Our Vision for Geography at The Leys
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Intent

At the Leys, through our Geography teaching, we aim to inspire children to explore not only their immediate environment but the world around them. We want to encourage children to build an interest and passion to develop their knowledge and understanding of different places; their features and their characteristics.As children grow, we strive to encourage them to become knowledgeable and active citizens of their community and the world beyond them and encourage them to know that they have an impact on the world.
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Implementation

The progressive geography curriculum taught at The Leys sets out clear objectives which aids and supports our vision and teaching. Children learn a variety of topics, including human and physical features of an area (locally and worldwide), cultural and environmental geography. We focus on enrichment activities which encourage an enquiry-based style of learning to allow pupils to question, investigate and think critically about the world, people and cultures around them. 

Here at The Leys we focus our Geography lessons on using and building geographical skills. We have a strong focus on practical fieldwork where map skills, compass work and exploration is taught to allow pupils to explore and make sense of the world.
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Impact

At the Leys we hope to equip all pupils with the skills, knowledge and ability to become independent learners who understand their world. By the end of Year 6 we we strive to ensure pupils:
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• Are knowledgeable about their own country and the rest of the world

• Explore their surroundings, recognising changes.

• Become researchers and critical thinkers about the world around them

• Show a wide range of skills to expand their geographical knowledge (map skills, compass work and field work).
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Geography topics taught include:

• Our School

• Our local area

• Magical mapping

• Let's go to China

• Extreme Earth

• The UK

• Somewhere to settle

• All around the world

• Exploring Eastern Europe

• Enough for Everyone

• Trade and Economics

• The Americas
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What our children love about Geography:

"I like geography because you get to learn about the world which is very interesting"
Marianna - Year 2

"I love learning about new towns and cities in the UK and how to get there. Maps help me know how to get to different places."
Eddie - Year 3

"We get to learn fun things like how the Earth and mountains are formed. I've learnt about the crust and the mantle."
Aadi - Year 4

"I've enjoyed learning about Eastern European countries like Poland and Romania. We have been learning about their culture and tasting their food! Soon, we'll be making Polish pizza called Zapiekanka"
Kyler-May - Year 5
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Subject Overview

Geography Subject Overview 2024 - 2025
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