Intent statement: To inspire a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with children for the rest of their lives.
Relevant to NHFS specifically: Geography is an investigative subject, which develops an understanding of concepts, knowledge and skills. At New Hartley our intent, when teaching geography, is to inspire in children a curiosity and fascination about the world, starting with our local environment, and people within it; to promote the children’s interest and understanding of diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes.
EYFS - What Geography looks like in EY: 3-4 years Developmental Matters
• Use all their senses in hands-on exploration of natural materials.
• Explore collections of materials with similar and/or different properties.
• Talk about what they see, using a wide vocabulary.
• Begin to understand the need to respect and care for the natural environment and all
living things.
• Continue developing positive attitudes about the differences between people.
• Know that there are different countries in the world and talk about the differences they
have experienced or seen in photos.
Reception Developmental Matters
• Draw information from a simple map.
• Recognise some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries.
• Explore the natural world around them.
• Describe what they see, hear and feel whilst outside.
• Recognise some environments that are different to the one in which they live.
• Understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them.
Early Learning Goals
• Describe their immediate environment using knowledge from observation,
discussion, stories, non-fiction texts and maps.
- Explain some similarities and differences between life in this country andlife in other countries, drawing on knowledge from stories, non-fiction texts and (when appropriate) maps.
• Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class.
Children are encouraged to develop a greater understanding and knowledge of the world, as well as their place in it. The geography curriculum at New Hartley enables children to develop knowledge and skills that are transferable to other curriculum areas. Geography is an investigative subject, which develops an understanding of concepts, knowledge and skills.
Children will make links from their understanding of the world around them to science, religious studies, history and their reading of fiction, poetry and non-fiction.
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They will make links to IT through use of digital technologies, digital and computer mapping.
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They will make links to maths through comparative data, contextual numeric data, visual quantitative data, data for solving problems/ undertaking enquiries.
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Children will make links with writing skills in recording and presenting information. They will utilise reading skills, particularly skills in using and reading non-fiction, such as using contents and indexes in non-fiction texts. They will make links to skills such as skimming and scanning to extract key facts from non-fiction texts
Knowledge Types
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Place Knowledge
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Locational knowledge
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Human and physical geography
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Geographical skills and fieldwork
1.) Substantive knowledge for each subject is mapped from EYFS to Year 4 to ensure our children learn cumulatively sufficient knowledge by the end of each Key Stage.
2.) Disciplinary knowledge as geographical skills and fieldwork is mapped from EYFS to Year 4 to enable children to apply their knowledge as skills.
Aspirations links
To gain a greater understanding and knowledge of the physical and human geography of their local area and of other countries.
To gain an understanding of those professions concerned with our world and its geography.
To gain skills to gather, analyse, present and interpret spatial information.
Sustainability links
By studying the physical and human geography of our area and a Non-European area children will gain awareness of man’s impact on the environment. They will study seasonal and daily weather patterns and hot and cold places and have opportunities to learn about climate change.
By fieldwork pupils will bring together locational knowledge and human and physical processes, which will help them to understand how they interact.
KS1 Pupils will study their local area and a Non-European country.
KS2 Pupils will extend their studies to Europe, North and South America. In human geography they will study types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water.