Rationale for the Geography curriculum at Dringhouses
Geography is the study of the world around us. The teaching and learning of geography at Dringhouses Primary School is intended to equip pupils with the skills and knowledge to understand our changing world and aspire to responsibly contribute to its development.
Geography is taught at Dringhouses through the school’s learning projects, with children developing their skills, knowledge and understanding (as laid out in the national curriculum) through these carefully planned projects. By the end of each of the Key Stages, key skills will have been visited and built upon a number of times alongside the acquisition of key banks of knowledge.
Aims of Geography learning at Dringhouses:
Children are given a wide range of experiences and resources. Children are encouraged to ask and answer questions, as well as selecting and recording information. Teachers in all classes explore and plan appropriate opportunities for using ICT to enhance children’s learning experiences in geography e.g. using Google Earth.
In the Early Years’ Foundation Stage, geography is taught through the areas of provision and the local area with evidence towards ‘Knowledge and Understanding of the World’ recorded. First-hand experience of geography outside the classroom is encouraged through the use of the school grounds, immediate school surroundings and field trips, where appropriate. Forest School sessions take place every two weeks for EYFS while pupils in KS1 access full days of Forest School provision every half term. In KS2, children take part in residential activities to enrich their learning including a night of camping on the school field with the scouts in Year 4 and two different residential visits to outward-bound centres in Years 5 and 6, where activities are directed by specialists, e.g. orienteering, kayaking, climbing and abseiling.
When the learning projects are built upon a geography theme, the school makes every effort to ensure activities and trips are woven into the learning, eg Goddard’s and the Deep.
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Our History subject leader is Mrs Lucy Hopkins
Please contact her for further information and/or take a look at the following documents: