Geography at Lenham Primary

Aims:

• develop contextual knowledge of the location of globally significant places (terrestrial and marine) including their defining physical and human characteristics and how these provide a geographical context for understanding the actions of processes
• understand the processes that give rise to key physical and human geographical features of the world, how these are interdependent and how they bring about spatial variation and change over time
• to collect, analyse and communicate with a range of data gathered through experiences of fieldwork that deepen their understanding of geographical processes
• interpret a range of sources of geographical information, including maps, diagrams, globes, aerial photographs and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
• communicate geographical information in a variety of ways, including through maps, numerical and quantitative skills and writing at length.

 

Objectives:

Locational Knowledge: develop knowledge about the world, specifically the UK, Lenham & Kent, Europe, North & South America

Place Knowledge: know and understand the location and characteristics of a range of the world’s most significant human & physical features.

Human & Physical Geography: know subject specific vocabulary and describe human and physical features such as climate and settlement pattern

Geographical Skills & Fieldwork: use geographical skills such as reading grid references, using compass bearings, making observational sketches and taking data to enhance pupils’ locational awareness.

What have you learnt in Geography this year?

Learning about maps was interesting because they show you where every country is.

I liked learning about how different our village was and how the shops and locations have changed.

I found the lessons about climate really interesting. We learnt about a range of different types of climate including tropical, polar and temperate.

We have looked at web cams across the world that show different places and time zones.