Geography
| Subject: | Geography |
| Contact: | Miss Z Oliver |
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. 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 and support an opinion with their knowledge of topic areas as well as interlinking topics together such as development and hazards.
KS3
Overview
Students consolidate and extend their knowledge of the world’s major countries and their physical and human features. They should understand 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
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Term 1 |
Term 2 |
Term 3 |
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Year 7 |
Mapping the world |
Geography of Health China |
Earthquakes & Volcanoes |
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Year 8 |
Weather & Climate |
Rivers Population |
Economic Activity Tropical Rainforest |
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Year 9 |
Africa |
Antarctica Glaciation |
Independent research project |
Age related milestones
Concepts and processes
Locational knowledge
Use of geographical systems
KS4
Overview
This GCSE course is a new, exciting and relevant course 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
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Term 1 |
Term 2 |
Term 3 |
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Year 10 |
The challenges of natural hazards Geographical Skills |
The living world Geographical Skills |
Physical landscapes in the UK The changing economic world |
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Year 11 |
Urban Issues & Challenges |
The challenge of resource management |
Issue Evaluation |
Assessment components
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Paper One: Physical Geography |
Paper Two: Human Geography |
Paper Three: Geographical Application |
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What is assessed? 3.1.1: The challenge of natural hazards 3.1.2: The living world 3.1.3: Physical landscapes in the UK 3.4: Geographical skills |
What is assessed? 3.2.1: Urban issues and challenges 3.2.2: The changing economic world 3.2.3: The challenge of resource management 3.4: Geographical skills |
What is assessed? 3.3.1: Issue evaluation 3.3.2: Fieldwork 3.4: Geographical skills |
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How is it assessed? Written exam:
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How is it assessed? Written exam:
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How is it assessed? Written exam:
6 marks for SPaG)
Resources booklet made available 12 weeks before the Paper 3 exam. |
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Questions Section A: answer all questions (33 marks) Section B: answer all questions (25 marks) Section C: answer any two questions from questions 3, 4 and 5 (30 marks) Question types: Multiple-choice, short answer, levels of response, extended prose. |
Questions Section A: answer all questions (33 marks) Section B: answer all questions (30 marks) Section C: answer question 3 and one from questions 4, 5 or 6 (25 marks) Question types: Multiple-choice, short answer, levels of response, extended prose. |
Questions Section A: answer all questions (37 marks) Section B: answer all questions (39 marks) Question types: Multiple-choice, short answer, levels of response, extended prose |
Enrichment opportunities
Currently there are no enrichment opportunities for Geography students at KS3.
KS4 & KS5 students go on fieldwork residential and day trips.
Useful websites to support learning
| BBC Bitesize | website |
