Geography
Our Geography Subject Leader is Mrs L Dean
In order to develop our curriculum intent, we have considered the key characteristics of children within Brandon Primary Academy: there are high levels of disadvantage and SEND and the closure of local industry has led to significant unemployment and a cycle of ongoing challenges for our families.
Children enter our school with development which is below that of children typical for their age with deficits in communication and language and physical development. Our curriculum development has focused on communication and language and physical development together with developing basic skills, vocabulary and a sense of the wider world. 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 in it.
Geography is, by nature, an investigative subject, which develops an understanding of concepts, knowledge and skills. This supports our whole school priority linked to communication and language as children develop their understanding of new subject specific vocabulary and wider skills in terms of balanced arguments and discussions
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. 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 to provide the framework and approaches that provide explanation 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.
EYFS
The years from birth to age five provide the first opportunity to see how children interact with their environment — and how the environment influences them. The early learning goals at EYFS aim to guide young children to make sense of their physical world and their community by exploring, observing, and finding out about people, places, technology and the environment. Being outside, interacting with and playing in nature embeds the learning of seasonal change and a sense of place for younger learners. Our children get the chance to visit other environments that are different to their own, to begin to learn how to develop perspective.
The most relevant statements for Geography are taken from the following areas of learning:
- Communication and Language
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Understanding the World
