Geography
Intent
Our pupils are responsible global citizens, who have a solid understanding of place, and appreciate and respect the diverse cultures and traditions of our world. They understand the role they play in protecting the Earth and its resources. Pupils are taught about the physical features of the Earth and about human activity, including populations, politics and economics. They can compare and contrast world locations and competently use mapping skills. Whenever possible, pupils take part in fieldwork. Pupils use their geographical skills to become active and effective members of their local and world community.
Long Term Plan
Talk like a Geographer
At Scott Primary, we understand the importance of language development in order to be effective communicators. In Geography lessons, we ‘Talk like a Geographer’’ through the sharing of key vocabulary and careful modelling from the teacher using sentence stems such as “The physical and human features in Bedford are…” or “This building is situated on the following coordinates…”.
Aspire to be
At Scott Primary, we aim to inspire our children to reach for a range of jobs regardless of their culture, background or heritage. Therefore we use our aspire to be posters to give some information about the different jobs and professions that the children could want to do when they leave us. These posters are displayed around our school and the children have the opportunity to read them, learn from them and on most use a QR code to delve deeper into the person life.
Geography Activity of the Half Term
Here is a suggested Humanities based activity that you could complete at half term.
Living in Bedford, we are so lucky to have the Great River Ouse. Next time you are near the river, can you observe which different activities are happening near or on the river? Perhaps you will see people in boats, people fishing, river cruises and people riding bikes on the Embankment or other exciting activities.
Can you make a poster demonstrating the different uses of the river?
