Geography Curriculum

At Osborne Primary School our carefully planned and structured Geography curriculum inspires our children to be passionate geographers who use their geography skills with confidence. Geography allows children to explore, discover and provoke thoughts and questions about the world around them. Children are encouraged to develop a greater understanding of the world, its interconnectedness, their place in it and become global citizens. Teachers create a positive attitude towards geography and ensure learning is accessible to all pupils. Our children experience high quality teaching that elicits and develops their skills on local knowledge, place knowledge, human and physical geography, fieldwork whilst applying geographical skills throughout. As children progress through school, their growing knowledge of the world helps them deepen their understanding of the interaction between human and physical processes and of the formation and use of landscapes and environment. Children will acquire a bank of geographical terms and have a firm understanding of using sources to help them construct their knowledge of the world around them.

Overview

AutumnSpringSummer
Year 1Countries & capitals of the UKSmall area study of the UKSeasonal & daily weather of the UK
Year 2Countries & Oceans of the worldSmall area study of KenyaLocations of hot and cold countries in the world
Year 3Counties and cities of the UKChanges to settlement Type, patterns and land use over timeVolcanoes and Earthquakes
Case study Turkey
Year 4Countries of Europe Comparison of Italy and UKEconomic activity with a focus on Italy and UKClimate
Year 5Human and Physical Geography of North AmericaRivers (Indus and Thames)Environmental sustainability- Water world (plastics)
Year 6Human and Physical geography of South AmericaBiomes and vegetation belts (Brazil)Distribution of natural resources and economic activity (Brazil)