Geography
Intent
The
geography curriculum at Salisbury Manor Primary provides children with
a relevant, coherent, progressive knowledge of the world and an
ability to find their place in it, explored through the lenses of geographical
‘vertical concepts’:
§ Location and Place
Where
is this place?
What
are the human and physical characteristics of this place?
What
is the interaction between people and place?
§ Geographical Scale
The
location is seen at a local to global scale.
Cause, effects and
responses can vary in their scale.
What
are the similarities and differences at the different scales – local, regional,
national, global.
§ Making Connections
What
are the connections between the human and physical worlds?
How
does one event affect another?
It is
designed in a way which embeds core disciplinary knowledge, and the
ability to approach
challenging, geographically-valid questions:
§ Geographical skills
§ Fieldwork enquiry
§ Identify patterns and links
§ Using examples and key vocabulary
Implementation
Teachers
are provided with an additional three planning days per year in addition to
their PPA, to plan their curriculum. As part of this planning process, teachers
need to plan the following:
§ A knowledge organiser which
outlines knowledge (including vocabulary) all children must master and apply in
lessons
§ A cycle of lessons for each subject, which carefully plans for
progression and depth concentrating on the geographical skills suited to the
age group
§ Low stakes quizzes which are used regularly to support learners’ ability
to retrieve and recall knowledge and increase space in the working memory
§ Challenge questions for pupils to apply their learning in a
philosophical/open manner
§ Trips and visiting experts who will enhance the learning experience
§ Appropriate curriculum themed home learning tasks which children
complete with adults at home
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
§ A celebration of learning for each term which demonstrates progression
across the school
§ Tracking of gains in each quiz;
§ Pupil discussions about their learning;
Our Geography
curriculum is also planned in a way which promotes the cultural capital of all
our children. We enhance our curriculum especially for the most disadvantaged
by organising fieldwork opportunities, guest speakers and keeping up to date
with current local and worldwide events that happen at the current time.