Intent & Vision

Learn

The geography curriculum has been designed to instil a love for learning. With each unit, our children build on the skills and knowledge they have previously learned to ensure our students progress through the school. As Dogsthorpe Academy is a multi-cultured school, we believe in the importance of understanding different contexts globally as well as locally. Children are encouraged to develop skills within geography that are transferable to other areas of the curriculum.  All knowledge has been taken from the National Curriculum and is linked in a topic focussed curriculum where subjects link to increase student’s knowledge of a given topic. 

Engage

 Our aim is to inspire a fascination and curiosity within the children of Dogsthorpe Academy as well as an understanding of their place within the world. At Dogsthorpe Academy, we believe that Geography helps children to develop their enquiry skills about their locality and the wider world. As geography is predominantly an investigative subject, we look to give children the options to further enhance their knowledge through work in the locality. Our aim is to inspire a fascination and curiosity within the children as well as an understanding of their place within the world. We want our children to fully engage with the curriculum for them to reach their full potential. We build in opportunities for children to explore their locality as well as further afield like our Year 5 trip to Twinlakes theme park. 

Achieve

To ensure our children achieve, our geography curriculum is committed to providing them with opportunities to investigate and make enquiries about their local area of Peterborough and the surrounding areas. We hope this will enable them to develop of real sense of who they are, their heritage and the possibilities they can aspire to. 

Prepare

As Dogsthorpe Academy is a multi-cultured school, we believe in the importance of understanding different contexts globally as well as locally. Children are encouraged to develop skills within geography that are transferable to other areas of the curriculum. The curriculum is designed so that as student’s progress through the school, the knowledge they are embracing develops from previous knowledge taught and also prepares them for their future learning beyond Key Stage 2. 

Geography Curriculum map