Geography

How is Geography a sacred subject?

Geography enables all learners to experience the beauty, awe and wonder of God's world and to develop an awareness of their place in it. All places and spaces have a history behind them shaped by humans, location, climate and politics. Geography gives us a spatial awareness of the globe and serves to form respectful attitudes that serve to remind students that we are stewards and not masters of creation.

Theological influences help to shape the cosmological understanding of the world as we recognise that we are a global community with a global interdependence, accountability, and responsibility for the common good of all people. Our stewardship must reflect our understanding that the planet is our irreplaceable home.

The intent of our Geography curriculum is to provoke curiosity and to provide answers to questions about both the natural and human aspects of the world and to encourage children to gain a better understanding of the world they live in and their place in it. We aim to give our pupils a good geographical knowledge, good enquiry skills and the ability to use simple maps and to be able to create their own, and the ability to communicate information in a variety of ways. The geographical skills the children will gain will be both progressive as well as transferable.

At St Rose's Infants and St Cuthbert Mayne Juniors, we fully agree with David Attenborough that “The world is full of wonders, but they become more wonderful, not less wonderful, when science looks at them”. We strive to encourage our pupils to be curious about the world around us, and to do this whilst ‘thinking like a geographer’.

We support the belief of the Geographical Association that Geography in the school curriculum ‘speaks directly to the young people’s curiosity, wonder and concern for the world around them. It is a subject that can provide them with the knowledge and competencies they need to understand and contribute to the world they live in’.

Through our sequenced curriculum our intent is that children will develop their knowledge about our planet through developing an understanding of physical geographical processes, a sense of locational awareness and an appreciation of the importance of human geography considerations in terms of the world’s impact on us and our impact on the world. This will be achieved through the development of geographical knowledge and skills.

Our  Geography Curriculum Vision – PRAY

Geography at St Rose's Infants and St Cuthbert Mayne Juniors

St Rose's Infants and St Cuthbert Mayne work closely together to ensure that there is a clearly sequenced and progressive curriculum that serves both schools.