Geography
“Geography explains the past, illuminates the present and prepares us for the future. What could be more important than that?”
Michael Palin
Intent - What are we aiming for?
- provoke and provide answers to their own questions about the natural and human aspects of the world.
- investigate a greater understanding and knowledge of the world, as well as their place in it.
- develop an understanding of the physical and human patterns and processes which enable us to make sense of places.
- develop a simple understanding of environmental sustainability and how they can be actively involved in living as sustainably as possible.
- investigate their own curiosity and fascination about the world and its people which will remain with them for the rest of their lives.
- investigate and to understand diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes.
The curriculum is designed to develop disciplinary and substantive knowledge that are progressive, as well as transferable, throughout their time at Asfordby Hill Primary and also to their further education and beyond.