Geography | St James Catholic Primary School, Hyde

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We hope you enjoy finding out how important Geography is to us at St James’ and how it is taking place.

St James Geography Policy

Geography Curriculum Intent

At St James’, we stimulate pupils’ interest to help them gain a sense of wonder in the world around them. whilst developing an informed concern for the quality of the environment. Children will acquire a wide range of geographical knowledge and skills to enable them to understand the relationship between Earth and its people.

We help our pupils to understand that the character of places derives from the interaction of people and environment, by increasing their knowledge about the location of the physical and human features of the World. Children will develop a knowledge of the location of different places including their physical and human characteristics and how these provide context for understanding their geography. We enable children to understand how the Earth’s features are shaped and change over time. We understand the processes of key physical and human geographical features of the world and how these change over time.

We develop the geographical skills needed to collect and analyse information gathered through first-hand experiences of the environment and to carry out geographical enquiries. We enable pupils to interpret a range of sources of geographical information, including maps, diagrams, globes, aerial photographs and communicate geographical information in a variety of ways. We use geography to develop pupils thinking skills, skills in literacy, numeracy, science and ICT and to promote pupils’ awareness and understanding of gender, cultural, spiritual and moral issues.

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