Geography
Our subject lead for Geography is Miss Scrimshaw
Our Big Idea
Primary geography helps children make sense of the world around them. Through studying places, people and environments, using, pupils develop a sense of global identity, understand diverse communities, and recognise their role in sustaining the planet. Key learning usually includes:
1. Understanding Places
- Learning about the local area and how it compares to other places in the UK and the wider world
- Exploring different countries, continents, and oceans
- Finding out what makes places unique—weather, landscapes, buildings, and culture
2. Developing Map Skills
- Using simple maps, atlases, globes, and digital maps
- Learning to follow directions and understand symbols
- Beginning to use grid references, compass points, and keys
3. Physical Geography
- Studying natural features such as rivers, mountains, coasts, and forests
- Learning about weather and seasons
- Understanding natural processes like erosion, the water cycle, and climate
4. Human Geography
- Exploring how people live, work, and use land
- Learning about transport, settlements, and how communities grow
- Understanding how human actions affect the environment
5. Environmental Awareness
- Thinking about how to care for the planet
- Learning about sustainability, recycling, and protecting habitats
- Discussing global issues in an ageāappropriate way
Our Approach
Geography is a fantastic subject, learning about the world in which we live in. It is full of wonderful facts, ideas and concepts that can sometimes be a little bit tricky to remember. At DSA we follow a Long Term Plan (LTP) to ensure that we cover the breadth of vast areas under the geography umbrella, in a fun and engaging way by incorporating songs and practical activities to help embed the information. Each year group will also take part in field trips/ activities that allow them to discover more about the world around us.
Curriculum Overview
Autumn | Spring | Summer | |
F1 | Responding to children’s interests and needs through continuous provision and enhancements | ||
F2 | Local geography – where is my classroom, where is the toilet, where is my school, where are my safe places etc.
| Mapping, our world and climate change, our world in the solar system
| Food and growing – where do things grow? Dinosaurs – where did they come from?
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1/2 Cycle A | Our School
| Peru
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1/2 Cycle B | Our Town
| Wonderful World
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3/4 Cycle A | Local Geography
| Restless Earth |
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3/4 Cycle B | Rivers and Water Cycle
| Amazon
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Year 5 | European Contrast
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| Sow and Grow
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Year 6 | African Biomes
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| Changing Planet
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Supporting Learning at Home
Children can further develop their knowledge and skills in geography, by getting outside and looking at the world we live in. You could also visit the following websites:
Take a look at some of the cool songs we learn, to help with our learning:
Seasons: Seasons Song (Please note that this song refers to Autumn as the American term ‘Fall’ and so we’d explain this is a regional difference.
The continents: Seven Continents Geography Song - YouTube
The oceans: Five Oceans Song - YouTube
The Water cycle: Water Cycle Song
The River: The River - kids' song about rivers
Climate change: Climate Change Song
Countries and capitals of Europe: Countries and Capitals of Europe Song
Biomes of the world: Biomes of the World šµ | Learning the Types of Biomes | Geography (FUNdamental RAPS) Educational Song
We have a geography after school club – where we explore physical features and try to recreate them, having fun with art, take part in quizzes and lots of other fun geography based activities.