Geography Curriculum Intent
In Geography, children learn about places and environments in the world around them. They should be taught about:
- Ways of finding out about places and environments
- Environmental issues
- Interpreting geographical information
- How places and environments are affected by natural processes and human activities
- The characteristics of natural features and processes
- How people have organised their physical environment
- The diversity of human activities – including economic, social, political and cultural
- Similarities and differences between places and environments
- How their own lives, and those of other people, are affected by geographical and environmental factors
- How nations affect each other
- Causes and effects
- The use of maps, atlases and globes
- The geography of the host country
The Knowledge, Skills and Understanding which children gain through their study of Geography can be regarded in terms of:
- Enquiry
- Places
- Environmental change and development
- Geographical features
- Mapping
- Communicating