Welcome to Geography

Welcome! Here in the Geography department students learn all about the world we lie in from how rivers form to how pollution effects our environment. Geography is taught from Year 7 however if they find they really enjoy the subject, they can choose it and both GCSE and A Level.

 

Geography over Key Stage 3

Year 7

Autumn

• Intro to Geography and Rivers

Spring

• Urbanisation
• Deserts – hot and cold

Summer

• Economic geography – Tertiary
• Fieldwork and skills

Year 8

Autumn 

• Population

Spring

• Glaciation

Summer

• International development

Year 9

Autumn

• Resource management – Food, Water and Energy

Spring

• Natural Hazards: Tectonic and climatic hazards and climate change

Summer

• Natural Hazards: Climate change
• Coasts

GCSE Spec

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Parents Year 9 to Year 11 information

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A Level 

What you will learn

Year 12 

• Paper 1 – Tectonic processes and hazards
• Paper 1 – Coasts
• Paper 2 – Globalisation
• Paper 2 – Regenerating places
• NEA Preparation

Year 13 

• Paper 1 – The water cycle and water insecurity
• Paper 1 – The Carbon cycle and Energy security
• Paper 2 – Superpowers
• Paper 2 –Health, Human rights and Intervention
• Paper 3 preparation
• Paper 3 preparation

A Level Info Booklet