Geography at Arboretum fosters children’s curiosity and fascination of the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. Children take part in learning about the diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments across the world. As children progress through the school, their growing knowledge about the world should help them to deepen their understanding of the interaction between physical and human processes, and of the formation and use of landscapes and environments. Through Geography, children learn to care about the world around them as they study the impact of humans on the physical world and the interaction that the two have.
Aims
- collect, analyse and communicate with a range of data gathered through experiences of fieldwork that deepen their understanding of geographical processes
- interpret a range of sources of geographical information, including maps, diagrams, globes, aerial photographs and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
- communicate geographical information in a variety of ways, including through maps, numerical and quantitative skills and writing at length.
Geography objectives and outcomes, like all subjects, form part of meaningful and relevant learning journeys. Teaching the statutory knowledge, skills and understanding of Geography results in Arboretum children being equipped with:
Knowledge |
of locations of the world’s countries of oceans of continents of capital cities of places across the world of human and physical geography of topographical features of identifying latitude, longitude, Equator and the Northern hemisphere of identifying the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones of understanding geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography |
Skills |
using maps (including digital maps) atlases and globes using compasses using aerial photographs application of number, i.e. engaging in fieldwork information Technology i.e. digital mapping |
Understanding |
Critical thinking, including:
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