Geography Intent, Implementation and Impact
Intent
- Offer a curriculum that enables pupils to develop a deep and secure knowledge of geography – encouraging pupils to think critically and question the world in which they live
- Develop contextual knowledge of the location of places, seas and oceans, including their defining physical and human characteristics
- Develop knowledge and skills that are transferable to other curriculum areas
- Provide opportunities for children to learn through field work and equip them with the enquiry skills needed to confidently ask questions and carry out investigations
- To make links and comparisons with the geography in their local area and the wider world
- Provide opportunities for children to excel in geography
Implementation
- Our CRAVE curriculum has a clear progression of skills, and geography topics are planned so that children cover human geography, physical geography and locational knowledge.
- The local area is utilised to achieve desired outcomes, with extensive opportunities for learning outside the classroom embedded in our practice
- Weekly topic quizzes are implemented across every year group to develop long term memory of previously taught topics
- Lessons are planned with challenges for children of all abilities so that they can make progress and excel
- Cross curricular links are made through our CRAVE curriculum
- Knowledge organisers are created for each geography topic, giving children access to key vocabulary to aid their learning.
- Pre and post assessments carried out for each topic to assess how learning has progressed over the term.
Impact
- Children will become increasingly aware of the wider world and its diversity, as well as their local community
- Children will develop high quality enquiry skills to question and explore in depth, and to become more inquisitive
- Children will develop a deep knowledge of a broad range of geography topics, and will retain prior knowledge
- Children will confidently talk about what they have learnt using key vocabulary
- Children will leave primary school with a love of geography and the knowledge and skills needed to successfully study geography in the next stage of their education
Geography Topic Overview
At Bramley Vale, we follow a two yearly plan to ensure the curriculum is fully covered. The outline plan for both Cycle 1 and Cycle 2 is listed below. Each half term, we try to have a school trip or experience linked to our topic for wider learning experiences. If you have any questions about this, please contact the school.
