At St Saviour’s we provide our children with a History and Geography curriculum which enables them to become confident, creative and independent learners who can apply knowledge and skills, taught in Humanities, across the wider curriculum. 

Our curriculum is diverse, reflecting ethnic minorities, LGBTQ and SEND groups, and is inclusive to all of our pupils’ needs. Through our teaching of History, children will become inquisitive and accountable citizens, who understand their role in protecting our world and environment through positive changes as they grow.

Autumn Term 1 topic and objectives:

Mountains and Rivers

Locational Knowledge 

• I can identify and describe the significance of the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones including day and night
• I can show I know about the wider context of places e.g. county region and country 
• I can describe where a variety of places are in relation to physical and human features. 
• I can show I know the location of capital cities of countries of the British Isles and the UK seas around the UK. EU countries with high populations and large areas and the largest cities in each continent.

Place Knowledge 

• I can compare the physical features of an area of the UK and a region in North America identifying similarities and differences.

Human and Physical Geography  

• I can understand about weather patterns around the World and relate these to climate zones. 
• I can understand why people seek to manage and maintain their environment
• I can understand how humans affect the environment 

Geographical Skills and Fieldwork 

• pupils are beginning to recognise landmarks in the UK
• pupils are beginning to use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognise landmarks and basic human and physical features; devise a simple map; and use and construct basic symbols in a key
• pupils are beginning to use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of their school and its grounds and the key human and physical features of its surrounding environment