Geography

The Geography curriculum at Ashleigh Primary School and Nursery has been designed to inspire children with a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people. Ashleigh geographers will become independent learners with the ability to question, investigate and think critically about issues affecting a dynamically changing world.  We give the children the knowledge and skills they need to become global citizens by exploring their own place in the world, their values and responsibilities to other people, to the environment and to the sustainability of the planet. 

At Ashleigh we want to ensure the children’s learning is contextualised into a growing global awareness and supports our learners to become responsible citizens. In every year group, the curriculum is mapped into discrete units with learning intentions covering the four curriculum areas (locational knowledge, place knowledge, human and physical geography and geographical skills and fieldwork). Our units and enquiries are planned to systematically progress children’s geographical skills and knowledge, with careful consideration given to the variety, location and scale of case studies used. 

Assemblies covering current affairs explore big geographical ideas and place these in a global context, underpinned by the content taught in lessons.  The school has a large and diverse school grounds, including a school farm, which provides excellent opportunities for fieldwork at a local level. We are located within reach of the coast and Norfolk Broads providing real-life case studies and educational trips linked to units. Every classroom has a world map and age appropriate atlases which provide opportunities for connected geographical learning across the curriculum and support students to embed knowledge. 

At Ashleigh we recognise that Geography is an ever-changing subject and the curriculum is reviewed yearly to reflect the latest geographical thinking. 

Geography Curriculum Map 21

Geography in EYFS

Our geography curriculum will have equipped pupils with knowledge about diverse places, people and environments. We have seen that arming children with powerful knowledge about the world around them helps them to develop a love for the subject of geography, and also recognise their own role in becoming a responsible global citizen.  By the end of Year 6, children will have a broad understanding of their place in the world and to have the skills to question and think critically about issues that directly and indirectly affect them.  Learners will have had the chance to use different technologies to investigate the impact of recent global events as well as using current theories and data to understand future changes that they may go on to witness. Their time at Ashleigh will have taught them to be independent thinkers and to use their curiosity to lead them to continue to learn and understand their role and responsibility in looking after our planet.