Geography
Geography – curriculum information
Throughout Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 in Humanities, pupils will be involved in investigating a variety of people, places and environments both locally, within the United Kingdom and also in a Global context. History and Geography under the New Curriculum is linked closely together and is covered in a range of set Topics, but also in response to areas of pupil interest.
Geography lessons at Wheeler will inspire in children a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people.
Teaching will develop pupils’ knowledge of; their location in the world, globally significant places, key physical and human features and the processes that create them. Pupils will also learn the vocabulary needed to describe and explain these. The use of maps, globes, diagrams, aerial photographs and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) will be embedded in each Topic taught, with opportunities for pupils to interpret the information presented by each.
Over their time at Wheeler, pupils will experience a range of fieldwork opportunities in our local area and further afield. They will use these fieldwork experiences to ask and answer geographical questions and collect data using a range of techniques and instruments. Pupils will analyse this data to deepen their understanding of geographical processes and communicate the information in a variety of ways.
Information for parents
Whole School Progression Geography
