Geography

At Audley Junior School, we are committed to delivering a high quality, broad and balanced Geography curriculum where children are inspired and curious to engage with the world around them. We do this through the use of primary sources such as field trips that are closely linked to the topic and secondary sources such as; maps, atlases, globes, photographs, books and digital resources.

Our geography curriculum empowers children to understand their place in the world, developing awareness of their local community while exploring connections to the UK, Europe and the wider global community. This is achieved through a carefully planned curriculum that builds knowledge and understanding of places, people and environments at local, national and global scales.

Geography learning builds progressively each year, deepening pupils’ knowledge of places, cultures, weather, climate and contemporary global issues. Disciplinary oracy is embedded throughout the curriculum, enabling pupils to develop the language, thinking and communication skills of a geographer. Through the explicit teaching of Tier 2 and subject-specific vocabulary, alongside regular opportunities to read, write, discuss and reason geographically, pupils develop increasing fluency, confidence and precision in their communication. This strengthens their understanding of the world and enables them to articulate geographical knowledge, concepts and ideas effectively.