accountable for planning lessons weekly using the schools topic planning format. These are to be saved on the teachers’ accounts, but may be asked to save on the school server. Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) We teach geography in the foundation stage as an integral part of the topic work covered during the year. We relate the geographical aspects of the work to the objectives children’s set out in the Early Learning Goals (ELGs) which underpin the curriculum planning for children aged three to five. Geography makes a significant contribution to the ELG objectives of developing a knowledge and understanding of the world child’s through activities such as collecting postcards from different places and singing songs from around the world. Assessment for Learning No formal assessment is to be carried out for Geography, but teachers may decide to input their assessments on the school Target Tracker system. Work should be marked on the day of the lesson and could be marked by the Teacher or Teaching Assistant. No written comments in books is needed, just outline which Success Criteria the child has met. Where possible, use this as a basis to form lessons and planning in the future. Children may use peer or self-assessment as a way of marking. Teachers analyse progress in the units of work they pupils’ have completed at the end of each school year to complete the annual report to parents/guardians. This report takes the form of a summary of the and continued teacher’s observations assessment of the pupils at work and a level at which the pupil is currently working.
accountable for planning lessons weekly using the schools topic planning format. These are to be saved on the teachers’ accounts, but may be asked to save on the school server. Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) We teach geography in the foundation stage as an integral part of the topic work covered during the year. We relate the geographical aspects of the children’s work to the objectives set out in the Early Learning Goals (ELGs) which underpin the curriculum planning for children aged three to five. Geography makes a significant contribution to the ELG objectives of developing a child’s knowledge and understanding of the world through activities such as collecting postcards from different places and singing songs from around the world. Assessment for Learning No formal assessment is to be carried out for Geography, but teachers may decide to input their assessments on the school Target Tracker system. Work should be marked on the day of the lesson and could be marked by the Teacher or Teaching Assistant. No written comments in books is needed, just outline which Success Criteria the child has met. Where possible, use this as a basis to form lessons and planning in the future. Children may use peer or self-assessment as a way of marking. Teachers analyse pupils’ progress in the units of work they have completed at the end of each school year to complete the annual report to parents/guardians. This report takes the form of a summary of the teacher’s observations and continued assessment of the pupils at work and a level at which the pupil is currently working.
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