Geography
Geography
Here at Fowlmere we use the Unity Schools Partnership Curriculum (CUSP) to support our Geography teaching and learning.
CUSP is underpinned by evidence, research and cognitive science. Modules are deliberately sequenced for robust progression and allows teachers to focus on the lesson.
There is an emphasis on oracy and vocabulary acquisition, retention and use to break down learning barriers and accelerate progress. A rich diet of language and vocabulary is deliberately planned for.
Specific skills are discreetly taught and practised so that they become transferrable. The sequenced modules activate prior learning, build on skills and deepen knowledge AND understanding. Learning, vocabulary and content is cumulative; content is learned, retrieved and built upon.
Children are taught Geography in blocks every three weeks. They will have three lessons within the week where Geography is taught.
Year 1 and 2
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Field work and map skills Local Area Study Introduce Yanonami - a study of a small
Re-visit Continents and Oceans. Compare a small part of area of Non-European Location
the UK to a non-European
location.
Year 3 & 4
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Rivers Water Cycle Rivers revisited
Lattitude and Longitude Fieldwork and mapping
Year 5 & 6
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Comparison study Physical Processes Settlements
UK and other Earthquakes, mountains Orienteering and map skills
and volcanoes
Please see our Geography subject statement below.