At Watling Primary School, our Geography curriculum aims to inspire our children to develop a lifelong curiosity and fascination of the world around them.
We place high value on education in the environment, about the environment, and for the environment, encouraging our children to understand their shared responsibility in respecting and nurturing our planet. Opportunities are provided throughout the curriculum for our children to develop an awareness and understanding of local, national and global environmental issues, and the pioneering and ground-breaking strategies that can be used to create a more sustainable future for everyone.
Through inclusive and enquiry-based teaching, we provide children with the skills and knowledge required to pose questions to investigate the complex human and physical processes that shape our world.
Geographical skills are enhanced through a variety of active learning processes and first-hand experiences. Through engaging in activities such as map reading, data collection and analysis and spatial thinking, our children learn to think and communicate like geographers.
We want our children to be respectful, nurturing members of the community with a good understanding of the richness and diversity of our society and an appreciation of the different cultures, traditions and perspectives within it.
Our Geography curriculum aims to develop knowledgeable, skilled, and motivated pupils ready to contribute to a sustainable and interconnected world. By fostering communication and investigation skills, we prepare our pupils to be curious, analytical and responsible global citizens.
The National Curriculum Programmes of Study for Geography for Key Stage 1 and 2 provide further information.
Our Long-Term Curriculum Map for Geography gives an overview of what is taught in each year group over the course of each academic year.
