--- title: "Geography" url: "https://kidsgroveprimary.org.uk/our-curriculum/geography" school: "Kidsgrove Primary School" --- # Geography # At Kidsgrove Primary School, geography inspires children to be curious about the world around them. We want our pupils to understand their place in the world, develop a fascination for different environments and cultures, and recognise how landscapes and communities change over time. Through exploring both the local area and global environments, children build a rich understanding of the Earth and the people who live on it. As pupils move through school, they develop a deepening understanding of key physical and human processes. This growing knowledge helps them explain how natural and human features interact, how environments are shaped, and how people influence the planet. #### **How We Teach Geography** Geography is taught through the **Opening Worlds** curriculum in Key Stage 2, with our Key Stage 1 curriculum closely linked to ensure smooth progression. This approach provides a rigorous, knowledge-rich foundation and gives children the secure subject understanding they need to make meaningful connections. **Enquiry-led learning** Each lesson begins with a clear enquiry question to stimulate curiosity and encourage discussion. These questions help pupils draw on prior knowledge and guide them through the key ideas within each topic. **Knowledge-rich content** Opening Worlds provides rich, carefully sequenced units supported by high-quality texts, explicit vocabulary teaching and frequent opportunities for recall. This ensures children develop both core knowledge and wider contextual understanding ("hinterland knowledge") that helps the learning stick. **Story-rich teaching** Lessons incorporate storytelling and vivid descriptions of places, landscapes and cultures. This brings geography to life and helps children build strong mental models of the world. **Strong progression across the school** Geographical ideas, vocabulary and skills are introduced in small steps, revisited regularly and built on year by year. This allows children to develop: - locational knowledge - place knowledge - understanding of physical and human processes - the ability to make comparisons and explain change **Developing geographical skills** Children learn to: - read and interpret maps, atlases and globes - use symbols, keys and grid references - analyse diagrams, photos and satellite images - gather and interpret fieldwork data These skills are embedded across units and grow progressively in complexity. **Fieldwork and real-world learning** We use our local area to provide purposeful fieldwork opportunities. Pupils investigate human and physical features, observe change, collect data and apply classroom learning to real places. ### **What Your Child Will Learn** Through geography at Kidsgrove, children will develop: - A secure understanding of the world and how environments are shaped - Knowledge of places, continents, countries, oceans and key landmarks - Understanding of physical processes (weather, rivers, mountains, climate) - Knowledge of human processes (settlement, trade, population, land use) - Insight into how physical and human processes interact - A strong grasp of geographical vocabulary - The ability to analyse a wide range of sources including maps, globes, aerial photos, diagrams and data sets - Fieldwork skills that deepen understanding of geographical processes ### **Opening Worlds** Opening Worlds offers a consistent, ambitious and rigorous approach to humanities. Using knowledge-rich texts, structured vocabulary instruction and high-quality storytelling, the programme ensures children: - build powerful geographical knowledge - understand concepts in depth - make connections across units, subjects and years - develop strong recall through regular revisiting - feel confident applying their knowledge in new contexts Our Intended Geography Curriculum 759 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/kidsgrove-primary-school/files/documents/Geography_Intent_2025_-_2026.pdf) ### Our Curriculum - [Early Years - Getting it right from the start](https://kidsgroveprimary.org.uk/our-curriculum/early-years) - [Art and Design](https://kidsgroveprimary.org.uk/our-curriculum/art-and-design) - [Design and Technology ](https://kidsgroveprimary.org.uk/our-curriculum/design-and-technology) - [Phonics ](https://kidsgroveprimary.org.uk/our-curriculum/english-reading-and-writing) - [Reading ](https://kidsgroveprimary.org.uk/our-curriculum/reading) - [Writing ](https://kidsgroveprimary.org.uk/our-curriculum/writing) - [Maths](https://kidsgroveprimary.org.uk/our-curriculum/maths) - [Science ](https://kidsgroveprimary.org.uk/our-curriculum/science) - [Geography ](https://kidsgroveprimary.org.uk/our-curriculum/geography) - [History](https://kidsgroveprimary.org.uk/our-curriculum/history) - [Spanish](https://kidsgroveprimary.org.uk/our-curriculum/spanish) - [Computing](https://kidsgroveprimary.org.uk/our-curriculum/computing) - [Religious Education](https://kidsgroveprimary.org.uk/our-curriculum/religous-education) - [Physical Education ](https://kidsgroveprimary.org.uk/our-curriculum/physical-education) - [PSHE](https://kidsgroveprimary.org.uk/our-curriculum/pshe) - [Music](https://kidsgroveprimary.org.uk/our-curriculum/music) [Embedded content](https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d9583.39816120992!2d-2.2320626!3d53.0949371!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x487a43265de6c5cd%3A0xfdd588726bb8ae32!2sKidsgrove%20Primary%20School!5e0!3m2!1sen!2suk!4v1723799265861!5m2!1sen!2suk) ![Kidsgrove Primary School](https://files.schudio.com/kidsgrove-primary-school/images/logo/Kidsgrove_Primary_PNG(1).png) **Kidsgrove Primary School** Gloucester Rd, Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent ST7 4DJ Tel: 01782 973970 Email: [![Shaw Education Trust](https://files.schudio.com/shaw-education-trust-2/images/logo/set-misc/footer-logo-v1.png)](https://shaw-education.org.uk) **Shaw Education Trust** Kidsgrove Secondary School Gloucester Road Kidsgrove ST7 4DL VAT: GB 358822467 Tel: 01782 948259 Email: Company Number: 09067175 ### Social Media - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/TheKidsgrovePrimarySchool/?locale=en_GB) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/kidsgroveprimary/) © Copyright 2024–2026 Kidsgrove Primary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://kidsgroveprimary.org.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)