Overview
Our Geography Curriculum
At our small rural village school, geography learning is rooted in curiosity, place and connection. We help our children make sense of the world they live in and their place within it, developing a strong sense of identity, responsibility and understanding of others. Our mixed-age classes learn together through carefully planned sequences that ensure every child can build securely on what they already know, whatever their starting point.
We have adapted the Learning Challenge Curriculum for geography, shaping it to reflect our community and our children. Learning is organised around big, meaningful questions that encourage discussion and enquiry. These are broken down into clear, manageable steps so that key knowledge and concepts are built gradually and remembered over time. Children develop a secure understanding of physical and human geography, including location, place, scale, climate, settlements and human interaction with the environment.
Strong curriculum threads, such as land use, trade, sustainability and environmental change, run through our geography teaching. In our rural setting, this enables children to make meaningful links between local landscapes and wider national and global contexts. Fieldwork, maps, data, images and first-hand experiences are used regularly to deepen understanding and develop essential geographical skills.
Our geography curriculum is inclusive by design. Lessons are adapted thoughtfully so all children, including those with additional needs, can access the same ambitious content and achieve success. Teachers check understanding frequently, ensuring pupils keep up rather than catch up, with learning reinforced through discussion, reading, data handling and practical application.
By the time children leave our school, they have built a strong foundation of geographical knowledge and skills. They can think like geographers, use subject-specific language confidently and understand how people and places are interconnected in a changing world.