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03/04/25

🐣🌟 What an egg-cellent afternoon at our annual PTA Easter Egg Hunt on the Green! 🐰🍫 A huge thank you to everyone who joined us on this beautiful Thursday – such an amazing turnout! 🌞💐 Wishing you all a very Happy Easter! 🥚🐇 pic.twitter.com/LKR5PkA3Yv

03/04/25

🌳🌸 Today in Forest School, Reception Beach Hut explored nature with viewfinders! They identified 6 different flowers 🌼🌷, then drew and labelled their discoveries ✏️📄. A wonderful way to learn and connect with the outdoors! 🌿👩‍🎨👨‍🎨 pic.twitter.com/pgtK7aGQSV

01/04/25

🏉✨ A huge well done to some of our Year 3 & 4 pupils who had a fantastic time at the Red Cluster Schools' Tag Rugby competition today at Harris Primary Orpington ! They showcased the brilliant skills they’ve developed in PE this half term. 🌟👏 pic.twitter.com/9CePml9f4r

31/03/25

🎶🌷 What an amazing Spring Concert at St George's this morning ! 🎤🌸 We are so proud of our talented children for their fantastic performances. A big thank you to all the parents and carers who joined us to celebrate! 🌟👏 More pics and videos are on our Instagram! 🎵💐 pic.twitter.com/3KJShC9gA7

26/03/25

🌟 Exciting news! Year 5 Boathouse have arrived at PGL Marchants Hill for their incredible 2025 residential! 🏕️🌳 Adventure awaits! 🎉🧗‍♂️🚀 pic.twitter.com/VLbgX0cJVW

20/03/25

🎉🌟 What an amazing day at ! 🌍 Our Red Cluster schools came together to celebrate Mandarin culture with our guests from Nanjing Primary School in China 🇨🇳. Our Pupil Parliament had a wonderful afternoon sharing traditions and enjoying activities 🎊👏 pic.twitter.com/N50NFjRUA9

20/03/25

🎶🌟 Year 5 Boathouse Class are having unforgettable afternoon at ! 🏫 They joined forces with other Year 5 classes across the federation to explore The Magic Flute Opera in collaboration with the 🎭🎵 pic.twitter.com/ItAqRmKUPK

20/03/25

🧵🎨 Exciting news from Mrs Panchal's Sewing Club! 🌟 Our talented pupils are stitching up a storm, creating amazing projects that showcase their creativity and skills 🌈👏. We're so proud of their hard work and enthusiasm! 💪 pic.twitter.com/fpbElsZgmo

14/03/25

🏆👏 Huge thanks to our amazing partners for organising an unforgettable PE day for our Y3 Harbour Class! 🏉⚽ Y3 enjoyed their Spring 2 PE unit: tag rugby and even got to play football at the incredible Palace training ground 🏟️! What a day! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/XJUOinSCpX

13/03/25

🗺️🌳 Ahoy, mateys! Our Reception explorers were on a grand adventure in Forest School today! They crafted their own treasure maps and set off to uncover nature's hidden gems. Learning through play and discovery - that's the HPABG way! 🏴‍☠️🔍 pic.twitter.com/KyYXk8GkEw

11/03/25

🚒🔥 Following on from yesterday's Great Fire demo our Year 2 Marina Class are taking their learning to new heights by visiting the Great Fire Monument in London 🗼️🔥! Enhancing their knowledge of the Great Fire of 1666 📚🔍 pic.twitter.com/W03Tzx6HVs

10/03/25

🍕 Reception Beach Hut Class had a fantastic pizza-making workshop today! 👨‍🍳👩‍🍳 Our little chefs have turned their role play area into a pizzeria this week so this PM, they were tossing dough, spreading sauce, and sprinkling cheese - learning has never been so delicious! 🧀🍅 pic.twitter.com/jLvBPf3MgT

10/03/25

🔥📚 Year 2 Marina class had a blazing good time this morning! They watched their handmade Stuart Houses go up in flames during an incredible Great Fire of London demonstration. History came alive as our young historians witnessed the past in action! 🏠🔥 pic.twitter.com/XDLVXY4YSS

07/03/25

📚✨ As a late World Book Day treat, we were thrilled to welcome our friend and incredible local author, Penny Chrimes! She inspired our Y3 & Y4 with amazing writing workshops 🖋️🖌️. A huge thank you for sparking creativity and storytelling magic! 🌟📖 pic.twitter.com/gsuQEUTYnl

06/03/25

📚🎉✨ It's World Book Day at HPABG! 📖 Reading is at the heart of everything we do, and we're thrilled to celebrate a whole day dedicated to books and reading 🌟Check out more pictures on Instagram 📸👉 📚💖 pic.twitter.com/jpOsO0x5Q4

05/03/25

📚✈️ Year 6 Seawall Class are having an amazing time at the Imperial War Museum! They're diving deep into history, exploring how WW2 changed Britain. Hands-on History learning at its best! 🇬🇧🏛️ pic.twitter.com/DIoT1aBgZw

04/03/25

🌳🐰 Y1 Lighthouse Class are having an unforgettable day at ! 🐴 🐖As part of our science unit, they're learning all about amazing animals and having a wonderful day exploring the farm 🌼🎉. What a fantastic way to ignite curiosity and love for learning! 📚💚 pic.twitter.com/PSg7Y7XotM

04/03/25

🌟🎉 We're absolutely thrilled at HPABG! 🌟 Our Year 6s were inspired by Mr Ellington's assembly on National Careers Week and have been busy researching their dream jobs 📚💻! Their enthusiasm and initiative is truly impressive 🌟💫! Your futures are very bright, Year 6! ✨ pic.twitter.com/ySrpyISAgU

