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08/03/24

choir representing at a national choral competition last weekend - WOW 🔥🙌🏾👏🏼🫶🏿⚡️! Three part harmony, syncopated body percussion and in Portuguese 🇵🇹. We are so proud of how hard you worked and can’t wait to hear what you do next! pic.twitter.com/6FXMoePk7D

08/03/24

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04/03/24

Our penultimate choir is from the Olympic Park in London: Harris Academy Chobham Junior Choir. Great percussion accompaniment! pic.twitter.com/tBKi9iedjL

03/03/24

We are sooooo proud of our choir who are competing on Manchester today! We send all the luck and positivity! https://t.co/v0ZDGUNhkC

29/02/24

Year 2’s first ever visit to the primary school library for their first Accelerated Reader session! These readers are super excited to get their hands on the big books! pic.twitter.com/nY65QV5uaG

29/02/24

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29/02/24

Our YUCAN group were lucky enough to go to Shrek’s Adventure and then for a trip on the London Eye this week! So much fun for these amazing pupils! pic.twitter.com/wxQYqDyqfZ

29/02/24

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29/02/24

Year 4 were happy historians at The British Museum last week learning all about things from the past. pic.twitter.com/SFC2KNy8zu

29/02/24

Get along to Chess Club on Thursdays at the Lighthouse and Gardens! With an amazing teacher every week for only £6 per child! pic.twitter.com/mqFwkiRE3A

28/02/24

Important team talks and tactics before the boys and girls’ football matches today! Well done to our boys for winning and reaching the final!! pic.twitter.com/BhrFZiFvIP

15/02/24

Please sign up to support us on to increase our chances of winning a massive £1,000 donation! Every new person who joins counts as an extra entry - but hurry, you've only got until the end of the week. It's completely free to help: https://t.co/51mhDqf8Zc

15/02/24

Thank you to all the amazing stalls who came and participated in our Cultural Celebration Day last week! It was an amazing event with such a range of things on offer from many different cultures! 🥳🥳🥳#culturalcelebration pic.twitter.com/nU1YOtIh18

15/02/24

A huge thank you to ! The girls absolutely love their new kits from their sponsor! It really is amazing to see them wearing them with pride! 🤩🤩 https://t.co/x0ukWvZgrX

22/12/23

Thank you to everyone who donated to our fundraiser! Our Christmas Elves (the amazing year 10 prefects) packed 20 bags of gifts for the children staying there over Christmas and a little something for the staff too 🎁 🌲 pic.twitter.com/Vs94QEtVtZ

22/12/23

Thank you to everyone who donated to our fundraiser! Our Christmas Elves (the amazing year 10 prefects) packed 20 bags of gifts for the children staying there over Christmas and a little something for the staff too 🎁 🌲 pic.twitter.com/Vs94QEtVtZ

07/12/23

How are funds making a difference?At , they invested in music. They introduced 180 students to the joys of playing the recorder or violin, purchased instruments and music recording equipment, improving their provision one note at a time✨🎶🎻 pic.twitter.com/vvQeP3sioM

07/12/23

How are funds making a difference?At , they invested in music. They introduced 180 students to the joys of playing the recorder or violin, purchased instruments and music recording equipment, improving their provision one note at a time✨🎶🎻 pic.twitter.com/vvQeP3sioM

01/12/23

Last week hosted our Dance Festival.Congratulations 🥇 🥈 🥉 Congratulations Ranelagh our KS1 Winners pic.twitter.com/i6Y8KuQH98

01/12/23

Last week hosted our Dance Festival.Congratulations 🥇 🥈 🥉 Congratulations Ranelagh our KS1 Winners pic.twitter.com/i6Y8KuQH98

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Geography

Intent – why do we teach what we teach? 
Teaching Geography at Harris Academy Chobham aims at broadening pupils’ understanding of our planet and the people who live on it. By applying their understanding of physical and biological processes and evaluating the human factors which influence economic development and environmental impact in the world, this interdisciplinary subject enables our pupils to become global citizens who understand the causes and impacts of, and solutions to, global challenges. Throughput our curriculum, we tackle these challenging issues with our pupils, spiralling substantive and procedural knowledge upwards in scope and complexity. 

We structure our Geography curriculum around five bodies of knowledge that every pupil must know: 

1-Locational and place knowledge to secure knowledge of the world’s continents, countries, cities and regions. 

2-Landforms and physical processes to foster a curiosity of how the planet and its people work together. 

3-Climates and biomes to develop a sense of wonder about our planet’s diversity that lasts a lifetime. 

4-Human processes to better understand the nature of, and the interaction between, different cultures . 

We also invest in ensuring our pupils have the skills and experiences of adult geographers: 

1-Map skills to make sense of places and demonstrate understanding of own locality and the wider world. 

2-Observation and data-handling skills to answer challenging enquiry questions. 

3-Real-life experiences, through fieldwork studies, to develop their learning and understanding of the world. 

Our curriculum is taught using ‘Big Questions’ which pupils answer as their powerful geographical knowledge develops through each unit. These challenging enquiry questions are underpinned by five core concepts ‘Big Ideas’. These are: Development, Climate, Human and Physical Interactions, Sustainability and Geomorphology. These core concepts/Big Ideas are revisited throughout Key Stage 3 and become increasingly complex and challenging as the curriculum progresses into Key Stage Four. 

Implementation – how do we teach what we teach? 
In the Early Years, pupils begin to develop their geographical knowledge through the learning area ‘Understanding the World’. Through our rich, integrated curriculum and enrichment experiences, pupils acquire skills and knowledge through the strands of ‘Past and Present’, ‘People, Culture and Communities’ and ‘The Natural World’. 

In KS1 and 2, pupils are taught geography weekly for an hour. This enables them to build on, and strengthen, their geographical substantive and procedural knowledge as they progress through the school. They extend their knowledge and understanding beyond their local area to include the United Kingdom, Europe and North and South America. They use atlases, globes, digital maps, compasses, fieldwork and observational skills to enhance their knowledge and understanding of, and the interaction between, physical and human features.  

Being an inclusive school, we always ensure that all pupils have access to the cuticulum, and make good progress, by adapting our teaching to meet every learner’s specific need, including SEND pupils.  

Pupils have specific whole school learning opportunities in the form of extracurricular activities and events, such as educational visits, workshops and open days, to support their understanding of, and therefore the ability to discuss, the impact of human activities on local, territorial and global communities.  

Impact – how do we know what pupils have learnt and how well they have learnt it? 
To measure the impact of our teaching on pupils’ ability to acquire and recall key substantive and procedural knowledge, we use several assessment tools. In the Early Years, pupils are observed describing their immediate environment using pictures and maps, drawing on similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments. In KS1 and KS2, pupils’ acquirement of knowledge is assessed through the completion of a short quiz and short essay. The low-stake quiz aims at ensuring that pupils know, and can recall, key facts relating to the topic taught at that half-term, and the short essay aims at ensuring that pupils have acquired clear knowledge and understanding of the key issues relating to answering the unit’s overarching key question ‘Big Question’. Lastly, pupil voice forms a substantial assessment tool; we expect pupils to talk knowledgeably and enthusiastically about geography and demonstrate knowledge of, and ability to recall, key substantive and procedural knowledge they have learnt over the course of half-term.