Curriculum Planning Bryony Collins Rediscovering London’s Geography

Curriculum Planning Bryony Collins Rediscovering London’s Geography Project Coordinator

Curriculum planning Agenda: Quick recap new curriculum Gap analysis Sharing best practices Curriculum planning approaches Feedback and question time

National Curriculum purpose of study. A high quality geography education should: Inspire a curiosity & fascination about the world & its people to remain with pupils for the rest of their lives. Knowledge & understanding places and the Earth’s key physical & human processes. Interaction between physical & human processes, and formation and change of landscapes & environments.

Elements of the curriculum Purpose of study Aims: location, context, interdependence, data and fieldwork Assessment: no levels

Progression: locational knowledge KS1. World’s continents & oceans, countries and capitals of the UK & seas KS2. World’s countries, Europe & N&S America, UK’s counties, cities and features, Latitude & Longitude, Equator, Tropics, Arctic & Antarctic circles KS3. World’s countries; Africa, South & East Asia (China & India), Middle East & Russia

Progression: place knowledge KS1. Small area of UK and contrasting in non-EU KS2. UK region, EU region and region within North or South America KS3. African and Asian regions

Progression: Human and physical geography KS1. Season & weather(UK), hot & cold, N&S Poles. Geographical vocabulary KS2. PG: climate, biomes, rivers, mountains, volcanoes, earthquakes, water cycles. HG: settlement, land-use, economic and trade, natural resources. Describe KS3. PG: geological timescale, tectonics, rocks, weathering, soils, weather and climate, glaciation, hydrology, coasts. HG: population and urbanisation, international development, economic activity, use of resources. Processes

Gap Analysis Task 1: Finding your gaps Discuss what you have bought and its effectiveness. Ask yourself: How interesting are the topics? Is there any repetition? How current is it? How and what skills are developed? Work through your own scheme and tick which parts of the national curriculum are covered using the tick sheet. Discuss briefly if/how it fits into the new curriculum.

Sharing best practice Task 2: Filling in the gaps Each person who has a topic covered to suggest a new idea to enhance their colleague's scheme of work/link better to the new curriculum. Share any fieldwork opportunities, especially places in your borough/London.

Curriculum planning approaches Task 3: Closing the gap Think about the topics your group have been given. Record ideas on paper clearly. Ask yourself: Have you taught this topic before? Which year group is it best suited to? How would you tackle this topic? Sketch out enquiry questions and learning objectives for the topic (break down into learning objectives for 6 lessons if you prefer) Discuss fieldwork opportunities Discuss assessment opportunities Any other points to share e.g. case study ideas.

Curriculum planning task

Curriculum planning task (Part two)

Curriculum planning task (Part three)

Keep in touch and see you after summer! Bryony Collins [email protected] Webpage for Rediscovering London’s Geography Project www.rgs.org/rlg