Geography Subject intent
Why do we study Geography at Overthorpe?
At Overthorpe C of E Academy, geography is taught with a focus of both knowledge and enquiry skills to ensure full coverage of the curriculum, which is both progressive and engaging to pupils. Our geography curriculum is designed with the belief that geography provides the knowledge of the wide variety of locations and people around the world and has been mapped out in order to meet the objectives guided by the National Curriculum. Through the delivery of our geography curriculum, our aim is to build an interest in geography for all of our children, so that they are inspired to continue to be inspired by geography in their everyday life.
We deliver a geography curriculum that:
- Builds upon prior knowledge and a progression of skills to ensure all children have a secure understanding and knowledge of key geography concepts.
- Develops geographical knowledge and conceptual understanding through the disciplines of place, location, human and physical geography.
- Develops an understanding of the nature, processes and methods of geography through inquiry-based sessions, that help them to answer scientific questions about the world around them.
- Encourages our children to be self-motivated, independent, curious using the skills they have acquired in fieldwork studies.
- Equips pupils with the geographical knowledge required to understand the uses and implications of geography, today and for the future.
We aim to challenge our children using the knowledge gained in their geography lessons. However, they will also apply what they have learned, ensuring that children learn then use their geographical knowledge and skills in a range of different areas. This ensures that key geographical concepts are revisited and developed throughout
school. The location of places is key to understanding what happened there and why children frequently return to aspects of locational geography, using maps, atlases, globes and digital technology sources to refresh and build on their knowledge of locations and settlement within a meaningful context.