PGQM A3: Values and attitudes

1. PGQMA3: Values and attitudes Pupils' positive attitudes towards geography support progress within and between stages of learning. E.g. to the next year group, key stage, school.

2. A3 Explorer’s club runs in Summer term 2. children use orienteering skills to locate treasure. Children follow word hunts. Year 6 six children explore the new locality on a week residential visit to Kingswood centre. Year 6 explore the new environment, use map skills, team work and orienteering.

3. A3 ,T1, T2 Pupil and staff questionnaire give a deeper insight into how geography is taught, Ashmount's strengths/weaknesses likes and dislikes. The geography resource library in the staff room is regularly updated and courses available are advertised for all staff. The resource cupboard is always in use and provides staff with exciting resources. GA magazine is available for all staff.

4. PGQM A3 After School Travel Club Pupils make a passport on week 1 then learn key facts about a different country each week throughout the term. They enjoy stamping their passport for each session they attend and create a D+T piece to take home.

5. A3 Values and attitudes (GLP A3)Key indicator: Pupils' positive attitudes towards geography support progress within and between stages of learning. e.g. to the next year group, key stage, school. Context: In February 2014, a whole school geography survey involving all pupils was undertaken. The results are summarised on this page. Rationale for inclusion:The whole school geography survey demonstrated high levels of enjoyment of geography lessons across the school. It also showed a relatively high understanding of a simple definition of geographical study, though further work is needed to widen pupil understanding of the kind of areas geographical studies entail. Key links to other PGQM assessment criteria: B1, B2 PGQM Bronze Award - Burlington Junior School

6. PUPIL VOICE • TICKLED PINK • In Geography, I enjoy……. • how other countries run / traditions • Map work • Using ICT in Geography e.g. Google Earth • using compasses • Natural disasters • Learning about places we have never been to. • Linking our learning to real life e.g. fieldwork. • What’s In the News assemblies / watching Newsround in class. • GREEN GROWTH • I would like more…… • Treasure hunts with compasses • Learn about other countries cultures. • Find our about rivers in different countries • Go out on more visits/ more experts and visitors come in. • Drama based activities. What is Geography like in our school? Achievement: A3: Values and Attitudes

7. A2. Geographical skills are having some impact on supporting children’s geographical understanding; this is being developed across the school. A3. A growing number of pupils enjoy geography and can explain why they value it. Pupils’ growing understanding of the world gives them confidence when moving on to the next stage of learning. Prior to our trip to Warwick Castle, children were set a challenge to create a map of Warwick Castle. This e-mail set a purpose for children’s mapping skills to be used. Children had previously visited aspects such as perspective and the skill of ‘messy mapping’ had previously been used to create an imaginary location. Children were immediately excited by the purpose of the task and grasped the concept quickly. Children responded well to the differentiated activities. The task enabled children to show and evidence their current understanding of mapping as well as develop and create their own key to represent areas on their map. Y1 – Creating Maps Swallowfield Lower School 2014 Bronze Award Application

8. A2. Geographical skills are having some impact on supporting children’s geographical understanding; this is being developed across the school. A3. A growing number of pupils enjoy geography and can explain why they value it. Pupis’ growing understanding of the world gives them confidence when moving on to the next stage of learning. Children used 3d building blocks to build the features of the castle shown in the drawings from an artist on large pieces of paper/Perpex. Children then traced the features to create a 2d map representation of their 3d building. Y1 – Mapping Results Children built the different features of Warwick Castle in a tray of sand with building blocks, using the artist’s drawings for clues for where to place them. Once they had built it a piece of Perspex was placed over the top of the tray. A wipeboard pen was then used to trace the areas , with children exploring the real aerial perspective that is usually seen on a map. Children than labelled the different features using the initials of features that were shown on the key that was given to them. Children use different colours to represent the different features of Warwick Castle on the map. They explored recording the colours to sshow features on the key. Swallowfield Lower School 2014 Bronze Award Application

9. A2. Geographical skills are having some impact on supporting children’s geographical understanding; this is being developed across the school. A3. A growing number of pupils enjoy geography and can explain why they value it. Pupils’ growing understanding of the world gives them confidence when moving on to the next stage of learning. In Year 3 their topic of ‘Vikings’ linked to using maps and place names as clues to historically being places where Vikings created settlements. “The suffix at the end of the place names give us a big clue to them being an original Viking settlement.” Emily Children had to use maps, building upon those skills developed in KS of creating their own map to gain understanding, as well as locating continents and countries. Children were encouraged to recognise the symbols and representations on a map as well as explore place name and locations of different places on a map of the British Isles. “Most places are found in the North West of Britain.” Ben Y3 – Using Maps Swallowfield Lower School 2014 Bronze Award Application

10. A3. A growing number of pupils enjoy geography and can explain why they value it. Pupils’ growing understanding of the world gives them confidence when moving on to the next stage of learning. ‘Engines.’ Noah G ‘Know about zoos.’ Abbie ‘Learn about space.’ Matilda What do we learn about in Geography? Y1 answers (Autumn 1) ‘Castles.’ Jack ‘Learn about maps.’ Leilani ‘Riding a bike.’ Martha Bi Children were asked for their initial ideas as to what is studied in the subject of geography. The difference in ideas from Year 1 and Year 4 pupils show children's developing sense of geographical understanding. It proves that children are developing their understanding of the subject, linking their ideas to topics and areas of study explored during their time at Swallowfield. ‘Other countries.’ Daisy Swallowfield Lower School 2014 Bronze Award Application