Geography Statement of Intent:

"To inspire geographical explorers to be fascinated in the world and use their knowledge and skills to play a role in shaping its future. At Mapplewells we aspire to give pupils a broad and detailed knowledge of people and places from around the world."

Our Geography Curriculum

Our Geography curriculum is exciting and enables our pupils to be curious about the area, country, city and world they live in. For us Geography is about our pupils becoming naturally curious to find out more, question and investigate. Through our knowledge rich curriculum pupils find out about the Earth's land, water, air, and living things and people. We ask thought provoking questions where children discuss environmental issues and the impact of human behaviour to the Earth.

Geography Content Map

Our Geography Curriculum will enable pupils to:

• Develop the ability to make sense of information

• Observe and interpret the environment

• Develop and secure Map reading

• Understand and interpret secondary data

• Communicate findings in drawings, charts and diagrams

• Record and analyse data using ICT

• Discuss issues and problems with others

• Develop critical and creative thinking

• Develop an awareness and understanding of distant places and environments

• Recognise how people from all over the world are linked through travel and trade

• Build a framework of place knowledge

• Investigate major rivers, mountains and cities

• Develop an appreciation of other peoples and cultures

• Recognise the need for a just and equitable society

• Develop an understanding of spatial relationships at a range of scales

• Undertake fieldwork, enquiries and active exploration of the locality

• Explore landscapes, settlements and human activity

• Become a global citizen with multicultural understanding

Geography Showcase

Key Stage 1 enquiry hook day

The children loved going around the world and learning all about new countries.
 

They learned about:
- The UK where they tried some traditional food.
- South Africa where they had a go at African drumming
- Iceland where they created some lovely northern lights art work
- The USA where they tried some more food!
- Spain where they learned a song that can help us count to 10 in Spanish
- Brazil where they made their own Brazilian headdresses and had their own carnival.

The children are looking forward to learning lots more over the next term so they can answer their enquiry question, ‘Would I enjoy living anywhere in the world?’

Mapplewells on Tour

Fieldwork Fortnight 2024

F2 went on a sensory walk to see what they could hear, feel, smell and see. We had a great time. We saw trees, ladybirds, birds, plants and much more. We smelt lavender and sweet flowers. We heard birds tweeting and singing. We felt rough trees, spikey plants and soft leaves. We recorded this on paper in a list form.

Year 3 and 4 have been using their geographical skills at Forest School, investigating their surroundings to answer the question; What wildlife lives nearby? All children planned their investigation, collected data and presented their data in a bar chart. They then analysed the data, comparing the invertebrates and vertebrates they found with their peers.

Y5 and Y6 children took part in fieldwork fortnight activities in our forest school where they measured the temperatures of various objects and scientific bodies with infrared thermometer. During this investigation the children were able to discover that various objects will have different temperatures depending on their exposure to the sun or location in the environment.