Geography

At Tuckswood we believe the teaching of Geography is very important  to broaden their horizons and experiences. It is our intent to introduce them to the world they live in, to inspire them, and give them curiosity and fascination about people and places around the world.

The broad and balanced spiral curriculum builds on the knowledge, understanding and skills as children progress through each year group. This starts in EYFS with a foundation of understanding Tuckswood and Norwich, progressing through the school to increase knowledge of the wider world and to draw comparisons within and between countries, of both the physical and human processes that occur across the world. 

The curriculum is designed to give a good knowledge of place, so that children understand where they live, and how Norwich, and more broadly, the UK, has physical and human similarities and differences to other places around the world. The children will be encouraged to have good locational knowledge so that they can understand why there are human and physical differences and similarities so that, as they go through the school, they can draw conclusions about the world's resources, the interaction between human and physical processes and how these are interconnected and have impact across the world.

We provide children with the key knowledge of the world and its processes so that they can carry this beyond primary education and prepares them to think more deeply about the world and the impact we as humans are having.

Subject Enrichment

Where possible children have a school trip to a place relevant to their learning at least once a year and will undertake fieldwork activities. Children learn about World Earth day.