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Geography
Geography Curriculum Design
The study of geography is more than just recognising places on a map. It is about understanding the complexity of our world.
President Barack Obama
At Thorpe Willoughby, our geography curriculum inspires curiosity and develops pupils’ understanding of the diverse and changing world. Through carefully selected and sequenced studies, pupils develop substantive knowledge of places, people, environments, resources and the Earth’s key physical and human features.
Our curriculum builds on prior knowledge, developing locational and spatial understanding through comparisons between their local area, the UK, Europe and the wider world. Pupils explore physical and human processes, including flooding, land use, volcanic activity and deforestation, and how people and environments influence one another.
Pupils develop disciplinary knowledge and geographical skills through enquiry and fieldwork. They ask geographical questions, collect and interpret information, use maps, atlases and other sources, and communicate their findings using geographical, mathematical and English skills. Fieldwork enables pupils to investigate their local area and apply their geographical knowledge.
Geographical vocabulary is integral to understanding the subject. Key vocabulary is deliberately selected, explicitly taught, modelled and revisited so that pupils can use it accurately to explain geographical processes, places and issues. Through geography, pupils develop a sense of place, belonging and responsibility.
What Geography Looks Like at Thorpe Willoughby
- Geography is taught through Understanding the World in the EYFS and the National Curriculum in Key Stages 1 and 2.
- Specific geographical studies are taught explicitly each year, with opportunities to embed and apply knowledge across the curriculum.
- Pupils develop locational and spatial knowledge of their locality, the UK, Europe and the wider world.
- Disciplinary knowledge and geographical skills are progressively developed through enquiry, fieldwork, maps, atlases and other sources.
- Fieldwork and practical experiences, including Brayton Barff, Thorpe Willoughby and Filey, enable pupils to apply geographical knowledge and skills.