Geography
At SJSC, we aim for our children to develop a real appreciation of geography and love for their world.
Our intent is that all children are able to learn from where they live and make links between landscapes and places as well as the people or animals that inhabit them, developing a secure understanding of their place within the world.
They will have no limits to their ambitions and have opportunities to grow up to be cartographers, ecologists, town planners, conservationists, or weather forecasters.
Our geography units not only provide learning related to significant or representative local and international spaces and environments but also provide the skills needed to understand these places and eventually fulfil their ambitions.
Geography In Action
Children see themselves as geographers and it provides the opportunity fieldwork to be used to draw conclusions as well as put into practice skills linked to observation and spatial understanding.
The geography strands are:
• Identity. This supports understanding of the Big Idea ‘Identity and Diversity’. It ensures children know about their own local area and how it is set within a wider context but also teaches children to learn from their local area and become life-long learners.
• Diversity. This supports understanding of the Big Idea ‘Identity and Diversity’. It widens the children’s knowledge of the global community and how different places interact.
• Changing World. This supports the understanding of the Big Idea ‘Sustainability’ as well as ‘Innovation’ and ‘Social Justice’. Not only are children taught to understand changes across landscapes but also the impact of these changes on populations.
Throughout the geography curriculum, emphasis is placed on children being given the opportunity to lead their own learning and consider, then formulate and answer, enquiry questions.