Skills based curriculum focusing upon; location, place knowledge, human and physical geography, geographical skills and fieldwork | Topics are used as a driver to incorporating geography knowledge and skills; with major and minor geography driver topics including around the world and location, location, location | Families engage in historical learning through sharing culture and their own experience of different places | Homework and Wow sheet speaking and listening activities incorporate historical understanding | Topics which focus upon learning about ourselves and people around us are embedded throughout the curriculum |
Celebration all the Saints Days and other multicultural days/festivals | Discovery areas allow children to develop an understanding of place, generate their own interest and talk about their experiences | Experiences of the individual family and child are shared eg, skype, holiday diaries etc | Summer holiday postcards are sent and utilised as a transitional support, identifying activity and places visited over the holiday | Geographical topic displays reinforce learning and understanding – through local area work |
Range of resources are utilised to reinforce understanding of place through cross curricular work including computing, maths, photographs, atlases and map work | First-hand experiences are evident within curriculum including visits within the local area and further afield | Children are encouraged to make comparisons and express their own points of view; contributing to making the area a better place. This is supported by school council work. | Child initiated learning zones are developmental across EYFS and the nest in KS1 and focus upon an understanding of place – such as block area, role play discovery shed etc |
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