Intent Statement

Geography education should inspire in children a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. Teaching should equip children with knowledge about diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with an understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes. As children progress, their growing knowledge about the world should help their understanding of the interaction between physical and human processes, and of the formation and use of landscapes and environments.

Adapted from the 2014 DfE Geography Programme of Study

At Meadowhead Juniors, we believe that geography should provide a means of exploring, appreciating and understanding the world in which we live and how it has evolved. Geography offers the opportunity to explore the relationship between the Earth and its people and should stimulate curiosity and imagination building upon the child’s ‘personal geography location and the wider world we live in’ by developing geographical skills, understanding and knowledge through studying places and themes. High quality geography encourages children to learn through experience particularly through fieldwork and practical experience.

At Meadowhead Juniors Primary School our intention is to provide first quality geography teaching which aims to:

• to inspire in pupils a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives

• to equip pupils with knowledge about diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments

• to develop a growing knowledge about the world

• to deepen their understanding of the interaction between physical and human processes, and of the formation and use of landscapes and environments

• to acquire geographical knowledge, understanding and skills using fieldwork, maps (digital and physical), atlases, globes, photographs, books and ICT

• to enable children to learn and explain how the Earth’s features are shaped, interconnected and change over time.