At Riverside Primary School, we aim to create great geographers. Geography will be taught with the School’s creative ethos in mind, providing a knowledge-rich curriculum for children to develop their curiosity about the world and its people. 

Through practical and engaging activities our aim is to help children to understand the world around them and develop their locational and place knowledge, human and physical geography and geographical skills and field work to equip them with the cultural capital required to deal with real life geographical situations. Geography topics take a local, national and international focus providing children with a wider understanding of the world around them. 

The geography curriculum is carefully planned to ensure progression across the school. Current learning is linked to previous learning by making sure key knowledge and vocabulary is embedded with cross-curricular links identified across multiple subjects - providing a more contextual learning.

The National Curriculum is the basis for planning and teaching in geography and is implemented through a creative curriculum . The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) follows the ‘Development Matters in the EYFS’ guidance which aims for children to develop an ‘Understanding of the World’ through broad exploration of the following aspects; People and Communities, The World and Technology.

Geography Knowledge Mats

Autumn Term