"Geography underpins a lifelong ‘conversation’ about the earth as the home of humankind."
Geography Association

Mission Statement

Rooted in gospel values St Cecilia’s Catholic School Community lives together, learns together, loves together.

Geography Policy:

• Geography policy.docx

Vision

At St Cecilia’s Catholic Primary School, we feel it is important to inspire and encourage a curiosity, fascination and respect for the world and its people, and a sense of pride in where we come from. Through our geography curriculum and valuable learning experiences, we prepare our pupils with the knowledge, skills and understanding necessary to make sense of the world and face the challenges that will shape our societies and environments at local, national and global scales.

Throughout the school, children will learn about diverse cultures, people, places, resources, and natural and human environments, allowing them to thrive socially, morally, culturally and spiritually. They will explore the Earth’s human and physical features, discuss how these differ across the world and consider the processes that form and change them.

At our school, we also aim to build upon pupils’ skills, conceptual understanding and use of geographical vocabulary, making use of local resources and progressing towards the wider world. We believe that this underpins thinking ‘geographically’ about the changing world and will prepare our pupils to live sustainably.

Geography Progression Map & Milestones:

• Geography Progression Map
• Geography Milestones

Geography Curriculum Overview:

• Geography Curriculum Overview

• DfE's 'Health and Safety on Educational Visits' guidelines

Geography Key Concepts

• Geography Concepts.docx

What we’re up to!

You can find out what we are up to by visiting out Twitter page @StCeciliascjs

And search for the following hashtag;

#StCeciliasGeography

At St Cecilia's Catholic Junior School, the teaching of geography is at the heart of the Spring Term's 'Explore' theme. Each year group will embark upon meaningful projects to answer a 'BIG QUESTION'. 

Year 3 - What impact does Tectonic activity have on the Earth?

Year 4 - How does water change our world?

Year 5 - How does the relationship between biomes and climate affect biodiversity?

Year 6 - Are we damaging our world?

Take a look at some of the amazing work that the children completed during their projects!

Year 3: What impact does tectonic activity have on the Earth?

Year 3 had an exciting day learning all about earthquakes and volcanoes with One Day Creative! They enjoyed exploring this topic through lots of drama and games.

Year 4: How does water change our world?

Year 5: How does the relationship between biomes and climate affect biodiversity?

Year 5 had a wonderful time learning about climate zones and biomes with Freshwater Theatre Company!

Year 6: Are we damaging our world?

Take a look at our pupils' geography learning over the years!

Year 3: Studying the Earth's structure:

Year 3 Big Finish - PowerPoint presentations to answer our enquiry question. 

For our Big Finish, we answered our geography enquiry question 'What impact does tectonic activity have on Earth?'

In groups, we put together PowerPoint presentations to answer this question and demonstrated EVERYTHING we have learnt during our geography lessons! Take a look at our incredible work!

The children also received feedback from a geography expert at Liverpool Hope University. Take a look at the constructive response below!