Geography

Geography Vision Statement

“This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.” - Psalm 118:23

At St. Peter’s, we believe that Geography is a powerful tool for helping children understand God’s marvellous creation and their place within it. Our curriculum nurtures a sense of wonder, belonging, and responsibility by connecting children to their local community and the wider world.

Intent

Our Geography curriculum develops children’s understanding of their local area and the wider world, fostering a strong sense of identity and community. It encourages critical thinking about global issues and avoids generalisations, enabling children to form accurate, respectful views of diverse people and places.

Implementation

• Our Geography curriculum is designed to build progressively on children’s prior knowledge, rooted in the Early Years Foundation Stage and National Curriculum.
• It develops subject-specific vocabulary and geographical understanding through real-world experiences, local exploration, and global awareness.
• Children learn about their immediate environment in the Early years and KS1 before expanding their knowledge to contrasting communities and global issues moving into KS2.
• Through the use of a variety of maps, globes, digital mapping tools (Digimaps for Schools) and a variety of apps children can make sense of the world around them. 
• Through engaging lessons, local visits, high quality texts and global themes, we aim to inspire young geographers who are reflective, informed, and connected to the world around them.

Impact

The impact of our Geography curriculum is measured in a variety of ways: questioning during lesson time, marking children’s written work, listening to child-led discussion, interviewing pupils across the school about their learning, book looks and using images/videos of children’s practical learning. 

By end of the Geography curriculum at St Peters, our children will:

• Have a growing knowledge of the world and their place in it.
• Have a wider vocabulary of geographical terms.
• Aspire to discover more about the world, through questioning, discussion and reading.
• Know that they can use their voice to express themselves and their opinions. 
• Develop their geographical skills, such as, evaluation, creativity, problem solving and enquiry.