Geography
| Subject: | Geography |
| Contact: | Miss E Sumner |
Overview
All students in the school are given the opportunity to study Geography. Throughout all three Key Stages the classes are mixed ability. All the key stages look at key physical and human topics directly interlinked with the society and culture currently dominating the global stage and here in the UK. Geography allows students to develop critical thinking skills, and an awareness of the world in which they live on. Students are prompted to have their own opinions in lessons, support an opinion with their knowledge of topic areas as well as interlinking topics together such as global development and hazards.
Key stage 3
Overview
Students in Key Stage 3 study a thematic approach; they consolidate their understanding of global locations alongside developing their ability to study physical and human geography. They also develop their understanding of how geographical processes interact to create distinctive human and physical landscapes that change over time. In doing so, they should become aware of increasingly complex geographical systems in the world around them.
Curriculum Content
| Year |
Autumn Term |
Spring Term |
Summer Term |
|---|---|---|---|
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7 |
Exploring what geography really is and exploring Russia | Fieldwork, all about our health and Covid-19 | Map reading and tropical rainforests |
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8 |
How dangerous is our planet Earth? | Factfulness and our place in society, and 8 billion people - is this the tipping point? | How well do you know the UK? Coastal systems around the UK |
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9 |
Global citizenship and pollution challenges (water/waste/air) | Africa and the Middle East | Geography of conflict and an investigation into the UK's sport and population 'society'. |
Assessment Criteria
Please find below the assessment benchmarks for Geography. A child progresses across the grid (from A-I) when they demonstrate a deeper knowledge and wider range of skills in each assessment carried out.
Key stage 4
Overview
Our GCSE course is exciting, diverse and relevant to our current UK and global dimensions, which studies geography in a balanced framework of physical and human themes and investigates the link between them. Students will travel the world from their classroom, exploring case studies in the United Kingdom, higher income countries (HICs), newly emerging economies (NEEs), and lower income countries (LICs).Topics of study include climate change, poverty, deprivation, global shifts in economic power and the challenge of sustainable resource use. Students are also encouraged to understand their role in society, by considering different viewpoints, values and attitudes. This is a linear course, examined at the end of Year 11. The students are well prepared for these final exams with regular exam practice and students will have five lessons a fortnight.
Exam board and course
AQA GCSE Geography (8035)
Curriculum Content
| Year |
Autumn Term |
Spring Term |
Summer Term |
|---|---|---|---|
|
10 |
Paper 1: Challenge of the natural environment | Paper 2: Urban issues and challenges |
Paper 1: Physical landscapes of the UK - coasts and rivers Paper 3: Fieldwork |
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11 |
Paper 2: Changing economic world |
Paper 2: Resource management Paper 1: The living world |
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Enrichment opportunities
Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 students go on fieldwork residential and day trips.
Useful websites to support learning
