Intent
At Horbury St Peter’s and Clifton Primary School, we intend to instil the “St Peter’s and Clifton School Spirit” in all our children. The teaching of geography in particular encourages our children to value the importance of :
“Service”
as they recognise their place in our school, community, country and world, and develop a fascination in the people and places both within and beyond our locality.
Implementation
All pupils:
- Develop contextual knowledge of the location of globally significant places, including their defining physical and human characteristics
- Become competent geographical explorers, using fieldwork and enquiry to find out about places using a progressive range of map skills and vocabulary
- Develop proficiency in the
- Study units framed around one key question, aimed at developing their sense of geographical enquiry
Impact
The monitoring of the standards of children’s work and of the quality of teaching in Geography is the responsibility of the subject leader. The work of the subject leader also involves supporting colleagues in their teaching, being informed about current developments in geography and providing a strategic lead and direction for this subject in the school. The subject leader reviews and evaluates planning annually. It involves creation of an action plan with regular, termly review.