At Highcliffe, we follow the CUSP scheme of work. Every study taught will draw upon prior learning from EYFS through to Year 6. By revisiting previously taught topics, the new learning is put into a known location which makes it easier for children to cognitively process. CUSP Geography supports our children in making conscious connections and ‘thinking hard’, using what they know. It is built around using cumulative knowledge with the emphasis on how the content is all connected.
We aim for our children to become ‘more expert’ through following the CUSP curriculum and each study that is covered. Through this, children will develop not only an interest in their locality but the wider world around them.
Children will learn to say, read and write specific and associated geographical vocabulary. This is planned and is built upon from Year 1 to Year 6.
Curriculum Overview
| Autumn | Spring | Summer |
| Year 1 | ||
| Continents and Oceans, UK countries, capital cities and seas | Continents and Oceans, UK countries, capital cities and seas | Hot and cold places Mapping and fieldwork |
| Year 2 | ||
| Human and Physical features Compare a small part of the UK to a non-European location | Compare a small part of the UK to a non-European location Fieldwork and map skills | Fieldwork and map skills Compare a different non-European location to our locality |
| Year 3 | ||
| Fieldwork – human and physical features | UK Study | Revisit: human and physical features OS maps and scale |
| Year 4 | ||
| Rivers Latitude and Longitude | Latitude and Longitude Water Cycle | Revisit: Rivers Map skills – environmental regions |
| Year 5 | ||
| World countries – biomes and environmental regions | 4 and 6 figure grid references | OS maps and fieldwork |
| Year 6 | ||
| Physical processes: Earthquakes, mountains and volcanoes | Comparison study – UK, Europe and North America Settlements | Settlements Maps and orienteering |
