Geography

Curriculum Aims

Our students will learn essential knowledge about our planet and the populations who live on it to allow them to become truly engaged global citizens who understand the issues of our times. Our students will be inspired through studying the physical and human environments which engulf them at a local and global scale. The key Geographical skills that run across the subject will always be identified as transferrable and applicable to a number of career options and generic ‘skills for life.’ Geography helps students build cultural capital to develop a sense of pride in their local community and excel in the wider world. Students will develop embedded knowledge about the processes that lead to the formation of the physical features of our planet and develop the ability to interpret a wide range of information, preparing them to make decisions which will impact on all our lives.

 

Year 7 – Topics each half term

  1. My Place – Investigating our local area and comparing it to Nairobi in Kenya
  2. River Landscapes – Investigating natural processes and how humans interact with rivers
  3. The Geography of Conflict – Investigating how geography and conflict affect each other
  4. Coastal Landscapes – Investigating natural processes and how humans interact with coasts
  5. Managing Resources – Investigating how humans exploit resources and the consequences of this
  6. Mexico – An in-depth case study looking at the human geography of an emerging country

Year 8 – Topics each half term

  1. India – An in-depth case study looking at the human and physical geography of an emerging country
  2. Development – Investigating why countries are at different levels of development
  3. Natural Hazards – Investigating how the Earth’s structure creates dangers for humans
  4. Weather and Climate Change – Investigating what causes our weather and how humans are affecting this
  5. Ecosystems – Investigating the climate, plants and animals found in different parts of Earth
  6. Geography Investigations – Introducing the concepts and methods behind Geography Fieldwork

 

Key Stage 4 – AQA A Specification:

Year 9 – Topics each half term

  1. River Landscapes
  2. Coastal Landscapes
  3. Ecosystems – Tropical Rainforests
  4. Ecosystems –Deserts
  5. Rivers Fieldwork
  6. Tectonic Hazards

Year 10 – Topics each half term

  1. Resource Management
  2. Urban Challenges – Rio de Janeiro
  3. Urban Challenges – Liverpool
  4. Urban Fieldwork
  5. Weather Hazards and Climate Change
  6. The Changing Economic World

Year 11

All KS4 topics are revisited in different ways to promote deeper understanding. At Easter, the exam board provides pre-release material which pupils will be prompted to respond to under exam conditions as part of Paper 3.

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