03/03/25

🌞🚣‍♀️ Year 3's Harbour Class had an amazing Geography trip to London! 🗺️ They explored London's land use and soaked up the sunshine along the vibrant Northbank 🌊, discovering iconic landmarks 🏛️. What a fantastic day of learning and fun! 😊 pic.twitter.com/rn5CimWXza

27/02/25

🚨🔥 Exciting News! 🎉 Year 2 Marina Class at HPABG are gearing up for their epic Great Fire of London Demonstration on March 10th! 📆 Please can all Stuart Houses, be in school and ready to go up in flames by Friday, March 7th! 🏠🔥 Let's bring history to life! 🎨🔥 pic.twitter.com/ccpLrJQC4Q

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Geography

 

Geography is an exciting, knowledge led subject that helps us better understand the people, places and environments in the world. The programme of study for Geography states “a high-quality geography education should inspire in pupils a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives”.   

 

A geographer needs:  

  • Fieldwork skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Mapping and interpretation skills
  • Observational skills
  • An enquiring mind

 

The National Geographic has broken Geography into 5 themes, all of which we will cover, as laid out in our progression gird. 

 

 GEo 1

 

Intent 

We believe the teaching of geography is vital to developing life-long learners who seek to maximise the use of resources in their environment, who minimise the impact of their actions and seek to develop understanding of the world they live in. These will be achieved using enquiry questions, which seek to provide answers to the understanding of where things are found, why they are there, and how they develop and change over time. 

Children will be equipped with knowledge and understanding of key vocabulary and terminologies about diverse places, people, resources, natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes using knowledge organisers. Our intention is for our children to be ready to tackle the expectations of KS3 and beyond.

 

What will it look like in EYFS, KS1 and KS2? 

The early learning goals at EYFS aim to guide children into making sense of their physical world and their community by exploring, observing, and finding out about people, places, technology and the environment. 

In Year 1 and 2, children will develop understanding of their local area by learning about where they live, as well as one other small area of the United Kingdom and a small area in a contrasting non-European country. Children will learn about weather patterns in the United Kingdom and hot and cold areas of the world. They will use computing, world maps, atlases and globes, simple compass directions, aerial photographs and plans, as well as simple fieldwork and observational skills during their learning. 

 

Years 3 to 6, the geography curriculum retains some flexibility, and builds and expands on previous knowledge. There are four focus areas: 

  • Locational knowledge 
  • Place knowledge 
  • Human and physical geography 
  • Geographical field work and mapping

 

Locational knowledge examines latitude, longitude and time zones. The children will use maps to focus on Europe, North and South America, concentrating on regions, key physical/human characteristics, countries, and major cities. They will also work on locating the counties and cities of the United Kingdom and start to explore their human and physical characteristics. 

 

The geography curriculum provides the opportunities for children to examine geographical similarities and differences by comparing the geography of a region of the United Kingdom with a region in a European country, and with a region in either North or South America. This will cover the place knowledge aspect of the curriculum.  

 

Human and physical geography will encompass the description and understanding of key aspects of geography, for example: climate zones, rivers, mountains, volcanoes, earthquakes, the water cycle, types of settlement, economic activity and the distribution of natural resources and the impact they have on people.  

 

Implementation: 

To ensure our teachers provide the best opportunities for the delivery of the geography curriculum, the content of the subject has been carefully sequenced starting from locational knowledge in Year 1 and building on from their starting point in Year 2 and in Key Stage 2. This is clearly mapped out in our geography progression. 

 

KS1 

Geo KS1

 

KS2 

 

Geo KS2

 

Teachers will make use of front cover sheets and knowledge organisers to share key knowledge and vocabulary for every half term’s unit, which will enable children to understand the exact knowledge/vocabulary that needs to be learnt by the end of the half term to give them a better understanding of their world.  

 

Geography is timetabled and taught each half term in 6-week blocks, an hour a week in each class.

 

Our learning environment will reflect the current learning and creates opportunity for children to refer to concepts, knowledge and skills taught. Essential resources needed to deliver map skills will be made available to children in the classroom. Where possible and relevant, trips will be organised to give children first-hand experience to develop the knowledge and concepts taught in the subject. 

 

Impact 

Pupils record their learning in a variety of ways, recorded within their geography books.  Evidence of the learning is dependent on the lesson outcome; year group and the knowledge and skills being developed.  This can be in the form of: written outcomes, tables and charts, photographs of practical/ fieldwork activities, speech bubble comments relating the learning. 

 

The use of retrieval practice strategies built into the learning will help teachers identify how much knowledge has been learnt in a unit. At the end of each unit, children will complete a written mastery outcome which is authentic to the discipline being taught and also a multiple choice quiz. This information informs teacher assessments of children working towards, at and beyond mastery.

Subject leaders will conduct learning walks, planning scrutiny and pupil interviews to measure the impact of our teaching, based on how much children can remember. 

 

Subject leaders will meet with their counterparts from our other cluster schools half termly and will moderate the planning, work and monitoring outcomes from their setting to ensure that standards are meeting or exceeding the expectations of the National Curriculum. 

 

 

Documents

Geography Year 1 15th May 2023 Download
Geography Year 2 15th May 2023 Download
Geography Year 3 15th May 2023 Download
Geography Year 4 15th May 2023 Download
Geography Year 5 15th May 2023 Download
Geography Year 6 15th May 2023 Download
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