Geography

At All Saints our intent, when teaching geography, is to inspire our children’s curiosity and interest to explore the world that they live in and the people within it, which aims to ignite a love of learning. We intend to equip children with geographical skills to develop their interest, knowledge and understanding of diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes.

All Saints offers opportunities for all children to engage in fieldwork to increase their investigation and observation skills by using our close proximity to Fulham Palace, the River Thames and the wider community.

Our curriculum is designed to teach our children locational and place knowledge, human and physical geography while focusing on developing research and observation skills, in line with the National Curriculum requirements. These skills will facilitate and empower our children to become inquisitive, resilient and active global citizens. We would like our children to leave All Saints with the confidence to use and build on their experiences from both inside and outside of the classroom preparing them for the wider world with an understanding of their responsibilities within their own society whilst also having a coherent insight into sustainability of our dynamically changing world.

We realise that God’s fullness for us is shown in the gift of creation. This first value takes us back to God, the giver of abundant life. Now more than ever, our call to steward God’s creation is of upmost importance: not least to our young people. We focus on creating a community in which all are known, valued and given space to thrive and find abundance. From that secure base within a safe environment, we encourage our children to look out to the world with compassion. With the skills they have learnt, they can take the abundance of their education out to life beyond our school grounds, with the confidence to speak out and excel.