It is the aim of the Cliffe VC School Geography Policy :
- To stimulate pupils’ interest and to help them foster a sense of wonder in the world around them whilst developing an informed concern for the quality of the environment.
- To help pupils acquire a wide range of geographical knowledge and skills to enable them to understand the relationship between Earth and its people.
- To help pupils understand that the character of places derives from the interaction of people and environment, by increasing their knowledge about the location of the physical and human features of the Earth and the processes, systems and interrelations that create and influence them
- To develop pupils’ knowledge of the location of different places including their physical and human characteristics and how these provide context for understanding their geography.
- To enable children to understand how the Earth’s features are shaped, and change over time.
- To help pupils understand the processes that give rise to key physical and human geographical features of the world, how these are interdependent and how they change over time
- To develop the geographical skills needed to collect and analyse information gathered through first hand experiences of the environment and to carry out geographical enquiries.
- To enable pupils to interpret a range of sources of geographical information, including maps, diagrams, globes, aerial photographs and communicate geographical information in a variety of ways, including through maps, numerical and quantitative skills and recording.
- To use geography to develop pupils' thinking skills, skills in literacy, numeracy and ICT and to promote pupils' awareness and understanding of gender, cultural, spiritual and moral issues.
For the full policy please see below :
