Mission Statement

With Jesus, we learn to love and love to learn

Our Vision

To give every child a sense of belonging, so that they have a safe and stable base from which to develop and learn.

To enable every child to grow academically, socially, morally, spiritually and culturally in the knowledge that they are loved by God and can feel safe and valued within our school community.

To nurture and support children through their primary school journey so that they are confident and well equipped  to progress into the wider world as strong, independent learners and thoughtful, caring individuals.

Our Values

Resilience

Inclusion

Honesty

Compassion

Respect

Love

Geography

Our Intent

At St Clare’s Catholic Primary school, our aim is to deliver high quality teaching in geography that offers our children the foundations for a greater understanding and knowledge of the world around them, as well as their place in it. We want to inspire in children a curiosity about the world and to promote the children’s interests and understanding of diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments. In term, as children progress through the school, we hope they can draw on previous learning, not only from geography lessons but other related subjects and combine that with new skills to develop a deeper understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes. In line with our school values, we aim for all children to develop a caring attitude towards the environment and multicultural world that we live in today.

Implementation

• Deliver a curriculum through Cornerstones that is progressive throughout the whole school, focusing on the knowledge and skills stated in the National Curriculum
• Promote cross-curricula links to allow children the chance to use and develop their new skills
• Introduce children to a range of vocabulary linked to their topic in each lesson to help develop their understanding of it, use it effectively in their work and revisit on a regular basis
• Use a range of resources, outdoor spaces and technology to support learning
• Provide children with the opportunity to explore their local environment and beyond. This could be educational visits/visitors to help engage, enrich and enhance a pupil’s learning experience within the Geography Curriculum
• Ensure a teaching environment that is conductive to learning, whereby each child is valued, respected and challenged

Impact

• Geography is a subject that is engaging for children in which they foster a love of Geography as a subject and an appreciation of the world around them
• Children make good progress in their acquisition of skills and knowledge
• Have an extensive range of geographical vocabulary
• Children access a range of different learning opportunities, both in and out of the classroom
• To be able to express well-balanced opinions, using knowledge and understanding about current issues in the environment