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Geography

You can teach a student a lesson for a day, but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives - Clay P Bedford.

Geography Curriculum Map - Lower School

	Autumn term	Spring term	Summer term
Year 1	Hawley Lake and Fleet Pond Animals or Plants	History Fortnight	Our World Our Food Materials
Year 1	Our School Forces or Electricity	History Fortnight	Hawley Lake and Fleet Pond Animals or Plants
Year 2	Our School Forces or Electricity	History Fortnight	Ghana Animals or Plants
Year 2	Ghana Animals or Plants	History Fortnight	Our World Our Food Materials

Geography Curriculum Map - Upper School

	Autumn Term	Spring Term	Summer Term
Year 1	Inland Residential Trip Stow on the Wold	History Fortnight	People and Places
Year 1	People and Places	History Fortnight	Inland Residential Trip Stow on the Wold
Year 2	Costal Residential Trip Burley	History Fortnight	Rivers and Mountains
Year 2	Rivers and Mountains	History Fortnight	Costal Residential Trip Burley

Geography at Guillemont is studied in block sessions amounting to 10 days a year. The National Curriculum Geography learning objectives are taught through units which follow a two year cycle in the lower and upper school. The Geography unit can be taught in any order to make cross curricular links with the Science topic.

Work in the Lower School covers National Curriculum Levels 3 and 4 and in the Upper School, levels 4 and 5. In the Lower School three of the themes are based around field visits. In the Upper School, most of the Geography is covered through the residential visits and day visits. This enables children to experience as much as possible first hand thus improving their geographical skills and understanding, using resources such as maps, atlases, aerial photographs and ICT.

The National Curriculum for Geography is divided into: Geographical enquiry and skills; Knowledge and understanding of places; Knowledge and understanding of patterns and processes; Knowledge and understanding of environmental change and sustainable development. The children are encouraged to study geography through real experiences and first hand. This enables them to increase their knowledge and understanding through meaningful and enjoyable activities.

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