Geography

Our curriculum intent for Geography

At Fleet Infant School we feel it is important to nurture and encourage children's natural curiosity, so they become inquisitive, questioning learners who look closely at the world around them and begin to be able to interpret what they see. As a whole school we look at countries around the world and learn about the similarities and differences between British culture and other cultures.

In KS1 we begin to look in more detail at our local area. We learn to draw and interpret maps and develop a variety of other skills through our topic work, including those of enquiry, problem solving, investigating and presenting our work. We may use skills learned in Maths and English and apply them in new ways.

We aim to instil a sense of environmental responsibility in our children and encourage them to understand environmental issues at a local and global level.

Running through all of our Geography work at Fleet Infant School is the idea that we are motivating and inspiring our children to find out about their world, both physical and human, so that they can take an active part in contributing to and protecting this world as they grow up.

Inclusion

When teaching Geography we ensure that every child is included and taught the curriculum to take into account their individual needs. Adaptations are made to teaching styles and resources to enable all children to access the subject at their individual level with appropriate support and challenge being added where appropriate. We identify barriers to learning and support pupils in many ways for example by pre-teaching subject specific vocabulary, using more detailed visual aids and scaffolding tasks which enables all pupils to succeed in becoming competent and confident geographers at our school.

Our learning in action!

Year R Learning about the world