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Home / Our Curriculum / Geography

Geography

 

At Burnopfield Primary school we teach Geography in line with the new curriculum. We inspire our children to have a curiosity and fascination about the world around them and its people. The Geography topics we cover builds a knowledge of diverse places, people and resources. This in turn allows the children to have a greater understand of the world in which we live.

Our Geography curriculum is designed to develop children’s curiosity and fascination about the world, and its people, that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. Children investigate a range of places – both in Britain and abroad – to help develop their knowledge and understanding of the Earth’s physical and human processes. We are committed to providing children with opportunities to investigate and make enquiries about their local area of Burnopfield, Durham, Newcastle and the surrounding localities, so that they can develop a real sense of who they are, their heritage and what makes our local area unique and special. We are also developing the children’s ability to apply geographical skills to enable them to confidently communicate their findings and geographical understanding to a range of audiences.

Right from Nursery, we aim to develop an awareness of their local environment and slowly move away to look at places further afield. We look at various maps and atlases to help the children locate where our country is in relation to others and helps them get an understanding of how big our world is.

We also focus on identifying the human and physical features of our world and can comment on the similarities and differences between the localities they are studying. The children develop a range of investigation skills to help them find out information that is required for their tasks and also helps them to begin to understand the impact humans have on the world and think of ways we can help in the fight against climate change.

To see our Geography lessons in action, visit our Twitter page.

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