--- title: "Geography" url: "https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/curriculum-classes/our-curriculum/geography" school: "Shaw Ridge Primary School" --- # Geography ### ![](https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/images/menu/geography.jpg) ### What Geography looks like at Shaw Ridge School What a Geography lesson can look like in our school: - Opportunities to inspire children’s curiosity about the world - A variety of activities and themed days to help children to learn about different countries and their cultures. - Children working individually or collaboratively to develop key Geographical skills focusing on map work, investigating human and physical geography and fieldwork. - Exciting Geography topics to provide children with the opportunity to explore and investigate the world around them. - A well planned ‘Progression of Knowledge and Skills’ to enable the children to work on and develop new skills in each year. - Use of knowledge organisers to reflect on prior learning. This is our philosophy: - Children learning through exploring different topics whilst acquiring new skills. - Children developing an awareness of where different countries are located - To provide children with experiences to help them develop their understanding of different countries and their cultures, whilst comparing them to their own surroundings. - To celebrate and explore diversity This is what we do: - Each year group have different geographical skills to focus on. The children will then progress through the skills as they move up the school. - The skills are covered through carefully selected topics (mapped across the whole school) that will enable the children to develop and use that skill. - By the time the children leave Year 6, they will have covered a wide range of geographical skills and topics. - Lessons may be taught discreetly or as a block of lessons – making links with other areas of the curriculum are embraced to provide a more meaningful learning experience - All children will get the opportunity to go on various trips to develop local, regional and global geography experiences This is what you might typically see: - Enthusiastic, engaged learners - Curious children posing questions for research - Children focusing on a range of geographical locations. Recognising the differences between man-made and natural features within the landscape - Children developing their map work including understanding the purpose of the map key - Children being given the opportunity to learn about different countries in a meaningful context. - Themed days to allow children to further develop their knowledge and understanding of different countries and cultures - Children sharing their learning with others through displays - Planned outings to enable children to develop their fieldwork skills This is how we know our pupils are doing well: - Lessons are planned based on geographical skills which are specific for each year group - Marking and feedback by teacher and peers - Photographic and video evidence - Displays of work with classes and around school - End of unit quizzes to assess learning This is the impact of our teaching: - Children who enjoy geography - Inquisitive learners - Reflective learners - Children who are able to demonstrate a variety of geographical skills - Children who are prepared to share what they’ve learnt in a variety of ways - Children who are able to gain an insight into the world they live in ### Geography Progression of Skills & Knowledge Geography - Progression of Skills & Knowledge 46 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/shaw-ridge-primary-school/files/documents/Knowledge_and_skills.docx) ### Curriculum/Classes - [Our Curriculum](https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/curriculum-classes/our-curriculum) - [English](https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/curriculum-classes/our-curriculum/english) - [Maths](https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/curriculum-classes/our-curriculum/maths) - [Science](https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/curriculum-classes/our-curriculum/science) - [Computing](https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/curriculum-classes/our-curriculum/computing) - [PE](https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/curriculum-classes/our-curriculum/pe) - [Geography](https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/curriculum-classes/our-curriculum/geography) - [History](https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/curriculum-classes/our-curriculum/history) - [Art](https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/curriculum-classes/our-curriculum/art) - [DT](https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/curriculum-classes/our-curriculum/dt) - [RE](https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/curriculum-classes/our-curriculum/re) - [PSHE](https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/curriculum-classes/our-curriculum/pshe) - [Music](https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/curriculum-classes/our-curriculum/music) - [Modern Foreign Languages](https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/curriculum-classes/our-curriculum/modern-foreign-languages) - [Early Reading/ Phonics](https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/curriculum-classes/our-curriculum/early-reading-phonics) - [Class Pages](https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/curriculum-classes/class-pages) - [British Values](https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/curriculum-classes/british-values) - [Remote Learning](https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/curriculum-classes/remote-learning) ![](https://files.schudio.com/shaw-ridge-primary-school/images/logo/shaw-ridge-logo-footer.png) **Shaw Ridge Primary School** Ridge Green Swindon Wiltshire SN5 5PU Tel: 01793 871601 Email: office@shawridge.swindon.sch.uk ### Useful Links - [Admissions](https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/key-information/admissions) - Academy Information - [Term Dates](https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/termdates) - [Our School Day](https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/parents/our-school-day) ![Grove Learning Trust](https://files.schudio.com/shaw-ridge-primary-school/images/logo/Grove-trust-vector-logo-whiteout-1000px.png) Registered Office: c/o Wroughton Junior School, Inverary Road, Wroughton, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN4 9DL Company Number: 07728828 © Copyright 2022–2026 Shaw Ridge Primary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://shawridgeprimary.org.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)