Geography

At Forest Town, we are geographers! We want our children to love geography. We want them to have no limits to what their ambitions are and grow up wanting to be cartographers, town planners, environmentalists, landscape architects, transport planners or weather forecasters. We want them to represent our school values long after they have left our care and believe that if they ‘Aim High’, they ‘Succeed’. Our geography curriculum has been carefully crafted so that our children develop their geographical knowledge. We want our children to remember their geography lessons in our school, to cherish these memories and embrace the geographic opportunities they are presented with. We want them to make a difference in our world.

At the end of KS2, a Forest Town child will have:

• An extensive base of geographical knowledge and vocabulary which has helped them to become independent learners.
• A real sense of curiosity to find out about the world and the promote kindness to the people who live there.
• The ability to work together to express well-balanced opinions, rooted in very good knowledge and understanding about current and contemporary issues in society and the environment.
• Shown that they are adventurous by frequently utilising fieldwork and other geographical skills and techniques by asking questions.
• The ability to persevere in order to reach clear conclusions and develop a reasoned argument to explain findings.
• A passion for and commitment to the subject and a feeling of responsibility to look after the world we live in.