Geography

Geography helps us to understand the world that we live in. We can discover how the forces of nature work (e.g. volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, hurricanes, the greenhouse effect) and how we as humans can try to cope as we live alongside them. It also helps us to make sense of how people live alongside them. It also helps us to make sense of how people live, work and play in different parts of the world as they exploit, manage and move around the world (e.g. trade, development, migration) in different ways and in different places.

By studying Geography, we would want pupils to become well rounded and thoughtful global citizens with an excellent understanding of the world and the way it works.

Key Stage 3

Year 7

• What is a Geographer
• Maps and Mapping
• About the UK
• Population
• Weather and Climate
• Ecosystems

Year 8

• Rivers
• Middle East
• Cold Environments
• Russia
• Global Issues
• Africa

Year 9

• Coasts
• International Development
• Natural Hazards- Tectonic
• Natural Hazards- Climatic
• Earning a Living
• Tourism

Key stage 4

Exam Board: AQA

Three Exams

Paper one – (35%) – Living with the physical environment

Paper two – (35%) – Challenges in the human environment

Paper three – (30%) – Geographical applications and fieldworks

Unit 1 Living with the physical environment is about physical processes and systems, how they change, and how people interact with them at a range of scales and in a range of places. Unit 2 Challenges in the Human environment is about human processes and systems, how they change both spatially and temporally. They study a range of places in various development. Unit 3 Geographical application and skills is about identifying, understanding and appreciating the interrelationships between the different aspects of pupil’s geography study.