The humanities curriculum in the Riviera Education Trust encompasses learning in history, geography and RE and seeks to encourage pupils to think creatively; to reason about being human and to ask questions about our world.

The study of humanities seeks to build two types of knowledge:

• Substantive knowledge – the knowledge pupils ought to remember and recall
• Disciplinary knowledge - the sorts of questions, responses, ideas and concepts pupils will understand if they have mastered the subject.  

Geography

At Oldway, Geography is designed to inspire pupil's curiosity and fascination about the world and its people. Give children a balanced view of the countries of the world, to address or even preempt misconceptions and negative stereotypes. To explicitly teach core disciplinary knowledge, and the ability to approach challenging, geographically-valid questions. Our children will develop progressive geographical skills not just through experiences in the classroom but also with the use of fieldwork and educational visits.

The curriculum has been designed around these three concepts:

Developing an understanding of space through ideas related to location, distribution, pattern and distance.

Developing a sense of place and character through ideas related to identity, home, community, landscapes and diversity, and examining a range of case studies from across the globe.

How the Earth’s natural processes shape and change the surface of the Earth. This includes both Geology & Earth Science aspects, such as the structure of the Earth and physical features we see on the land, as well as Environmental Science aspects, such as the weather and our changing climate. Both of these are threaded through the science curriculum too.

The processes and phenomena that are caused by or relate to people, including our Use of Resources; the distribution and changes to the Population & Communities; and the features of the Economy & Development.