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07/10/25

Assembly with Toni the Cosplayer speaking about black illustrators and comic writers sharing his passion for creativity and representation in comics. 💥🦸🎨

03/10/25

An amazing food share to end a colourful cultural day. Thank you to all the families who took the time to share some of their amazing food and for helping to create such a buzz and sense of community. 🧑‍🍳🌟🥘🥙

01/10/25

🖤📚Celebrating the incredible educators who inspire us every day. Here are some of our amazing teachers making history during   

01/10/25

🖤📚Celebrating the incredible educators who inspire us every day. Here are some of our amazing teachers making history during   

01/10/25

🖤📚Celebrating the incredible educators who inspire us every day. Here are some of our amazing teachers making history during     

25/09/25

🎸 Times Tables Rock Stars results are in: •Peacock: 77% – shredding those tables like guitar solos 🤘 •Parrot: 66% – steady rhythm, solid groove 🥁 •Flamingo: 60% – still tuning up, but the comeback tour is coming 🎤

18/09/25

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15/09/25

Year 4 are turning up the volume on their times tables with Mrs Ahari-Qanah using Times Tables Rockstars! MTC prep has never looked so cool — we’re rocking our way to victory like true math legends! 💥🔥     

15/09/25

Congratulations to our stars of the week! We are so proud!❤️💙

17/06/25

🍭Year 6 Ice Lolly Sale 🍭 Wednesday 16th June at dismissal, Year 6 pupils will be selling ice lollies in the playground to help raise funds for their end-of-year celebrations.

07/06/25

Time for Team Tech!🧐❤️💪

07/06/25

We’ve had so much fun on Jacob’s ladder!🪜

07/06/25

First stop - 3G swing!!!

07/06/25

While the others were shelter building, we were problem solving🤔🕵️🕵️‍♀️

06/06/25

Relays on the field 🏃‍♀️

06/06/25

First stop-shelter building!⛺️

06/06/25

We’re off! Year 5 are so excited to arrive at Kingswood!💙❤️

04/06/25

📚 🥐 You are invited to our new event!! Join us for Reading on the roof terrace 🍎📚

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Geography

At Harris Primary Academy Purley Way (HPAPW), we believe a high-quality geography education should inspire pupils with a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. Teaching should equip pupils with knowledge about diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes. As pupils progress, their growing knowledge about the world should help them to deepen their understanding of the interaction between physical and human processes, and of the formation and use of landscapes and environments. Geographical knowledge provides the tools and approaches that explain how the Earth’s features at different scales are shaped, interconnected and change over time. Fieldwork studies should strengthen children’s understanding of their own and wider communities in order to develop a sense of pride and willingness to protect the world around them for the future.

HF Curriculum Lead - Sam French

Curriculum

 

 

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Year 1

NC

GSF / LK / HPG

HPG

HPG

HPG

LK

HPAPW

Our Local Area

Investigating our School

UK Weather

Extreme Planet

Going Global

Year 2

NC

LK / GSF

PK

HPG

PK / LK / HPG / GSF

HPAPW

World View

Contrasting Landscapes

Settlements

Close Up on Kenya

Year 3

NC

LK / GSF

LK / PK

LK / HPG / GSF

HPG

GSF

HPAPW

Map Detectives

Comparing UK Regions

Life in London

Resources and Us

Our Local Environment

Year 4

NC

GSF / HPG

GSF / HPG / PK

HPG / GSF / PK

HPAPW

Shake, rattle and Roll (Earthquakes + Volcanoes) Natural Disasters

Life in Italy

Water on the Land

 

Year 5

NC

GSF / LK

HPG / GSF

HPG / LK / PK / GSF

HPG / PK / LK

GSF / HPG

HPAPW

Latitude and Longitude

Global Biomes

Exploring Brazil

Sustainable Living

Our local ecosystem

Year 6

NC

LK / HPG / GSF

HPG / GSF / PK

LK / PK / HPG

HPG / GSF

HPAPW

Field Study (Based on Residential)

Settling Down

People on the Move

Our school’s microclimate

Transition

Key: LK- locational knowledge, PK- place knowledge. HPG- human and physical geography, GSF- geographical skills and fieldwork

Across all stages of teaching and learning we endeavour to create strong and appropriate links with other subjects to enhance the curriculum and learning experience, predominantly but not exclusively with literacy, music, PSHE, art and design and history. 

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