Geography
At Woodloes Primary School, we aim to inspire children to be curious, knowledgeable and thoughtful geographers who understand the world around them and their place within it. Our geography curriculum is delivered through the Cornerstones Curriculum and is carefully sequenced from Nursery to Year 6 to build knowledge and skills progressively, ensuring all children develop a secure understanding of both physical and human geography.
Through a balance of essential skills projects and engaging thematic studies, pupils learn key geographical concepts such as place, space, processes, change and sustainability. Children explore a wide range of environments, including urban, coastal, rural and polar regions, and study important physical features such as rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, alongside human features such as settlements, land use and agriculture.
We place strong emphasis on developing geographical skills, including map reading, fieldwork, enquiry, data collection and the accurate use of geographical vocabulary. Learning is regularly revisited and built upon so that knowledge is retained over time and children can make meaningful connections between places, concepts and experiences.
Our geography curriculum is enriched through real-world examples, local fieldwork and opportunities to investigate current environmental issues. By the time children leave our school, they will have the knowledge, skills and curiosity needed to understand the world, ask questions about it, and engage responsibly as global citizens.