We are geographers

We will inspire a curiosity of South Norwood, London, the United Kingdom and the World and those within it through the National Curriculum and the IPC.  We will create learning opportunities that enhance understanding and build lifelong memories of the world around them.

We teach the full National Curriculum  Geography.

We use the themes from the International Primary Curriculum (IPC) which provides themes for every year group from Year 1 – Year 6.

The IPC has been developed to provide support to teachers so that four main aims can be achieved.  They are:

To help children learn the subject knowledge, skills and understandings, they need to become aware of the world around them.

To help children develop the personal skills they need to take an active part in the world throughout their lives

To help children develop an international mindset alongside their awareness of their own nationality

To do each of these in ways which take into account up-to-date research into how children learn and how they can be encouraged to be life-long learners.

Our curriculum is bespoke to our content:

In geography fieldwork, we think about features we walk past on the way to school, how the buildings have changed,  how the community has changed, the weather and climate of the local area, and we compare features of Petts Wood to another country.  

Geography in EYFS

In the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), geography skills are taught through knowledge and understanding of the world. They observe, find out about, and identify features in the place they live and the natural world. They find out about their environment, and talk about those features they like and dislike through exploration and investigation.