Geography

“You can travel the seas, poles and deserts and see nothing. To really understand the world, you need to get under the skin of the people and places. In other words, learn about geography. I can’t imagine a subject more relevant in schools. We’d all be lost without it.”  

Michael Palin 

At Pilgrims’ Way, our intent is to deliver a high quality geography curriculum which inspires in pupils a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people. We deliver this through Collins Primary Connected Geography because we want to use an enquiry-based approach to engage our children and deepen their understanding of geography. Through our curriculum, we equip our children to develop an awareness of the wider world and their place within it. We hope that our children will become passionate about the planet and become involved in protecting the environment.

Our geography curriculum meets the statutory requirements of the National Curriculum, incorporating the four main areas of learning. It has been carefully designed so that the sequence of learning helps to deepen the children’s knowledge and skills over time. We continually revisit the following key concepts within our geography teaching so that our children can build on their geographical knowledge and skills, achieving a greater depth of understanding:

Our geography curriculum is delivered through highly effective quality first teaching and is inclusive of all our children. It provides significant opportunities for enrichment, including outdoor learning in our Forest School, inspirational visitors and geography fieldwork.  

Year 2 learning the names of the seven continents and the location of Antarctica for their enquiry 'Why don't penguins need to fly?'. 

Year 6 learning about the water cycle and the changes that have occurred to the land on the Isle of Dogs since the 1500s for their enquiry 'What is a river?'.