Lightmoor Village Primary School

Welcome to Geography at Lightmoor

Intent

It is our intent that through our Geography curriculum, that children at Lightmoor are inspired with a curiosity and fascination that enables them to develop a greater understanding and knowledge of their locality, county, country and the world; as well as their place in it.  Our curriculum drivers are ‘Celebrating Diversity’ and ‘Endless Possibilities’, as we want to equip pupils with knowledge about the diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes. We want pupils to have well developed geographical skills to be able to practise the knowledge they have learnt and understand the practices of geographers.

Implementation

The foundation subjects at Lightmoor are taught on a cycle to support the working memory of pupils by regularly revisiting each subject during the academic year. This ensures that children achieve depth in their learning by immersing them in theory and application. By adapting the Kapow Primary Curriculum to reflect our commitment to Learning Outside the Classroom and our unique community and context, we ensure the Geography curriculum provides learning that is relevant, engaging and memorable. The most powerful knowledge and skills have been identified and given consideration to ensure that progression across topics and year groups is achieved. Aligned to the National Curriculum, the Geography curriculum is organised into distinct areas of study: Locational Knowledge, Place Knowledge, Human & Physical Geography and Geographical Skills and Fieldwork. At the beginning of a new unit of learning, children have the opportunity to recall prior learning as well as understanding how new learning links. Through our commitment to inclusion, there are high aspirations for all pupils. Appropriate scaffolding and challenge aims to remove barriers to progress and achievement for all; ensuring pupils are particularly fluent in foundational skills and concepts.

Impact

At Lightmoor, our pupils receive a broad and balanced curriculum. There are opportunities in individual lessons and at the start and end of a unit of work to assess whether children know and remember more. This outcome is used by teachers to close gaps in learning and ensure children are ready to move on to the next steps in the Geography Curriculum. There are clear end points for pupils in all year groups to achieve age related expectations in geography.