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GEOGRAPHY
Department members:
Mrs Nicola Whan (Head of Department)
Mrs Fiona Macvie (Head of Key Stage 3)
Mr Chris Hall (Assistant Head)
Mrs Lorraine Mackey
Miss Diana Brownhill (Assistant Head)
Levels taught in the department:
Geography is taught throughout the school.
National Curriculum Geography is taught through KS3 and the subject
is a popular option at GCSE, AS and A2 levels.
Course Content in Key Stage Three
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AUTUMN
TERM |
SPRING
TERM |
SUMMER
TERM |
| YEAR
7 |
Fantastic Places
Map Skills
Exploring Britain
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River Basins and Flooding
Water Supply |
Hot Deserts
Background to Normandy |
| YEAR
8 |
Coasts
Tropical Rainforest
Environment Project
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China Today
Changing Climates |
Paradise Lost
USA |
| YEAR
9 |
Plate Tectonics
Crime and the Local Community
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India
Trade, aid & development
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Development and the Environment
London 2012 |
A variety of texts is used during the three year
course. All girls should have their own atlas. The atlas used in
School is the Oxford Student Atlas.
Course Content in Key Stage Four (GCSE
level)
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AUTUMN
TERM |
SPRING
TERM |
SUMMER
TERM |
| YEAR
10 |
Rocks and Landscape
Population |
Urban Environments
Tourism |
Rivers
Coursework Preparation |
| YEAR
11 |
Ice
Coursework
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The Development Gap |
(Revision) |
Coursework is integrated from the Spring Term
in Year 10 until Christmas of Year 11.
Our main text is Understanding GCSE Geography (For AQA
Specification A) by Bowen and Pallister, published by Heinemann.
We also recommend the companion revision guide and skills book.
Websites
http://www.aqa.org.uk/ AQA examination board: for specification
information and access to past examination papers.
http://www.nelsonthornes.com/ Nelson Thornes for the online resources
to which we subscribe. The resource for GCSE is called Geoactive.
The user name is 6078 and the password is "welcome".
Other websites will be recommended at appropriate points during
the course.
A-level Geography
For information about Geography at A-level, please
click here.
Fieldwork
In Key Stage 3 we carry out some fieldwork within the School site.
In Key Stage 4, as well as the fieldwork chosen by each student
to support their coursework, we have at least a day’s fieldwork during
the summer term of Year 10.
Why Study Geography?
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Increases
locational knowledge and shows how places are interconnected
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Makes
connections between natural, economic, social, political and
technological systems |
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Develops knowledge and
understanding of current events |
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Explains physical and human
geographical patterns |
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Enables well-informed judgements
about environments and supports an understanding of sustainable
development |
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Develops the skills of
visual literacy, interpreting maps, diagrams, aerial photographs
and satellite images |
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Provides opportunities
through fieldwork for first hand investigation of places,
environments and human behaviour |
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Addresses the complexity
of human and physical environments |
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Provides a meaningful context
for developing transferable skills - literacy, numeracy, ICT,
problem solving, team work, thinking skills and enquiry |
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Empowers young people to
become active global citizens |
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Gives purpose for using
new technologies such as Geographic Information Systems Stimulates
an interest in, and a wonder of, the world around us and gives
young people a desire to explore and enables them to travel
confidently |
For information about Geography at A-level, please click here.
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