Geography Intent

Pinner Wood uses the Geography Primary National Curriculum to underpin a strong, core curriculum.  The children are provided with knowledge about human and natural environments, people, places and resources.  They will develop a secure knowledge of the Earth’s key physical and human processes.  Their growing knowledge about the world will help deepen their understanding of the interaction between physical and human processes and the formation and use of landscapes and environments.​

Our curriculum aims to provide opportunities of learning that will:-​

• Develop contextual knowledge of the location of globally significant places​

• Promote an understanding of the processes that produce key physical and human geographical features of the world​

• Develop competence in the geographical skills needed to collect, analyse and communicate data gathered through fieldwork​

• Encourage the communication of geographical information through maps, diagrams, aerial photographs and writing at length​

We want Pinner Wood children to be future, responsible world citizens and Geography gives us a way to do this. Children will learn the Global Goals and through the key ideals will understand how they can take action to make a difference to their future.

Progression in Geography

Geography at Pinner Wood is delivered in half termly blocks throughout the year, allowing for children to achieve depth in their learning.  Key knowledge and skills of each unit of work are mapped across the school, ensuring that knowledge builds progressively and that children develop skills systematically. Tasks are selected and designed to provide appropriate challenge to all learners, in line with the school’s commitment to inclusion.​

A ‘big’ key question provides the stimulus for the start of a unit of work and subsequent lessons are derived from associated key questions that build knowledge and skills sequentially.  This will be launched though a ‘stunning start’ to immerse children in the topic content and get them thirsty to learn more.  The finale will be a ‘show casing’ ending where the children create a piece that brings together their knowledge of the unit in a purposeful way.  This learning journey evolves throughout the topic and provides further opportunities for children to build up a secure knowledge of previous learning.

Geography Inclusivity and Wider Opportunities

Alongside our classroom learning, we create a number of opportunities for children to learn outside the classroom, on trips and in their local community. This may include completing studies and questionnaires about shops in the local area, reviewing the flora and fauna of our school site and studying biodiversity. We aim to make Geography learning engaging by enhancing learning with many extra opportunities.​

By using VR, children can experience the sights of South America. Linking up with an Antartica live stream exposes the children to climate change in the real world. Visits to a recycling centre help to understand the impact that individuals can make in their daily lives.