Becoming Geographers

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Genesis 1:1

Geography at Whitegate CE Primary School

At Whitegate CE Primary School we aim to inspire in pupils a restless curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives.

Our curriculum will equip pupils with knowledge about diverse places, people, resources, and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of our planet’s key physical and human processes.

Pupils are given opportunities to lead their own lines of geographic enquiries and record their findings in a variety of ways.

The aims of teaching geography in our school are:

To enable children to know about the location of the world’s continents, countries, cities, seas and oceans.
To give a particular focus to the study of local geography to enable children to understand and appreciate their locality.
To develop the skills of interpreting a range of sources of geographical information, including maps, diagrams, globes, aerial photographs and Geographical Information Systems.
To help children understand how the human and physical features of a place can change over time.
To enable children to progressively develop their geographical skills (including fieldwork) throughout their school journey.

Websites we recommend to explore:
Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps
UK OS Maps: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/
National Geographic:
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/teacher-category/geography/
Royal Geography Website: https://www.rgs.org/schools/teaching-resources/
Geography Association: https://www.geography.org.uk/
BBC Weather: https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather
Kids First News Newspapers: https://www.firstnews.co.uk/

If you have any questions about our Geography curriculum, please contact Miss Monks (subject lead) on omonks@whitegate.cheshire.sch.uk
Thank you

Our Geography year group curriculum overview:

	Autumn Term	Spring Term	Summer Term
Maple Year 1	Seasons/weather Hot and cold places Features of an island A local study of the village of Whitegate	UK – Four different countries Compass points
Elm Year 2	The UK Cities, inc London	Winsford/Northwich Non-European study: Africa (Uganda)	The UK - Wales Continents and Oceans
Beech Year 3	Water including Vale Royal Locks	Earthquakes and Volcanoes (Pompeii) Europe (Italy)	South America
Willow and Oak Year 4/5/6	Year A Rivers Year B Cheshire (Ordnance Survey maps of Whitegate) Year C Europe	Year A Mountains, including Antarctica Year B North America (Slavery) Year C London (Trade/ports)	Map work (OS work) linked to the residential visit Writing a postcard – knowing your address