Geography Subject Leader: Miss Anthea Wood
At Kaye’s it is our intention that Geography will inspire pupils to have enquiring minds and a fascination about the world and its people, that will remain with them throughout their lives. We ensure that each year group have the opportunity to explore local geographical features, both human and physical, whilst studying contrasting locations, such as European Cities, South America etc. We aim to promote the children’s interest and understanding about such diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes. It is our intention that Geography will promote children’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural development helping them to have a greater understanding of their place in the world, and their rights and responsibilities to other people and the environment and its future sustainability.
The National Curriculum
Across primary school, children will find out about different places in the UK, Europe and the Americas through studying small regions in each, and comparing these to other areas, including their own locality.
In Key Stage 1, children will learn the names of the continents and oceans as well as the names of the four home nations and their respective capital cities. They will use the four main compass directions and simple maps and photographs to explore the local area.
In Key Stage 2, the children will locate the countries of the world, focussing particularly on Europe and the Americas, as well as naming the counties, regions and major cities of the United Kingdom. They will begin to explore geographical features such as volcanoes and tectonic plates, as well as features of human geography such as trade links and land use. They will also learn to use grid references on Ordnance Survey maps to describe locations.
Reception - Autumn Detectives
Year 1 - Investigating our school on Google Maps and creating a route.