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Geography

At Gordon Children’s Academy, we strive to inspire our children to have a curiosity and fascination about the world that we live in and the diversity around them. Our goal is for all children to develop a love of Geography that we hope will continue throughout their school journey. Our ambitious geography curriculum is designed to have concepts weaved throughout every year group to encourage purposeful repetition and to ensure the progressive development of geographical concepts, which consistently build on previous understanding. Our high-quality teaching of geography enables our children to understand their rights and responsibilities towards other people and the environment in which we live and instils a curiosity of the world which will remain with them for the rest of their lives. Pupils will be equipped with knowledge about diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments which is underpinned by geographical vocabulary enabling children to effectively communicate the interaction between physical and human processes in their community and the wider world. 

In line with the National Curriculum (2014) we aim for all pupils to: 

  • Be equipped with knowledge about diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments. 
  • Contribute to a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes. 
  • Explain how the Earth’s features at different scales are shaped, interconnected and change over time. 

To do this they will: 

  • Use the seven principles of learning as a vehicle to develop interpersonal skills, creativity, critical thinkers and a unique child.  
  • 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   
  • Be 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.