Geography

Subject Coordinator - Mrs L Brown

Hello, I am the geography coordinator. I believe that all children should develop a love for geography and the world around us. I want the children to have thoroughly enjoyed learning about geography, therefore encouraging them to undertake new life experiences now and in the future. 

At Mablethorpe Primary Academy we shape our geography curriculum to ensure it is fully inclusive to every child. Our aims are to fulfil the requirements of the National Curriculum for Geography; providing a broad and balanced curriculum; ensuring the progressive development of geographical concepts, knowledge and skills; and for the children to develop a love for geography. We aim for a high quality geography curriculum which inspires in pupils a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people. Our teaching equips pupils with knowledge about places and people; resources in the environment; physical and human processes; formation and use of landscapes. We want children to develop geographical skills: collecting and analysing data; using maps, globes, aerial photographs and digital mapping to name and identify countries, continents and oceans; and communicating information in a variety of ways. We want children to enjoy and love learning about geography by gaining this knowledge and skills, not just through experiences in the classroom, but also with the use of fieldwork and educational visits, taking advantage of the local surroundings as well as further afield. 

We follow the national curriculum and have carefully mapped the progression of skills and knowledge, taking great care to take advantage of the rich geography in our local region, to build upon existing knowledge and understanding. This develops a ‘web’ of understanding, ensuring the children know more. As the subject coordinator I monitor teaching and learning through looking at work in books to ensure curriculum coverage, talking to children to check they can say what they know and what they are learning and through drop-ins to observe teaching. 

The impact and measure of this is to ensure that children at Mablethorpe Primary Academy are equipped with geographical skills and knowledge that will enable them to be ready for the curriculum at Key Stage 3 and for life as an adult in the wider world. 

Subject Intent Statements :

Geography

Our Geography curriculum at Mablethorpe Primary Academy will inspire in pupils a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people, that will result in a life - long appreciation, ensuring we respect and care for it for future generations.

Geography for our children

' I am learning about my place in the world and how to care for it'