Geography

At Harefield School, our Geography curriculum aims to inspire a fascination in students about our world and its people. Geography provides pupils with a knowledge of diverse places, people, resources, and physical and human environments. It enables students to develop a deep understanding of the Earth’s physical and human processes allowing students to celebrate the opportunities and understand the challenges of a range of places. The curriculum ensures students can think like geographers and use their valuable geographic knowledge to make sense of the world around them. This will allow them to take part in the geographical debates of today and tomorrow. The curriculum is designed and sequenced to ensure skills, knowledge and understanding are embedded throughout the programme of study. Key geographical skills are introduced at the beginning of Y7 and are interleaved throughout the curriculum, so students are able to confidently interpret geographical data such as maps and graphs by the end of Y9 and beyond. Locational knowledge is developed through the introduction of a range of local and global case studies to develop students’ contextual knowledge of ‘place’. Knowledge is also built upon through the introduction of human and physical characteristics across a range of units. Our curriculum is designed to create inclusive, critical thinking global citizens.

Key Aims of Geography at Harefield School:

• To develop problem solving skills by arming the students with the necessary tools to analyse and solve the different natural and human problems the World faces.
• To promote sustainable living by improving students’ awareness of the impact that humans have on the environment.
• Encourage curiosity about the world around us and improve understanding of the processes at work leading to investigations planned by the individual students.
• To build and develop the use of data and technology that help investigate and understand both physical and human Geography.