Geography Intent

In our special school family at St. Cuthbert’s, the Geography curriculum is designed to help provoke thought and provide answers to questions about the natural and human aspects of the world. Children are encouraged to develop a greater understanding and knowledge of the world, as well as their place in it. The Geography curriculum at St. Cuthbert’s enables children to develop knowledge and skills that are transferable to other curriculum areas which can be used to promote their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. Geography is, by nature, an investigative subject, which develops understanding of concepts, knowledge and skills. We seek to inspire in children a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people allowing themselves to become global citizens; to promote interest and understanding of diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes.

The curriculum is designed to develop knowledge and skills that are progressive, as well as transferrable, throughout their time at St. Cuthbert’s into further education and beyond. In our special school family at St. Cuthbert’s, the Geography curriculum is designed to help provoke thought and provide answers to questions about the natural and human aspects of the world. Children are encouraged to develop a greater understanding and knowledge of the world, as well as their place in it. The Geography curriculum at St. Cuthbert’s enables children to develop knowledge and skills that are transferable to other curriculum areas which can be used to promote their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. Geography is, by nature, an investigative subject, which develops understanding of concepts, knowledge and skills. We seek to inspire in children a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people allowing themselves to become global citizens; to promote interest and understanding of diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes. The curriculum is designed to develop knowledge and skills that are progressive, as well as transferrable, throughout their time at St. Cuthbert’s into further education and beyond.

Useful Websites

• Oddizzi At the heart of our Geography curriculum.
• Royal Geographical Society Geography plays a crucial role in understanding our world. It makes a vital contribution to our knowledge of the rapidly changing environmental and social challenges facing us and how we should tackle them.
• Met Office Weather and climate affect everything, from the way we live, to what we eat, to our personal safety. We want to help young people understand the wide-reaching impacts of weather and climate change locally and globally, for people, places and businesses.
• Met Office - Storm Centre Find out the latest information about storms in the UK as we name them as part of our Name our Storms project.
• Geography Quizzes Test your Geographical understanding with these location knowledge quizzes.
• Old Maps of Our Local Environment These online versions of Old Maps of Lancashire were produced by The Environment Directorate's Archaeology Service.
• Books Lists for Primary Geography The BooksForTopics website was launched in 2016 as a means of helping primary school staff to find high-quality books that are appropriate to use in a primary school setting.