Why is Geography important?

At Laureate Community Academy we aim to offer a high quality geography education that will enable children to develop a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives.

Unity Schools Partnership curriculum plans are used to teach geography. These are:

• Informed by the National Curriculum;
• Carefully planned and structured to ensure that current learning is linked to previous learning;
• Informed by current pedagogy such as quizzing and retrieval practice.

Laureate Community Academy aspires to provide excellent opportunities for geography so that children develop the following:

• Location knowledge: Children will develop their knowledge of the location of globally significant places.
• Place knowledge: Children will understand geographical similarities and differences between the United Kingdom and other chosen countries. This will include defining their physical and human characteristics.
• Human and Physical geography: Children will explore processes which have led to the formation of key physical and human geographical features of the world.
• Fieldwork: Children will collect, discuss and analyse a range of data gathered through fieldwork which will deepen their understanding of geographical processes.