Geography
At Annesley Primary and Nursery School, we believe that geography is essentially about understanding the world we live in and how it works. A high-quality geography education inspires in children a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people, and provokes and provides answers to questions about the natural and human aspects of the world. We want our pupils to develop a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes, to understand diverse places, people, resources and environments, and to understand their own place in the world, beginning with their local area of Annesley Woodhouse.
Pupils are taught to ask and answer geographical questions, to collect, record and present data through fieldwork in the school grounds and the local area, and to use evidence to explain what they find. Precise geographical vocabulary is taught explicitly in every unit, and pupils learn to communicate their understanding through maps, graphs, presentations and reports. Geography is linked to other subjects, such as science, history, mathematics and computing, so that pupils see its relevance and can apply their learning in different contexts.
By the end of Year 6, pupils leave Annesley Primary and Nursery School as curious, knowledgeable and thoughtful geographers who can locate and describe places and environments in the UK and around the world, explain the physical and human processes that shape them, use maps, atlases, digital mapping and fieldwork skills with confidence, and understand how human activity changes the environment and how it can be managed sustainably. They are well prepared to continue their study of geography at Key Stage 3 and beyond.
Our ARCHIE framework embeds six core values across our curriculum – Ambition, Resilience, Confidence, Honesty, Independence, and Equality. Click on the link below to see how these values apply to Geography at Annesley Primary & Nursery School:
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