Intent

Here at Heamoor, we believe our children are the future. Therefore, we want a Geography curriculum that is designed to provide all children with an opportunity to not only build on their real life experiences of the world around them, but to develop a greater understanding and knowledge of the world, as well as their place in it and the important role they have as global citizens.

Within the Geography curriculum, fieldwork trips enable our children to ask questions, develop critical thinking skills and understand more complex concepts as the curriculum progresses from KS1 to KS2. By providing rich, hands on experiences we hope our children will use these connections in the wider world and develop a sense of wonder about the world we live in, not just locally, but nationally and internationally too.

The curriculum encourages our children to expand their geographical vocabulary, gain knowledge on the changing world we live in and develop consideration and care for the environment all while building on their knowledge of geographical features, both natural and man-made. As our children continue on their journey of Geography, the children will build their skills to discover, record, analyse, interpret and express data, using their voice to confidently debate topics that they feel passionately about. Our aim is that our children go on to apply these skills across all subjects, as well as in their futures beyond Heamoor School.

'Kapow'

Kapow is used throughout the school to teach geography. 

Why we chose is Kapow - ''Kapow Primary’s Geography scheme of work aims to inspire pupils to become curious and explorative thinkers with a diverse knowledge of the world – in other words, to think like geographers. The intention is for pupils to develop the confidence to question and observe places, measure and record necessary data in a variety of ways and analyse and present their findings.''

Pupil Voice

''I liked mapping our school and designing a better playground.'' 

- Frankie, Orange Class.

''Learning about where our food came from was fun.''

- Poppy, Blue Class.

'' I enjoyed exploring different places around the world.'' 

- Louie, Indigo Class.