At Nettleworth Infant and Nursery School, we are Geographers! We inspire our children to be curious and fascinated about the world. Our aim is for the children to be ambitious and grow up wanting to explore the world around them. We intend for children to become active learners where they become passionate and knowledgeable about our local community and beyond, by learning through experiences in practical and fieldwork activities. Nettleworth’s geography curriculum gives opportunities to promote the spiritual, moral and cultural development of our children. We develop cultural capital by working towards establishing meaningful interactions with an overarching aim to nurture, flourish and achieve!

Nettleworth Infant and Nursery school is a unique and wonderful school, we have identified the need to shape and drive the curriculum based on our school vision and ethos. We have developed 6 key curriculum drivers which underpin the learning and experiences we undertake in all areas of school life. These run as a thread throughout each curriculum subject to ensure our curriculum is enriched and implemented to provide appropriate and ambitious curriculum opportunities for our children to SHINE. 

Our geography curriculum is well sequenced and progressive throughout school to take into consideration the strands of locational knowledge, place knowledge, human geography, physical geography and geographical skills and fieldwork. In order to support our children in their ability to know more and remember more there are opportunities to review the previous learning that has taken place so that we thrive.

A Geographer leaving Nettleworth Infant and Nursery School will be curious and fascinated by the world and its people. They will have investigated their local area, the United Kingdom and a range of places in the World to help to develop their knowledge and understanding of the Earth’s physical and human processes. They will have developed an understanding of what makes our local area unique and special through our collaboration with others. They will also have the ability to apply geographical skills and be able to communicate their findings and understanding to others. We believe that the impact of our coherent geography curriculum is that children develop a lifelong love of geography, teachers have high expectations and quality evidence is presented through floor books and pupil voice.