Geography
We believe geography should provoke and answer questions about children’s sense of place, about the natural and human worlds. We aim to equip our children with knowledge about diverse places, people, resources and environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes. As our children progress through school, we aim to ensure their growing knowledge about the world deepens their understanding of the interaction between physical and human processes, and of the formation of landscape and environments. We develop a knowledge of places throughout the world, an understanding of maps, continent’s, rivers and provide field work outside the classroom. Our children encounter different societies and cultures and we aim to help them realise how nations rely on each other. We want our children to be inspired to think about their own place in the world, their values, and their rights and responsibilities to other people and as stewards of the environment.

Whole School Overview – Enquiries Geography History Science (Additional learning of geographical content) | ||||||
Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | Term 4 | Term 5 | Term 6 | |
EYFS Year 1
One Year Roll | Where is our place in the United Kingdom?
Seasonal patterns/changes | Where is our place in the United Kingdom?
Seasonal patterns/changes | How has our local area changed?
Landmarks and Human/ physical Seasonal patterns/changes | How has the way we send a message changed?
Seasonal patterns/changes | What are the properties of everyday materials?
Seasonal patterns/changes | How do living things survive?
Fieldwork – local habitats Seasonal patterns/changes |
Year 2
One Year Roll | Where in the world are we? | Where in the world are we? | Who were the Victorians?
Looking at older maps of local area | Who were the Victorians?
Map work looking at where Florence travelled. Landmarks of UK – Brunel | What made London burn?
Locating London, landmarks of London | Changing environment (new enquiry tbc) |
Year 3/4 A | Who was the greatest monarch of the Tudor age?
Why Henry married Catherine of Aragon (location) | Who was the greatest monarch of the Tudor age?
Spanish armada | Why did Europeans go exploring? | Why did Europeans go exploring? | How green is our planet? | What happened to the Mayan civilisation?
Where did the Mayans live? |
Year 3/4 B | What makes my body amazing?
Discrete – recapping prior learning | What makes my body amazing?
Discrete – recapping prior learning | Where the Vikings vicious?
Map work | Where the Vikings vicious?
| Where is our place in Europe? | Where is our place in Europe? |
Year 5/6 A | Where is our place in space?
Looking at earth recapping continents? | Where is our place in space?
Looking at earth recapping continents? | How does our world rage? | How does our world rage? | What did the Ancient Greeks do for us?
Where is Greece? | What did the Ancient Greeks do for us? |
Year 5/6 B | How did settlements stem from the stone age?
Map work of settlements | How did the Romans rule?
Location of Rome and landmarks | How did the Romans rule?
Map work and landmarks of Rome | Have we made the world a better place? | How did Egyptian civilisation evolve?
Location and landmarks. Rivers – The Nile | How did Egyptian civilisation evolve?
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