“Geography is the subject which holds the key to our future.” — Michael Palin (President of the Royal Geographical Society)
Our Geography curriculum aims to inspire a real sense of curiosity in finding out about the world around us and the people who live there. We focus on developing children's core knowledge in geography (e.g. names of continents and oceans, how to use maps and geographical vocabulary), balanced with a sense of place (e.g. ability to compare and contrast places).
We start with understanding and exploring our immediate locality, building to places at a national and global scale. Children learn about a range of topics including volcanoes, rivers, biomes, sustainability and climate zones as well as in-depth studies into local geography, the Caribbean and a region in the Americas and Europe.
Fieldwork is an integral part of our curriculum and we use every opportunity to develop our fieldwork skills for example collecting data, creating surveys and taking measurements. Wherever possible, we use digital technologies including digital mapping, digital photographs and sound recording.
Children develop secure map skills through different activities and as well as regular OS maps and atlases, we also use digital mapping such as Digimaps and google earth, allowing the children to use maps of different scales; annotating locations, routes and zones to demonstrate their understanding.
Summary of the Geography Curriculum
St Peter's Curriculum Map
Knowledge Organisers
For more information about the current geography topics your children are learning, click on the links below. These organisers contain include key information and specific vocabulary the children should know by the end of the topic.
Autumn
Year 1 - Barnaby Bear Investigates the UKYear 2 - Our StreetYear 3 - The UKYear 4 - Mountains and volcanoesYear 5 - PolandYear 6 - Natural Resources
