Geography – curriculum information
Our Geography curriculum is designed to inspire curiosity and fascination about the world and its people, while developing pupils’ understanding of diverse places, environments and cultures. Through an enquiry-based approach, children build knowledge of both physical and human geography, from exploring their local area and the UK in EYFS and Key Stage 1, to studying volcanoes, rainforests, deserts, population change and global sustainability in Key Stage 2. Fieldwork, map work and geographical investigations are woven throughout the curriculum, enabling pupils to develop essential geographical skills, ask meaningful questions and understand how people, places and environments are interconnected and change over time.
‘Children in early years learn phonics as soon as they start school.’
Ofsted
‘Pupils discuss and analyse texts during their
‘reading mastery’ lessons.’
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‘Pupils thrive at this inclusive school.’
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‘Leaders
have provided teachers with the phonics training they need.’
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‘Teachers have strong subject
knowledge and use geographical vocabulary with precision.’
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‘In Reception, phonics is taught every day.’
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‘One pupil told the
inspector that, ‘school is amazing because teachers include everyone.’
Ofsted
‘The geography curriculum is a strength of the school.
Leaders have carefully set out what they want pupils to know by the end of each year.’
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‘Reception children get opportunities to explore numbers all the time.
Daily mathematics lessons help them to count with speed and confidence.’
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‘Staff are happy, and morale
is high.’
Ofsted
‘Pupils could talk about rainfall and temperature graphs, as well as the impact of the River Nile on Egyptian settlements.’
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‘In mathematics, teachers make daily checks on pupils’ understanding. This ensures that the work pupils do is suitably challenging.’
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‘All pupils know the school rules.’
Ofsted
‘Classrooms are oases of calm. As a
result, pupils are happy. They feel safe at school.’
Ofsted
‘Leaders’ relationships and sex education and health education
curriculums give pupils an age-appropriate understanding of healthy relationships.’
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‘Pupils are very positive about their
mathematics work.’
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‘Pupils who are falling behind in their phonics get extra help to catch up.’
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‘Teachers say that leaders listen to their views and help them to manage their workload.’
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‘Teachers model language and sounds accurately. This means that Reception children get off to a strong start with their reading.’
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‘All
adults have high expectations of pupils’ behaviour.’
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‘Pupils talk with pride about the ‘leading learner’ badges
they get for reading regularly, arriving on time and trying hard.’
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‘The reading curriculum is well organised.’
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‘Pupils enjoy the books their teacher reads to them.’
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‘ Subject leaders benefit from meeting staff in
other trust schools to exchange ideas and good practice.’
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‘The governing body challenges leaders on the actions they are taking to improve the school.’
Ofsted
‘Teachers use ‘pinny time’ to revisit the sounds that children have been
taught, as they learn through play.’
Ofsted