Geography

Learning about the links between our lives, places and the environment around us is central to geography at Orchard Primary School. Children learn to use geographical skills and resources to find out about places, local and further afield in this country and abroad. It is a subject that is about the investigation of questions, examining the impact of our actions on the world and examining the world’s physical features.

Geography is a valued part of the curriculum, providing a purposeful means for exploring, appreciating and understanding the world in which we live and how it has evolved. Geography explores the relationship between the Earth and its people through the study of place, space and environment. Geography is concerned with pupils learning about their own locality, whilst becoming aware of and developing knowledge and understanding of the world beyond their own environment. Geography encourages children to learn through experience, particularly through practical and fieldwork activities. At Orchard we believe it is important to build a geographical curriculum that endorses the importance for outdoor learning to build a curiosity for learning to help them to know more, remember more and understand more. Geography taught at Orchard follows the National Curriculum for primary Geography and covers the following areas of study:

• locational knowledge
• place knowledge
• environmental, physical and human geography
• geography skills and fieldwork

The Geography Plans can be found in the links below:

Geography Statement of Intent, Implementation & Impact
Geography Long Term Plan (LTP)
Geography Progression Map
Geography Characteristics Grid
Geography Key Concept
Geography Conceptual Understanding and Skills Progression Map
Geography Substantive and Disciplinary Knowledge