Subject: | Geography |
Members of staff: | Miss A Allen – Department Leader Mr G Wright – Teacher Mr G Faircloth – Teacher Mrs S Henderson – Teacher |
Subject Overview:
Learners will travel the world from their classroom. They will study the key themes in geography, including aspects of physical, human and environmental geography. They will build on location knowledge and discover the world of people, places and the environment around them. Learners will have the opportunity to explore case studies in the United Kingdom (UK), higher income countries (HICs), newly emerging economies (NEEs) and lower income countries (LICs). We aim at Kepier to give learners the opportunity to understand the world around them by presenting geography in an interesting, up-to-date, stimulating and enjoyable way. Learners are also encouraged to understand their role in society, by considering different viewpoints, values and attitudes. In geography learners will develop key geographical skills including field work, map work and the recording, presenting and interpreting of data. We will provide learners with the opportunity to develop a good understanding of their local area and a broader knowledge of the wider world, whist encouraging them to become independent learners. At GCSE level, students will study for: AQA GCSE Geography The GCSE course develops knowledge and understanding of current events e.g. volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and hurricanes. It will help learners to understand the world around us and how we can live in it sustainably. It will build on skills learners developed a range of useful skills such as map reading, data collection, ICT and problem solving. |
Key Stage 3 | |||
Content: | Year 7: | Year 8: | Year 9: |
Autumn Term 1: | What is Geography? From Continent to Continent |
Farm to Fork – The Food Industry | Rainforest Detectives |
Autumn Term 2: | What is Geography? From Continent to Continent |
Extreme Environments – Desert Study | Rainforest Detectives |
Spring Term 1: | Urban Explorers | Extreme Environments – Polar Study | Restless Earth (Earthquakes and Tsunamis) |
Spring Term 2: | Violent Volcanoes | Landscape Shapers – Rivers and Coasts | Global Development |
Summer Term 1: | Investigating the UK | Natural Resources | The growth of the tourism Industry |
Summer Term 2: | Geographical Enquiry (Human Study) | Geographical Enquiry (Protecting our environment) | Geographical Enquiry (Tourism) |
Key Stage 4 | |||
Content: | Year 10: | Year 11: | |
Autumn Term 1: | Physical Landscapes in the UK – Glacial Landscapes | Urban Issues and Challenges – An Urban World | |
Autumn Term 2: | Physical Landscapes In the UK – Coastal Landscapes | Urban Issues and challenges – Urban Change in the UK
Urban Challenges – Urban Sustainability |
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Spring Term 1: | The Challenge of Natural Hazards – Climate Change
The Challenge of Natural Hazards – Weather Hazards |
The Challenge of resource management – Managing Resources
The Challenge of resource management – Water management |
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Spring Term 2: | The Challenge of Natural Hazards –Tectonic Hazards
The Living World – Ecosystems |
The changing economic world – The Development Gap and the case study of a NEE The changing Economic World – The changing UK economy |
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Summer Term 1: | The Living World – Rainforests | Revision | |
Summer Term 2: | The Living World – Polar Environments
Geographical Applications – Human and Physical Fieldwork Enquiry |
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Revision links for GCSE course:
http://www.coolgeography.co.uk/gcsen/revision_zone.php |
How can parents support their child’s progress in this subject?
Parents can encourage their child to be aware of what is going on in the world by reading newspapers and watching the news then discussing this with their child. Parents should also support their child with one hour’s independent study each week.
Homework will build on the knowledge and skills they have learnt in the classroom, develop retrieval skills and encourage them to discover geography further outside the classroom |
Extra-Curricular Activities:
Geography Journal club runs every Thursday – This provides learners with a space to investigate geographical topics further, discover how geography is represented in film, how geography is in the world around us. Learners will have the opportunity to turn key concepts into real life on a creative and visual way. Students are encouraged to attend intervention sessions appropriate to their needs. Dates and times of these will be shared on an individual basis via the department leader or their class teacher. |