Curriculum & Assessment

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KS3 Geography is a series of dynamic, engaging units of work which aim to excite and encourage a passion for Geography throughout. It is important that students gain an understanding of their changing world and how it may affect them. With growing concerns of climate change, it is important for students to understand the risk of tropical storms as well as the importance of vital ecosystems in balancing our climate such as tropical rainforests and with changing demands and worries about deforestation.  

We aim to teach students about the nature of the world's geography such as rising populations and how this is linked to issues such as energy, farming, pollution, and sustainability.  It is our responsibility to encourage students to be critical thinkers. It is essential that our students learn how to assess and evaluate options before making decisions. Where possible students are provided with an understanding of what it means to be a global citizen. This will encourage respect for other cultures and the environment. It is also pertinent that young people think sustainably and consider the most effective long-term solution to any problem, let alone significant global issues.

 

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Geography helps you to make sense of the world around you. Geography is not only current and relevant, it is one of the most exciting, adventurous and valuable subjects to study today. We
follow the AQA course (8035) which provides students with the chance to get to grips with some of the big questions which affect our world and understand the social, economic and physical forces and processes which shape and change our world. It is very practical with opportunities to develop transferrable skills such as interpreting photographs, map skills, fieldwork skills and delivering presentations which are transferrable to other subjects and will be of benefit in the
world of employment.