Designed specifically for primary geography subject leaders seeking to improve their geography curriculum, this course offers invaluable insights and practical strategies that equip staff and pupils to think, speak and act as geographers, to ‘know more and remember more’ (Ofsted 2018). Join our expert educators to deepen your understanding of the components of a high-quality geography curriculum, the signature pedagogies for its implementation and how to ensure that it is successfully embedded throughout your school.

Learn how to use geography’s substantive and disciplinary knowledge to inform your vision and intended endpoints, rationalise your content and implement a cohesive and well sequenced curriculum. Explore how to stimulate geographical learning that is relevant, authentic and enjoyable in order to raise the standard of teaching and learning in geography through the use of fieldwork and real-world geographical issues which empower pupils to form, articulate and challenge opinions, attitudes and values. 

Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your leadership capacity and take your geography curriculum to new heights. 

Supporting research / references

Leading primary geography on GA website

Robbie Burns (2020) writes to the importance of distributed leadership and how committed subject leaders can make the difference.

Paula Owens (2019) in Leading Primary Geography: The essential handbook for all teachers unwraps what successful subject leadership looks like in primary geography.

Key learning aims

• To better understand core geographical knowledge, skills and concepts within the context of the national curriculum and the ‘real world.’
• To consider how to plan and implement a well sequenced, coherent curriculum that will have the maximum impact on pupils’ geographical learning.
• To understand how to create, and continuously improve, inspirational geography provision in your school.

Expected impact on teachers

• An increased understanding of the key concepts and geographical themes and how they should be embedded in a school’s curriculum rationale.
• Insight into geography’s signature pedagogies and ‘must have’ content and approaches to learning.
• Gain a range of tools to design, deliver and champion geography

Expected impact on pupil outcomes

• Immersion within a geography curriculum that is ambitious, authentic and relevant to their lives and their learning journey.
• Increased levels of curiosity and fascination with the world.
• Think, speak and act like a geographer.

Course programme

This course runs as a full day: 9.30 – 15.30.

Session one – Geographical knowledge and curriculum design: starting with end in mind.

Session two – Activating and enhancing pupils’ prior knowledge through fieldwork: messy maps and more.

Session three – Connecting with the world: making your curriculum relevant for your pupils using enquiry, place, maps and contemporary issues.

Recordings are provided as standard after each session but live attendance is recommended to make the most of the day.

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