“Geography is a subject that holds the key to our future.”

Michael Palin

Geography vision

At Nook Lane Junior School, we aim for children to receive high-quality Geography lessons that enable them to gain a coherent knowledge and understanding of the physical properties of the earth in which we live and its atmosphere.  Children will study different places across the world and the relationship between people and their environment. 

We aim to inspire children and to ignite their curiosity so that they ask questions about places, people and the environment.   We want pupils to think comparatively and inquisitively, to share their own ideas and develop Geographic skills in a variety of different ways using a well-developed Geography vocabulary.

Our children will explore where things are found, why they are there, and how they develop and change overtime.  We will encourage children to consider the impact of both human and physical features and how these can shape a location.  All children at Nook Lane will participate in exciting fieldwork trips where they can collect, analyse and communicate information and data as well as experiencing and practising important Geography skills which will develop and  embed our key Geography concepts. 

Building knowledge sequentially

At Nook Lane Junior School, we aim to develop geographical by building on substantive geographical knowledge. Drawing from the breadth of concepts gives pupils the knowledge they need to appreciate the whole domain of geography. To develop children’s knowledge we focus on five main areas:

• locational knowledge

• place knowledge and understanding

• knowledge of environmental, physical and human geography processes

• Fieldwork skills

• Geographical skills

Within these areas we develop a range of Geographical concepts including the following: place, space, scale, interdependence, physical and human processes, environmental impact, sustainable development, cultural awareness and cultural diversity.

We aim for children appreciate what it means to be a geographer by asking geographical questions such as ‘why is this place like this?’, ‘how is this place changing?’ and ‘how are other places affected?’