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The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands.
Acts 17:24
Our Geography Vision (Intent)
At St Joseph’s, we aim to provide a geography curriculum which will inspire in pupils a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. As pupils progress, their growing knowledge about the world will help them to deepen their understanding of the interaction between physical and human processes, and of the formation and use of landscapes and environments. All pupils will benefit from teaching and learning that is based upon the programmes of study for geography which are set out in the National Curriculum.
At St Joseph’s we aim:
1. To stimulate pupils’ interest and to help them foster a sense of wonder in the world around them whilst developing an informed concern for the quality of the environment.
2. To help pupils acquire a wide range of geographical knowledge and skills to enable them to understand the relationship between Earth and its people.
3. To help pupils understand that the character of places derives from the interaction of people and environment, by increasing their knowledge about the location of the physical and human features of the Earth and the processes, systems and interrelations that create and influence them
4. To develop pupils’ knowledge of the location of different places including their physical and human characteristics and how these provide context for understanding their geography.
5. To enable children to understand how the Earth’s features are shaped, and change over time.
6. To help pupils understand the processes that give rise to key physical and human geographical features of the world, how these are interdependent and how they change over time
7. To develop the geographical skills needed to collect and analyse information gathered through first hand experiences of the environment and to carry out geographical enquiries.
8. To enable pupils to interpret a range of sources of geographical information, including maps, diagrams, globes, aerial photographs and communicate geographical information in a variety of ways, including through maps, numerical and quantitative skills and recording.
9. To use geography to develop pupils’ thinking skills, skills in literacy, numeracy and ICT and to promote pupils’ awareness and understanding of gender, cultural, spiritual and moral issues.
Our Geography Subject Leader is Mr Carr.
Geography National Curriculum
