Geography

We teach Geography as a separate subject in mixed ability form groups. Geography follows the National Curriculum at Key Stages 2 and 3.

Year 5

  • Development of Geographical skills - survey in and around the school buildings, including scale, key, plans, map and compass directions.
  • Knowledge and understanding of places - The British Isles.
  • Settlements, including size, types and functions, both locally and nationally.
  • The mountain environment.
  • Geographical enquiry and knowledge, and the understanding of patterns and processes.
  • A week's field trip - a comparison between inland and coastal localities.
River Severn meanders in Shropshire

River Severn meanders in Shropshire

Year 6

  • Further Geographical skills, including looking at latitude and longitude. Use of atlases and globes, physical and political maps.
  • Knowledge and understanding of places, including Europe and the wider world.
  • Knowledge and understanding of patterns and processes. A look at the water cycle and rivers, with a detailed study of the River Severn.
  • A look at a location in a country that is less economically developed.

Year 7

  • Settlements.
  • Geographical skills.
  • Tectonic processes and their effects on landscape and people, with the study of earthquakes and volcanoes.
  • The football business.
  • Population.
The Thames Barrier

The Thames Barrier

Year 8

  • Geomorphological processes and their effects on landscapes and people, including rivers and flooding.
  • A country study: France.
  • Ecosystems: how physical and human processes influence vegetation..
  • A country study: Kenya.

Resources

We have a wide range of up-to-date books, photographs, compasses, maps of varying scales, globes and plans, all readily available for pupils to use.

The local environment, a field trip and visit to the Thames Barrier offer opportunities for a flexible learning approach.

We also use ICT and video material when appropriate.

Cross-curricular links with, for example, Science, Maths and French let our pupils appreciate Geography in the wider perspective of the whole school curriculum.

Geography is taught as a separate subject in mixed-ability groups. Pupils have one lesson a week in Years 5 and 6, and two a week in Years 7 and 8. Geography at Trevelyan follows Key Stages 2 and 3 of the National Curriculum.