Summary:  The Geography curriculum is effective in allowing pupils to build on prior learning and link this with new concepts as they are introduced. Pupils explore the geographical context of the school and local area, developing understanding for the reasons for features observed. Subject specific vocabulary introduced sequentially allows learners to describe their observations with accuracy. Pupils use an increasing range of primary and secondary sources and are encouraged to direct their own learning, particularly in the Phase 2 homework projects.

EYFS:

Reception pupils explore the wider school environment throughout the year, commenting on their observations. This provides the tools to participate in fieldwork activities in Year 1.

Geography National Curriculum Concepts

Y1 learners use fieldwork to begin to explore the local area. They use their observations to create maps, sorting some features into physical and human categories.

This understanding of the features of maps is essential knowledge for future years.

Yr 1

Place

Yr 2:

Geographical Enquiry

Year 2 learners use a variety of sources to identify and record physical and human features of the local area. Following fieldwork, pupils create maps based on their first-hand observations.

This supports Y4 where pupils generate questions and enquiry based on their knowledge of the local area.

Yr 3:

Place

Year 3 learners study physical and human features in the Egyptian landscape, comparing them with Hatfield.

This supports Y5 by giving awareness of differences between places and how different features can be important.

Yr 4:

Geographical Enquiry

Year 4 learners generate questions about their local area and respond to these questions by conducting a field work study into land use in the local area.

This supports Y6 by introducing the ownership of geographical enquiry to learners.

Yr 5:

Place

Year 5 learners identify different regions of the UK and how they are important for different reasons. They begin to use more secondary sources to collect information.

This supports KS3 curriculum where learners routinely interpret more complex data from secondary sources, including GIS on a range of themes.

Yr 6:

Geographical Enquiry

Year 6 learners focus on more abstract ideas of geography, collecting information from secondary sources e.g. atlases.

This supports KS3 curriculum where learners routinely interpret more complex data from secondary sources, including GIS on a range of themes.