Geography Vision and Aims.

The study of geography involves pupils in exploring the relationship and interactions between people and the environments in which they live and upon which they depend.  Many of the pupils who now attend our school will live to see the next century and inhabit a world of 11 billion people.  The many opportunities and challenges that will arise during their lifetime will be very much about geography – personal, local, national and global.  From adapting and mitigating the impact of climate change to predicting natural hazards such as Tsunami and Earthquakes, to understanding the causes and effects of population migration around the world our pupils will need to know about geography and to think like geographers.  Geography helps to prepare them for life in the 21^st century with all of its currently unknown possibilities.   In terms of what we teach in geography and how we encourage and support our pupils to learn the subject we seek to develop young geographers who are able to make links and connections between the natural world and human activity and to understand the kind of questions geographers ask such as Why is this place like it is, how is it changing and what will be the costs and benefits of these changes when they happen?  In line with the statutory requirements of the school curriculum which must be balanced and broadly based, our school commits to ensuring that every pupil at every stage of learning has regular and appropriately challenging and engaging learning in Geography which is informed by the National Curriculum.  In addition we will ensure that what our pupils learn in Geography and how they learn it not only inspires and stretches them intellectually but also contributes to their spiritual, moral, cultural and physical development and helps to prepare them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of life in the 21^st century. 

Aims:

In accordance with the importance we attach to Geography our school aims to:

• stimulate pupils’ interest in their surroundings and in the variety of human and physical conditions on the earth’s surface;
• foster pupils’ sense of wonder at the beauty of the world surrounding them;
• help pupils develop an informed concern about the quality of the environment and the future of the human habitat;
• enhance pupils’ sense of responsibility for the care of the earth and its people and secure their commitment to promoting and living sustainable lifestyles;
• develop pupils’ skills of critical enquiry and an ability to handle and interpret information, through asking and answering geographical questions and using computing to communicate with and explore a variety of people, places and environments across the world;
• help pupils explore values and attitudes about complex issues such as sustainability and sustainable development;
• enable pupils to study the above across a range of places, cultures and environments at a variety of scales, from local to global;
• foster a sense of understanding about how we are interconnected and interdependent with other people and ecosystems around the world.

Geography Coordinator: Mrs Roberts

Geography Curriculum

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