Intent for Geography

Resilient Individuals

Our curriculum provides our children with knowledge that will nourish both them and the society of which they are members.  It is structured to have vertical, horizontal and diagonal links in a deliberate, planned way so that the curriculum is memorable.  This enables our children to build up cumulative knowledge over time and empowers them with the means to interrogate and apply knowledge and skills to new and novel contexts.

Successful Learners

Our curriculum is specifically relevant to the children of Newtown.  We have chosen people, places and problems that reflect and meet the needs of our location, our community, our collective history and our potential for the future.  Our teachers create learning opportunities so that our children experience and reach into the awe and wonder contained within our curriculum.

Responsible Citizens

Our Curriculum has been designed to enable our children to understand important things about the world and themselves.  It champions and enables equality, diversity and inclusion and provides our children with the intellectual, artistic and physical opportunities that they are entitled to. 

During their visit to the Sea Life Centre in Birmingham, Year 4 explored a range of aquatic biomes as part of their geography topic.  The experience helped them understand the importance of caring for our oceans and reducing human impact on marine ecosystems.   

Year 3 took part in a local fieldwork visit which enabled them to make meaningful links between their autumn learning on rivers, canals and the water cycle and their summer topic on types of settlement and land use.  During the visit, pupils identified and compared a river and a canal, observed how water is managed, and explored how the local environment is used for residential living, work, and recreation.  The experience also supported pupils in recognising how natural and human features, including nature reserves, shops and places of employment, shape the way an area is used.  

In Year 6, pupils learn about climate change through a study of the Amazon rainforest.  They explore Brazil's role in the rainforest and the effects of deforestation on wildlife, people and the planet.