Geography
KEY STAGE 3
An exciting subject that brings the world into the classroom. Students learn a variety of physical and human topics which will help them to learn and address global issues. Students will adopt a variety of skills including presentation work, data interpretation, fieldwork and drawing diagrams. Geography inspires pupils to become global citizens by exploring their own place in the world, their values and their responsibilities to other people, to the environment and to the sustainability of the planet.
KEY STAGE 4
Developing further into the subject students explore six key topics and complete a fieldwork based investigation following the AQA GCSE
Geography syllabus. The course topics is evenly split between human and physical Geography. Living with the physical environment covers a range of natural processes, from natural hazards to unique landscapes and a close look at ecosystems around the world. Challenges in the human environment looks at urban issues, the change of the economic world and challenges of resource management.
A local fieldtrip is also undertaken and data collected in the field is then used to analyse and interpret geographical information and then
applied to the knowledge and understanding covered in the content of the course. The final element of the course requires students to
study a pre-release booklet in preparation for evaluating a geographical issue.
KS3 Curriculum | |||||||||||
Year 7 | My Place in the World | Weather and Climate | Travel and Tourism | Ecosystems | Geography of Sport | ||||||
Year 8 | Tectonic | Population | Coasts | Climate Change | Problem Planet | ||||||
Year 9 | Glaciation | Urbanisation | Atmospheric Hazards | Development | Resource Management | ||||||
KS4 Curriculum | |||||||||||
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | Term 4 | Term 5 | Term 6 | |||||
Year 10 | GCSE Unit: The Living World | GCSE Unit: The Living World | GCSE Unit: Urban issues and challenges | GCSE Unit: Urban issues and challenges | GCSE Unit: Physical landscapes in the UK | GCSE Unit: Physical landscapes in the UK | |||||
Year 11 | GCSE Unit: Challenge of Natural hazards | GCSE Unit: Challenge of natural hazards/ Changing economic world. | GCSE Unit: Changing economic world | GCSE Unit: Issue evaluation | Revision Time |