What we say about Geography at Dean Bank Primary School
Charlie – In year 4 we learned about the different rivers and found them on maps.
Alfie – We label things on maps and find out about different places.
Our Intent
Our Geography curriculum is designed to develop children’s curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. Children investigate a range of places both in Britain and abroad to help develop their knowledge and understanding of the Earth’s physical and human processes. We are committed to providing children with opportunities to investigate and make enquiries about their local area of Ferryhill and its surrounding areas so that they can develop of real sense of who they are, their heritage and what makes our local area unique and special. We also developing the children’s ability to apply geographical skills to enable to confidently communicate their findings and geographical understanding to a range of audiences. Through high quality teaching, we develop the following essential characteristics of geographers:
- ·An excellent knowledge of where places are and what they are like, both in Britain and the wider world.
- A comprehensive understanding of the ways in which places are interdependent and interconnected.
- An extensive base of geographical knowledge and vocabulary. · Fluency in geographical enquiry and the ability to apply questioning skills, as well as effective presentation techniques.
- The ability to reach clear conclusions and explain their findings. · Excellent fieldwork skills as well as other geographical aptitudes and techniques.
- The ability to express well-balanced opinions, rooted in very good knowledge and understanding about current issues in society and the environment.
- A genuine interest in the subject and a real sense of curiosity about the world and the people who live here.
You can view our long term geography plan to see what is taught in each year group;
Geography Long Term Plan
Restart Geography Long Term Plan 2020-2021
Useful websites
Whole School:
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/category/discover/geography/
https://www.ducksters.com/geography/
KS1:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zcdqxnb
KS2:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zbkw2hv
Geography in Action at Dean Bank
Spring Term Geography Overview – 2021
During Spring term, children have been developing our geographical knowledge and skills – learning both at home and in school. Take a look at what we have been up to:
Early Years – Transport, Places, Growth and Change.
Children in Early Years have continued to develop their understanding of the world.
Whilst learning at home, children noticed and explored seasonal changes and events, explored their community and features within the community whilst also following and building on their own interests. This means that they have explored, investigated, discussed and expressed curiosity about their local community and their own places of interest, the wider world and important events to both themselves and others.
At School/Nursery, children have continued their learning through stimulating their senses and exploring the natural environment – digging, planting, searching and discovering.
Year 1 – What is my place like? –
Year 1 have learnt about their local area of Ferryhill and surrounding towns/villages, as well as learning about places that are further away. Children have developed their subject specific vocabulary, including learning about reading basic maps, the meaning of an address, street, post code and town, as well as other geographical place terminology.
Elsie: “I live in the house with green on the door. People would use a car to get to my house, or a bus”.
Sophie: “The town that is here is where my house is, with my number on the door. The paper map would say where the person is. My mum lives down the road, in a different village”.
Year 2 – Why is my world wonderful? –
‘In our geography lessons in Y2, the children have been developing their knowledge and curiosity about the world. We have focused on being able to identify the 7 continents, 5 oceans and some of the major mountain ranges of the world. We have introduced the idea of the Equator and found out about some of the human and physical landmarks of the world, using the key vocabulary for geographers to describe their location. The children have used video clips, aerial photographs, maps and online atlases to support them with their learning.’
Kieran: “There are some mountains – the rocky mountain is in South America and there’s Mount Everest. South America, North America, Europe, Africa, Asia are some of the continents”.
Year 3 – UK Discovery – is the UK the same as everywhere? –
The focus in Year 3 this term is cities. Year 3 have been looking at the population of various cities, as well as the physical and human features of geography, including hills, coasts and rivers.
Jessica: “In other places they have different languages. When we went to holiday, we went to Europe. Europe is a continent that has loads of different places”.
Archie: “Makaton is the same, that’s a different language. You can get episodes in a different language too. Oh, on this side of the earth is a different time too!”
Year 4 – What can we discover about Europe? –
Our geography topic this term is to look into places, people and features of Europe. Year 4 have explored and uncovered interesting facts about Europe and places you will find within the continent. The focus of this term is land use, key human and physical features, and locations.
Here are some examples of the work children produced whilst continuing their learning at home.
“The Volga is the longest river in Europe but people worry about the pollution. It is used for transport and carrying goods”.
Year 5 – Where has my food come from? –
Year 5 have looked into the origins of key foods. Children explored trade links, the farming industry, natural resources, employment and thematic maps.
Mia – “The food comes from farmers who grow it. The fruit and vegetables get cleaned then it gets packed, goes to the shop then we buy it and eat it. The animals get cleaned too, then packaged and sent to the shops for people to eat”.
Lewis – “Food can come from this country but it’s very rare – our weather is bad here so it comes from hot countries like Greece, like raisins – they get dried out. The farmers need seeds and rakes and shovels but they need to be big for the ones that grow underground, like carrots”.
Here are some examples of the work children produced whilst continuing their learning at home.
Year 6 – Fantastic Forests – Why are they so important? –
This term, Year 6 have been looking into vegetation, biomes and forest types. The focus of our topic this term includes world maps of different types, biomes and different types of forests, rainforests (with a South American case study) as well as data collection and presentation tasks.
Layla – “Forests are important because they give you oxygen to breathe and live but they give you paper and wood too. They give habitats and resources to animals. There’s the Amazon Rainforest but there was a wildfire which destroyed the habitats and the resources. They could rebuild but it would take a long time and they’d need lots of water and resources”.
