The Geography Curriculum

The Geography Curriculum at Chasetown Community School is organised to enable pupils to enjoy learning about and engaging with our own and other cultures, histories, traditions and land. We believe that this will help them become considerate citizens, wider thinkers and help them to develop their organisation and research skills. 

All pupils develop an active curiosity about the wider world. They will find out about our planet’s enormous diversity of cultures, features and landscapes, as well as how physical and human geography can shape, change and interact with one another. They will develop an understanding of the world as an interconnected place where a great variety of processes are constantly in motion. In order to achieve this, they will be taught to name and locate oceans, continents, countries, cities and significant places; they will also study human and physical features of geography, seasonal and weather patterns, environmental regions, hemispheres, tropics and time zones. Where possible, there will be a focus on how these individual elements impact upon one another and how this brings about geographical change. 

Pupils will develop their skills in interpreting and presenting information about the world. They will experience the world first-hand in active, engaging lessons that allow them to collect, analyse and explain data, making the subject a personal reality for them. These skills will be applicable to later life, when learners are faced with decisions that require research and the ability to think logically and critically.  Learning will be an act of discovery rather than mere assimilation of information. 

Pupils will learn Geography subjects through half-termly topics 

Each Geography topic will begin with an introduction and a review of what children might already know about the topic. Each half-term, Geography lessons will begin with a WOW Day to spark interest and enjoyment. This may include an appropriate story, art and design, music, trips, visitors or practical activities. Pupils will be provided with (or assist in creating) a topic sheet which will include subject specific vocabulary. Humanities subjects will be taught in a mixture of discrete and cross-curricular activities. Most topics will involve lessons or skills in the curriculum at one stage. English lessons will often be linked to the Humanities topic each half-term to allow deeper learning and cross-curricular writing opportunities.