‘The study of geography is about more than just memorising places on a map. It’s about understanding the complexity of our world’

President Barack Obama

The road map below shows the Geography curriculum as it progresses through the St. Anne’s Church Academy  from Reception to Year 6.

During  EYFS, pupils will learn about similarities and differences in relation to places.  They will be able to talk about the features of their own immediate environment and how environments may vary from one to another.  Our youngest pupils will also learn about natural processes such as the water cycle and start to use early mapping skills.

In KS1, pupils will develop knowledge about their local area and then explore the rest of the United Kingdom and then the wider world. In Year 1,  children will explore their local area and learn about seaside towns by studying Weston seafront. In Year 2, they will build on this and extend their learning to include our closest city, Bristol.

In KS2, children will be able to make links and build on previous learning to extend their knowledge and understanding and make comparisons beyond the local area to include the whole of the United Kingdom and Europe and the rest of the world. Children will be taught key geography skills such as, to use resources like world maps, atlases, globes, digital/computer mapping and compasses.

Concepts like change, settlement, trade and exploration will be explored through geography focused big enquiry questions like:, ‘What is my town like?’,  ‘What will we see when we explore the world?’ , ‘ How did the  Nile  help  Egyptians to survive and thrive?’, ‘How can the natural world be unpredictable?’, ‘ Why do we need to adapt and change?’ Children will be taught specific, technical, vocabulary as well as key topographical features. Children will be given opportunities to develop their geographical and fieldwork skills during first-hand opportunities in the local area.