GEOGRAPHY
GEOGRAPHY
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INTENT
INTENT
The aim of Geography at Ridgeway Primary Academy is to engage children in learning about their local area and their place in the world. They will learn to compare the UK with other globally significant locations by studying the human and physical features of these areas. They will gain a sense of identity and develop their cultural capacity by completing fieldwork and learning about current issues in the news that impact their world. We believe that learning is a change in long-term memory. Therefore, we teach geography termly, with a focus on geographical vocabulary. This develops their explanations and understanding of the world around them. Our curriculum is progressive and allows each class to develop their prior learning from the previous year. To support our children in developing their long-term memory, we complete recap quizzes at the start of each lesson so that learning is revisited from the previous term, the previous year and the previous lesson. Furthermore, each year group completes continuous provision via morning dashboard and 10 minutes of map work each week which is planned carefully to ensure progression and opportunities to revisit prior learning. We aim to make learning memorable by providing a range of real-life experiences and using geographical resources in each theme.
IMPLEMENTATION
IMPLEMENTATION
Geography at Ridgeway Primary Academy offers children a range of experiences to understand the world around them. Each Key stage has access to a resource box which contain relevant and current resources to support their learning, such as, games, atlases, and a variety of maps. In KS1 and KS2, the children will complete fieldwork which allows them to have real experiences, make observations and collect real data. In KS2, children are encouraged to share ideas and think about how they can positively impact their local area. Our curriculum is subject specific; therefore, geography lessons develop quality geographical knowledge and skills and work is produced with this focus. Geography skills are taught in context so that children are able to make links with their learning and think like a geographer. A personalised curriculum has been developed by the Geography co-ordinator and Curriculum co-ordinator to support the teaching of this subject and to ensure there are a range of engaging learning opportunities for our children. The curriculum encourages enquiry-based learning to enable children to explore their learning using real resources. Each year group has a list of ambitious geographical vocabulary that is revisited regularly so that children can use them in their explanations of the world around them.
IMPACT
IMPACT
The intended impact of our geography curriculum is that learning is memorable and enables children to build knowledge, compare this knowledge and use this to explore, make observations and positively impact the world around them. We want our children to be proud of their place in the world. As the children travel through the school, they will build on prior knowledge and because of this we hope for them to become confident and independent learners. The children will gain a rich cultural capital throughout their time at Ridgeway Primary Academy with the unique experiences that we provide them.
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