Constructing sequential curriculum provision for Geography EYFS – Year 6

David Weatherly will be leading this ‘Body of Knowledge’ session. He will unpick and work through a pre-written, whole-school curriculum plan explaining why particular areas of knowledge, skills and vocabulary have been chosen for children to learn in each year group. He will then demonstrate how to make a unit of work based upon this.

The session will cover how the following four areas of knowledge and understanding in Geography can be sequenced across provision EYFS through to Year 6:

• Substantive knowledge
• Disciplinary knowledge (techniques and skills)
• Conceptual understanding (second order and substantive)
• Specialist vocabulary and technical terms.

Colleagues will leave with a full comprehension of:

• The distinctive elements of progression in Geography from EYFS to Year 6
• How these elements can be planned in a sequenced programme from EYFS to Year 6
• Understanding the individual geographical investigations that comprise the programme.

Learning Outcomes

• Enhanced subject provision using the framework outlined to review, refine and extend practice in school.