geography at STANLEY ROAD

Geography in our school

At Stanley Road, Geography helps our children to develop a deeper understanding of the natural and human world and their identity within it. We encourage our children to explore the interconnected nature of our world and their place in it.

Our children are given opportunities to develop their geographical knowledge by investigating the world around them which allows them to strengthen their understanding of the concepts, knowledge and skills.

We follow the national curriculum to suit our school community. This ambitious, knowledge-rich and sequenced curriculum lays the foundation for our children and their growing knowledge about the world around them using the progressive geographical knowledge and skills.

The National Curriculum for Geography aims to ensure that all pupils:

  • develop contextual knowledge of the location of globally significant places – both terrestrial and marine – including their defining physical and human characteristics and how these provide a geographical context for understanding the actions of processes
  • understand the processes that give rise to key physical and human geographical features of the world, how these are interdependent and how they bring about spatial variation and change over time
  • are competent in the geographical skills needed to:
  • collect, analyse and communicate with a range of data gathered through experiences of fieldwork that deepen their understanding of geographical processes
  • interpret a range of sources of geographical information, including maps, diagrams, globes, aerial photographs and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
  • communicate geographical information in a variety of ways, including through maps, numerical and quantitative skills and writing at length.

    THE IMPORTANCE OF GEOGRAPHY

    The Early Year’s Educational Programmes contain the early elements of Geography within the ‘Understanding the World’ area of learning.

    Understanding the world involves guiding children to make sense of their physical world and their community. The frequency and range of children’s personal experiences increases their knowledge and sense of the world around them – from visiting parks, libraries and museums to meeting important members of society such as police officers, nurses and firefighters. In addition, listening to a broad selection of stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems will foster their understanding of our culturally, socially, technologically and ecologically diverse world. As well as building important knowledge, this extends their familiarity with words that support understanding across domains. Enriching and widening children’s vocabulary will support later reading comprehension.