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At Roselands Primary School, we believe that Geography helps to provoke and provide answers to questions about the natural and human aspects of the world. Children are encouraged to develop a greater understanding and knowledge of the world, as well as their place within it. The geography curriculum at Roselands enables children to develop knowledge and skills that are transferable to other curriculum areas. Geography is, by nature, an investigative subject and children engage in  a range of field trips and educational visits which inspires student-led exploration and maximises the use of our surroundings.

The curriculum is designed to ensure that teaching equips pupils 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 and how these have changed over time. As pupils progress through the school, their growing knowledge about the world helps 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 and skills are progressive and are sequenced through key principles to provide the framework and approaches that provide explanations of how the earth’s features at different scales are shaped, interconnected and change over time. We seek to inspire in children a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people which will remain with them for the rest of their lives, equipping them well for further education and beyond.

The curriculum is designed around these key principles:  

Space and Place

  • Developing an understanding of space through ideas related to location, distribution, pattern and distance.
  • Developing a sense of place and character through ideas related to identity, home, community, landscapes and diversity, and examining a range of case studies from across the globe.

Physical Processes

  • How the Earth’s natural processes shape and change the surface of the Earth. This includes both Geology & Earth Science aspects, such as the structure of the Earth and physical features we see on the land, as well as Environmental Science aspects, such as the weather and our changing climate. Both of these are threaded through the science curriculum too.

Human Processes

  • The processes and phenomena that are caused by or relate to people, including out Use of Resources; the distribution and changes to Population & Communities; and the features of Economy & Development.

Geography is taught in units, once a term (Geography alternates with History), so that children can revisit skills and knowledge to achieve depth in their learning. 

The curriculum is sequenced so that meaningful links are made between subjects, and the order of units allows these connections to be made. For example, pupils are taught about the Vikings in Britain in History in Spring 2, so that they can review and build upon knowledge of migration – and consider the push and pull factors behind Viking migration – after they have been taught about migration in Geography in Spring 1.

The curriculum for Geography has been adapted for Roselands by bringing in the geography of our local area and considering the context of our pupils and the community.

 

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