Welcome to Geography

The Geography Department aims in particular to give students:
An interest in the world around them and a sense of its wonder.
A basic knowledge of selected places in the local area, the local region, Britain, Europe, and the World with some understanding of the similarities between places.
The necessary geography skills with which to interpret maps, graphs, photos etc. to undertake field work and decision making exercises.
An understanding of some basic geographical concepts and a good knowledge of the geographical vocabulary, including the main areas of physical and human geography.

Lower School Provision

In the lower school students will discover a new and exciting course that enables them to develop thinking skills using a range of learning techniques including ICT. The newly resources course will satisfy not only the National Curriculum, but it is also the first and only study to fully integrate the strategies for the Governments' Key Stage 3 National Strategy.

Year 7

Map work skills/Local area and home region, exploring the UK, rivers and flooding, settlements/shopping, weather and climate, natural disasters.

Year 8

Resorces and the environment, the coastal zone, Kenya - a developing country, farming, food and the environment and population, world issue's.

Year 9

Ecosystems, Japan - a developed country, plate tectonics, tourism, globalisation, Italy.

Upper School Provision

At Key Stage 4 students follow the AQA Specification A Geography syllabus. During the course we use up-to-date resources and topical case studies to equip students with an essential knowledge and understanding of geographical issues. The course investigates issues in a number of places in the UK, Europe and the wider World. Fieldwork accounts for 25% of the course.

Year 10

Water on the land, ice on the land, restless earth

Year 11

Population Change, tourism, globalisation