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Aims of the geography curriculum

The national curriculum for geography aims to ensure that all pupils:

1 • develop contextual knowledge of the location of globally significant places –
both terrestrial and marine – including their defining physical and human
characteristics and how these provide a geographical context for
understanding the actions of processes

2 • understand the processes that give rise to key physical and human
geographical features of the world, how these are interdependent and how
they bring about spatial variation and change over time

3 • are competent in the geographical skills needed to:

• collect, analyse and communicate with a range of data gathered
through experiences of fieldwork that deepen their understanding of
geographical processes

• interpret a range of sources of geographical information, including maps,
diagrams, globes, aerial photographs and Geographical Information
Systems (GIS)

• communicate geographical information in a variety of ways, including
through maps, numerical and quantitative skills and writing at length.

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