Geography
"The study of geography is about more than just memorising places on a map. It's about understanding the complexity of our world, appreciating the diversity of cultures that exists across continents. And in the end, it's about using all that knowledge to help bridge divides and bring people together "– Barack Obama
Curriculum Aims
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At Ellesmere Park High School, our geography curriculum engenders the excitement, creativity and critical thinking about the world that will equip young people to make their own way in it. We aim to create the very best geographers and inspire our learners to become global citizens and lifelong learners. We challenge students to think, act and speak like those working in the field would. We vary topics between human and physical geography, using substantive and disciplinary knowledge, to provide a varied appreciation of the ideas, skills and topics in this subject. At EPHS, we extend from the familiar and concrete to the unfamiliar and abstract, making greater sense of the world by organising and connecting information and ideas about people, places, processes and environments. Our curriculum ensures students develop geographical skills, embedding cartographic, graphical, numerical, statistical and literacy. |
The curriculum provides opportunities for collaborative working as well as independent learning. Students are explicitly taught skill, knowledge and the vocabulary needed to effectively explain and understand geographical issues in the past, present and future. The geography curriculum is designed to support and challenge all students, appropriate to their age and ability and inspire and motivate the next generation of leading thinkers, scientists, geographers and policymakers. Geography at EPHS aims to work with complex information about the world, including the relevance of people’s attitudes, values and beliefs. Our curriculum enables children to develop knowledge and skills that are transferable to other curriculum areas which can and are used to promote their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.