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Geography

Intent:

A high-quality geography education should inspire in pupils a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. Teaching should equip pupils with knowledge about diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes. As pupils progress, their growing knowledge about the world should help them to deepen their understanding of the interaction between physical and human processes, and of the formation and use of landscapes and environments. Geographical knowledge, understanding and skills provide the frameworks and approaches that explain how the Earth’s features at different scales are shaped, interconnected and change over time.

Aims:

The national curriculum for geography aims to ensure that all pupils:

  • develop contextual knowledge of the location of globally significant places – both terrestrial and marine – including their defining physical and human characteristics and how these provide a geographical context for understanding the actions of processes
  • understand the processes that give rise to key physical and human geographical features of the world, how these are interdependent and how they bring about spatial variation and change over time
  • are competent in the geographical skills needed to:
  • collect, analyse and communicate with a range of data gathered through experiences of fieldwork that deepen their understanding of geographical processes
  •  interpret a range of sources of geographical information, including maps, diagrams, globes, aerial photographs and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
  • communicate geographical information in a variety of ways, including through maps, numerical and quantitative skills and writing at length.
Key Stage 3
 
Year 7 Geography Road Trip
Ecosystems
Rivers and Coasts
   
Year 8 Changing Climate
Development and Globalisation
Tectonics
The People of the UK
   
Year 9 Tropical Rainforests
Weather Hazards
Living Spaces
Challenges and Opportunities in the UK
   
Key Stage 4
 
Year 10 Introduction to ecosystems and hot deserts
Tectonic hazards
Weather hazards and climate change
Urban issues and challenges
Resource management
Rivers
   
Year 11 Ecosystems – rainforests
Coasts
Rivers
Changing economic world