Year 7
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Term |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Topic title |
What is a geographer? |
How does ice change the world? |
How coasts have shaped our lives? |
Paradise lost |
Introduction to meteorology and climatology |
Prisoners of Geography – Global issues |
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Knowledge & Skills |
Extend their locational knowledge and deepening their spatial awareness of the world’s countries. Investigations into interactions between people and physical environment. Time of year is appropriate weather wise to introduce cold environments. Investigations into interactions between people and physical environment. Why the land is shaped like it is. UK landscapes. Tourism – develop understanding of human geography – builds confidence with reference to places. Recap of map skills. Extend their locational knowledge and deepening their spatial awareness and how and why we track weather and climate changes. Developing their knowledge application outside of the classroom. |
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Homework |
Students will complete a series of projects and fieldwork activities to assist their learning in the classroom. |
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Year 8
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Term |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Topic title |
Microclimates, Ecosystems and human interaction with the environment |
Global passport – Countries and culture. |
What are natural resources? |
What makes places impossible? |
Tectonics and mass movement. |
Multiculturalism and migration. |
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Knowledge & Skills |
Communicate geographical information in a variety of ways. Extend their locational knowledge and deepening their spatial awareness of the world’s countries. Ethical views on resource use and waste. Timed between Christmas and Easter to get students thinking about the global impact of their actions. Preparation for Earth Day Extend their locational knowledge and deepening their spatial awareness of arid and semi-arid environments. To understand how key physical and human processes bring about spatial variation and change over time. Building on from Paradise Lost unit, looking at population movement – human topic. |
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Homework |
Students will complete a series of projects and fieldwork activities to assist their learning in the classroom. |
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Year 9
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Term |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Topic title |
Globalisation (is the world getting smaller?) |
What will make us extinct? |
Joint Humanities project |
How does a river change from source to mouth? |
Global issues and challenges: Case study - Rio |
UK issues and challenges : Case study - Bristol |
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Knowledge & Skills |
Examine why urban areas are growing and the impact this is having. How has communication changed the world? To understand how key physical and human processes bring about spatial variation and change over time. To understand how key human processes bring about spatial variation and change over time. Extend their locational knowledge and deepening their spatial awareness of the world’s countries. To understand how poverty is created as a result of urbanization and how that can be resolved. To understand a range of urban issues created as a result of urbanization as well as how those issues can be resolved |
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Homework |
Students will complete a series of projects and fieldwork activities to assist their learning in the classroom. |
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Year 10
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Term |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Topic title |
Hazards - Tectonics |
Hazards - weather |
Economic World |
Development |
Coasts/Rivers |
Rivers/Fieldwork skills |
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Knowledge & Skills |
Communicate geographical information in a variety of ways. Extend their locational knowledge and deepening their spatial awareness of the world’s countries. To investigate the conflicts between development and poorer communities. To investigate the challenges facing Nigeria and how they are overcoming these. Examine different global biomes and extend their locational knowledge, deepening their spatial awareness and how and why we track weather and climate changes. To investigate the impacts of tourism in a coastal resort – Bournemouth, and the effectiveness of coastal defences in stopping the process of long-shore drift. |
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Homework |
Students will complete a series of GCSE style questions and research projects |
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Year 11
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Term |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Topic title |
Living world: Biomes; Tropical rainforests; Hot deserts |
Resources/Water insecurity |
Revision |
Revision |
Revision |
Exams |
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Knowledge & Skills |
Examine the natural process of extreme environments Understand the importance to humans and animals of a key biome Understand human impact on the envrionment Review, revise and perfect examination skills and techniques. |
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Homework |
Students will complete a series of GCSE style questions and research projects |
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