Pengam
Primary School
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Subject Overview
Geography
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Geography explores the connection between people and their environment. It provides a means of enquiry, observation, exploration and description of features of the Earth, differing localities and the influences which create them. | ||
Early Years
 | Coverage of Desirable Outcomes ‘Knowledge and
Understanding of the World’: |
| Plans/Maps of the Classroom, Routes, Seasonal Activities, Addresses, Journeys, plans of bedrooms, Matching Drawings to Plans, Aerial Photos, Jobs and Services of People Who Help Us, Towns & Villages, Where we Live in the World. |
Year 1
| Around Our School - The Local Area, How Can We Make Our Local Area Safer? Where in the World is Barnaby Bear? |
Year 2
| An Island Home, Going to the |
| A Contrasting Locality Overseas – |
Year 3
| Investigating Our Local Area, Weather around the World. |
Year 4
| Improving the Environment, , A Village in |
Year 5
| Water, Should the High Street be Closed to Traffic?, A contrasting UK Locality - Llandudno |
Year 6
| Investigating Rivers, The Mountain Environment, What’s in the News? |
Geography lessons are usually taught every week throughout the school in the Early Years and Key Stage One Classes. At Key Stage Two Geography is often taught on a fortnightly basis. Children may work in pairs or in small groups accompanied by the teacher and other adults for outside work. In Years 1 – 6, more formal Geography lessons take place. These lessons concentrate both on the skills and vocabulary the children require to learn and a range of work related to cross-curricular activities, the use of ICT and occasional homework activities
| Eco-Park, |
| Cilfynydd Water Treatment Centre. The local area – Pengam and Fleur-de-Lys. |
| Porthcawl or another sea-side location. |
