Geography

Geography is vital to a rich and broad primary education. At Norbriggs Primary, we want children to enjoy learning about places - those in their own locality and those further afield.

We use the National curriculum to identify the key knowledge and skills required to be successful in geography. Teaching should encourage curiosity and ensure pupils have a good 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.

As pupils progress, their growing knowledge about the world should help 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, understanding and skills provide the frameworks and approaches that explain how the Earth’s features at different scales are shaped, interconnected and change over time.

KAPOW Geography

Using KAPOW, we have developed a curriculum which focuses on the progression of skills and knowledge outlined in the National Curriculum. This is encompasses essential Geographical concepts.

These key concepts form building blocks of progress in terms of knowledge, skills and understanding as the children progress through school. When a new unit of work is introduced, links are made to prior learning within the concept, together with what learning will come next. The children are clear how what they have been taught before, can be used to support their new learning, and how this will feed into subsequent learning.

Teachers utilise a variety of teaching strategies, including group work, enquiry-based learning, and discussions, to promote critical thinking and develop pupils' geographical skills such as map reading, data analysis, and problem-solving. Adaptive teaching is embedded within lessons to support the needs of all learners.

We ensure pupils experience educational visits to ensure rich first hand experiences. For example: Studies of the local area - settlement development, links with other places; comparing places further a field with Mastin Moor. Where possible we have underpinned our learning in Geography with the study of other curriculum areas.