Welcome to our Geography page. 

When pupils leave Lockwood, we want to have inspired curiosity about the world and the people in it. We want them to know that the environment impacts their life but also how their life impacts the environment. We want them to show care and compassion about the world and people in it, thinking about sustainability and how this can be achieved. We want children to have a sense of wonder about the world around them, and the wider world, and develop observation, questioning, enquiry, collaborative and communication skills.

Our Geography curriculum aims to inspire pupils with a curiosity and fascination about their local area and the world beyond Lockwood that will remain with them throughout their lives. Through our progressive, enquiry-based framework, children will develop locational and place knowledge of their local area and wider world and an understanding of human and physical geography. Our fieldwork focus in every year group aims to provide and develop the children’s practical experiences of geographical knowledge, understanding and skills to make learning relevant and to stimulate interest about the world at different scales and how they are interconnected and how they change over time. 

How we teach Geography

Keystage One

Pupils will develop knowledge about the world, the United Kingdom and their own local area. They should understand basic subject-specific vocabulary relating to human and physical geography and begin to use geographical skills, including first-hand observation, to enhance their geographical awareness.

In Year 1 and 2 children will:

• Investigate and learn about the physical and human features of their environment and appreciate how where they live is similar to and different from other places.
• Focus on geographical questions like What is it? Where is it? How is it changing?  They will develop and use geographical enquiry skills, including fieldwork skills, geographical terms, making and using maps and using photographs.

Keystage Two

Pupils will extend their knowledge and understanding beyond the local area to include the United Kingdom and Europe and North and South America. This will include the location and characteristics of a range of the world’s most significant human and physical features. They should develop their use of geographical knowledge, understanding and skills to enhance their locational and place knowledge.

From Year 3 to Year 6, pupils will:

• Study places (including the local area, the United Kingdom, Europe and the Americas) and themes (including climate, water, settlements, land use and trade). They will investigate how people and places are linked and how they relate to the wider world.
• Focus on geographical questions such as What is it like? How did it get like this? How and why is it changing?
• Develop and use geographical enquiry skills, including:
• Using maps, atlases, globes and digital maps
• Using the eight points of a compass, four and six-figure grid references, symbols and key to build their knowledge of the United Kingdom and the wider world.
• Benefit from the opportunity to experience different geographical locations during fieldwork visits.
• Use maps and atlases to locate countries and describe features studied.