ensures that children have full coverage of the National Curriculum and do not repeat any topics/learning.

We follow the Kapow Primary Geography scheme to support and enhance our planning and teaching of the Geography curriculum. The scheme organises the Geography attainment targets under four strands:

• Locational knowledge
• Place knowledge
• Human and physical geography
• Geographical skills and fieldwork

Our teaching of Geography follows a spiral curriculum, with essential knowledge and skills revisited with increasing complexity this allows pupils to revise and build on their previous learning. Locational knowledge, in particular, will be reviewed in each unit to coincide with our belief that this will consolidate children’s understanding of key concepts, such as scale and place, in Geography.

Whilst in Geography lessons we are focusing on 'Geography' skills we also expect children to apply their English and Maths skills and in other contexts.

Finally, I have added a link to the National Curriculum.

If you have any Geography related questions please do not hesitate to contact Mr Postlethwaite who leads on Geography in our school.

Development Areas for 2023-2024

In Geography this year we have two key focus areas for improvement:

•          To ensure the curriculum is well sequenced and objectives are clear (long term and medium term plans)

•          Continue to develop the teaching of field work across the school.

•          To develop the use of key language across school