Geography - Pool Hayes Primary School

Headteacher: Mrs. K Vaughan
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Geography
 
The teaching of Geography at Pool Hayes Primary is underpinned by the ongoing development and acquisition of knowledge and skills. This development and acquisition occurs as a result of our own school’s curriculum sequence and progression, which maps out the core knowledge and skills children need to be highly effective geographers. This is supported by the use of the Grammarsaurus scheme of learning.
 
Intent
 

Geography at Pool Hayes primary involves:
 
·       Dedicated curriculum time to engage in range of purposeful and practical geographical experiences, including fieldwork.
 
·       Sequenced learning experiences, which build on prior knowledge and understanding.
 
·       Developing a secure understanding of declarative knowledge relating to the practice of geographers.
 
·       Sessions and programmes led focused on building locational knowledge, place knowledge, human and physical processes and geographical skills.
 
 
The children at PHP will be provided with a curriculum offer for Geography designed to:
 
     
  • identify crucial learning, which is placed in context and connected to other knowledge.
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  • gain a secure understanding of geographical skills and concepts, supporting children to ‘think like a geographer’
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  • build on and develop geography knowledge and skills in a well sequenced and structured progression across their time at PHP.
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  • support children’s acquisition and progressive understanding of substantive and disciplinary knowledge.
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  • enable children to use and develop a range of geographical skills relating to fieldwork.
 

Implementation
 
At Pool Hayes Primary, Geography activities are planned, so that they build upon the prior learning of the children. While there are opportunities for children of all abilities to develop their skills, knowledge and understanding in each activity area, there is planned progression built into the scheme of work, so that the children are increasingly challenged as they move up through the school.
 
Geography at PHP focuses on the acquisition of new knowledge and building on prior learning relating to:
 
Substantive and disciplinary, knowledge relating to
• locational knowledge: for example name and locate locations, position systems
• place knowledge: for example, the connection of location and physical and/or human geography
processes with personal experience
• environmental, physical and human geography: for example, migration and climate change
• geographical skills and fieldwork: for example using maps, globes and first hand evidence
 
Disciplinary concepts:
• place
• space
• scale
• interdependence
• physical and human processes
• environmental impact
• sustainable development
• cultural awareness and diversity
 
Impact
 
Assessment for learning is fundamental to raising standards and enabling children to reach their potential. Assessment in Geography takes place during and after each taught session, using a range of strategies such as verbal feedback, verbal discussions with children and response time.
 
Teachers assess children’s work in Geography by making assessments as they observe them working during lessons, using the same assessment framework throughout the school. Each lesson includes guidance to support teachers in assessing pupils against the learning objectives. Furthermore, each unit has a unit quiz and knowledge catcher, which can be used at the start or end of the unit to assess children’s understanding. Opportunities for children to present their findings using their geographical skills will also form part of the assessment process in each unit.
 
Supporting children with SEN
 
In geography lessons, children with SEN are supported in a range of ways. This can include the use of technology to aid writing using dictation and accessibility tools as well as a diverse range of ways to evidence learning including using videos and voice recordings to explain concepts taught in class. Where appropriate, tasks are adapted and support is given by visual aids which break down instructions.
 
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