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Aims
At Alleyn Court, we hope to develop our pupils’ knowledge of places and environments throughout the world, give them an understanding of maps, and provide them with a range of investigative and problem-solving skills both inside and outside the classroom.
The Curriculum
In the Pre-Prep, Geography is introduced as part of Cultural Studies. A variety of visual and physical resources are used to give the pupil an initial impression of the world around them. In the Junior school, The National Curriculum for Geography is taught by class teachers and is timetabled to fill a one hour slot per week. In the Senior school, Geography is taught by a subject specialist to all pupils in Year 4-6.
| Year | Topic | Year | Topic |
| 1 | Around Our School | 4 | Improving our environment |
| 1 | Where in the world is Barnaby Bear? | 4 | Passport to the world |
| 1 | How can we make our local area safer? | 4 | World Environments -Tropical Rainforests |
| 2 | At the Seaside | 5 | Settlements and map skills |
| 2 | An island home | 5 | Rivers and Water |
| 2 | A contrasting locality overseas (Tocuaro) | 5 | A contrasting locality overseas (Kenya) |
| 3 | Investigating our local area |
6 | Investigating Coasts |
| 3 | A village in a less economically developed country (Chembakolli) | 6 | Measuring the Weather & Microclimates |
| 3 | Weather around the world | 6 | Natural Hazards |
Developing Pupils’ Skills
We strive to stimulate pupils’ interest in the subject by using; a range of books and maps; multimedia; the school site; visiting guests and trips.
All classrooms are equipped with interactive whiteboards which are used to show photos, video clips and maps.
Electronic anemometers and thermometers are used along with our weather station to help pupils record and forecast the weather.
The school site and “Forest School” is used to study the management of the natural and human environment.
Guests from the local community are invited in to talk about their jobs and Asian and Mexican speakers are invited in to talk about their countries of birth.
Trips have included visits to the local beach and guided tours along the River Thames.