RL HUGHES PRIMARY SCHOOL
Geography
"The study of geography is about more than just memorizing places on a map. It's about understanding the complexity of our world, appreciating the diversity of cultures that exists across continents. And in the end, it's about using all that knowledge to help bridge divides and bring people together." - Barack Obama
At RL Hughes Primary, we believe that Geography stimulates curiosity and imagination and we aim to build upon the child's "personal geography" by developing geographical skills, understanding and knowledge through studying places and themes. Geography is a valued part of the curriculum as it provides a means of exploring, appreciating and understanding the world in which we live and how it has evolved. Geography explores the relationship between the Earth and its people through the study of the physical and human features of Earth, the influence of the environment on human behaviour and lifestyles and the natural resources people use.
We also use a variety of teaching and learning styles in our Geography lessons and encourage children to ask as well as answer geographical questions. We offer them the opportunity to use a variety of data, such as maps, pictures, video and aerial photographs, and we enable them to use ICT in Geography lessons to enhance their learning.
The Geographical work undertaken within our school has been carefully organised to provide breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding as well as developing skills. The development throughout the two key stages builds on children’s previous work.
