Our Geography Curriculum follows the National Curriculum objectives, providing and broad and balanced curriculum offer for all children. We have sequenced the children’s learning opportunities into a Sequence of Learning, which teachers use to plan their lessons from. Both History and Geography are alternated on a half termly basis and form a key part of the topic for that half term. These are carefully structured, to ensure that pupils are given ample opportunities to delve into key Geographical knowledge. Learning is planned in manageable, connected steps; lessons are coherently and deliberately constructed to include careful scaffolding to ensure that pupils develop secure knowledge and understanding of key concepts. The curriculum is structured so it builds progressively upon prior learning, including key vocabulary maps. As a result, pupils learn about Geography specific examples as well as developing their skills throughout the programme of study.

In Geography, our children study two sequenced Geography topics throughout the year, leading to a high-quality enquiry- based end point. This provides children with an opportunity to apply and analyse their knowledge and skills. Additionally, pupils are given the opportunity to consolidate and apply their geographical skills when at least one geography link is interweaved into their topical learning. They use a wide variety of sources, including maps, the internet and photos to establish the location of countries, cities, mountain ranges, rivers, sea and oceans. Knowledge Organisers consist of key facts and maps are used alongside key geographical vocabulary which is contextualised in the places and topics that children are learning about, rather than simply learned as a word list. The learner will revisit geographical skills and knowledge to embed and deepen understanding. Learning tasks in lessons are selected and designed to provide appropriate challenges to all learners and to develop independent working and confidence, in line with the school’s commitment to inclusion. The Geography provision is also well resourced and specific resources are mapped to specific year groups and topics to support effective teaching and learning.  The local area is fully utilised to achieve the desired outcomes, with extensive opportunities for learning outside the classroom embedded in practice. We use the local area as an initial starting to then expand the children’s horizons and teach them about the country and the wider world.

To supplement learning, Educational Visits and visiting experts are used to enhance the learning experiences for the children. Starting with the Early Years and Foundation Stage (EYFS) the children will be introduced to their school environment and as they progress through the school, they will gain a broadened understanding of the wider world. We carefully select valuable learning experiences for our students, providing them with the best possible chance to experience and expand their knowledge. Where possible, we use the rich locality are a starting point. Up until recently, Allscott was the site of the Sugar Beet factory which provided many jobs in the local area as well as farming and transporting the crop out of Telford. The natural, physical landscape has been home to agriculture since the earliest settlements, lying in the shadow of the Wrekin and with natural rivers, hills, forests within walking distance. Additionally, we have human geography on our doorstep too with the railway, Telford and A5 close by.