Geography – Subject information
We want the children at Westcott Primary School to foster an excitement, enthusiasm, and apply critical thinking about the world around them through an inspiring geography curriculum. We want children to develop a greater understanding and knowledge of the world, its interconnectedness, and their place in it.
Children develop an understanding of the interaction between human and physical processes, knowledge of location and place, mapping skills, and through investigate fieldwork link this to the world around them. Our curriculum is progressive and sequential from reception to year 6 and equips children well for further education and beyond.
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6MG enjoyed using the atlases to find the cities in North America. We looked at the different biomes in Western America and plotted them on our maps. #WestcottGeography
#WestcottEYFS enjoyed their weather walk to East Park! We saw lots of weather clues including windy hair, muddy puddles and birds on roofs trying to keep warm! We collected lots of sticks to bring back to school to make our very own kites! #WestcottGeography #Westcottenrichment
5/6AL during their Geography lesson exploring locations and their distance from the Equator. #WestcottGeography
In geography today, 2PR looked at some images of the Jurassic Coast and worked together to identify physical features #WestcottGeography
Y4LD Enjoying our fieldwork today #WestcottGeography
6MG enjoyed presenting their findings about the effects of traffic on Holderness Road this week in geography. #WestcottGeography
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