Intent

Geography at Lambton, enables our children to better understand the world’s people, places and environments and why some are changing. We want our children to have a secure knowledge of the world around them, starting with the local area and surrounding areas, then moving outwards into the world.  Geography at Lambton Primary School will encompass the National Curriculum and is designed to create deep knowledge and strong basic skills.

Implementation

Geography is taught in blocks throughout the year, which allows the children to learn about a specific area in some depth. We teach geography in a planned, coherent way which is sequenced logically.

Facts and prior learning is revisited to deepen knowledge. Skills are taught progressively and applied in different ways to different locations. ensuring that children learn and remember geographical knowledge and acquire progressive geographical skills.

Fieldwork is an ongoing focus. We use our school grounds, the local area and organise trips for fieldwork to enable children to base learning on first hand experiences to enhance teaching and learning in geography.

Impact

Children will show a strong knowledge of basic geographical facts through their work both written and oral. They will understand the local environment in which they live and how it might compare to the lives of others across the globe.  Children demonstrate progressively wider knowledge and vocabulary to describe the physical and environmental geography of our world.

Children will develop a deep understanding of the subject, to enable quick recall of knowledge using the correct terminology, which encourages them to talk confidently about the subject.

Through their studies, children understand behaviours of different cultures and how geography may have contributed to that. Their attitudes are clearly positive to the different cultures and practices of people around the world and this carries into their positive actions towards others.

We aspire for children to leave Lambton Primary School keen to further understand the world in which we live as they transition into KS3.