Geography

At Wellington we strongly believe that geography is an integral part of curriculum and teachers ensure they plan and teach exciting and engaging lessons. Through geography we aspire to enhance a child’s learning of the world, deepen their understanding of their place in the world and the impact they have on its future. Through enquiry led projects we wish to maximise every child’s potential. We aim to provide opportunities to enable children to develop skills to investigate, make sense of and communicate with the world around them in order to become responsible, healthy members of the community. Our teaching will be based on the Programmes of Study for Key Stage 1 and 2 (National Curriculum 2014). It will also be linked to the year group’s current creative curriculum topic.

Through the teaching of geography at Wellington we aim to:

• Help pupils develop knowledge and understanding of places and themes including patterns and processes. 
   
• Foster children’s sense of wonder of the world around them 
   
• Enable pupils to develop a sense of identity through learning about the UK and its relationships with other countries. 
   
• Develop an informed concern about the future of our planet 
   
• Enhance children’s sense of responsibility for the acre of the earth and its inhabitants 
   
• Teach the skills and knowledge necessary to develop children as geographers 
   
• Encourage learning through enquiry-based projects and lessons in order to develop children’s independent research skills 
   
• Help children understand how to use a map in a variety of different contexts.

Links with UN convention on the rights of the child

Article 29 – your education should help you develop your talents and abilities. It should also help you learn to live peacefully, protect the environment and respect other people.

Article 2 – all children have these rights no matter who they are and where they live.

Geography Units