Our approach
Geography helps pupils make sense of their world by linking together the natural processes that are going on around the world with their experiences as humans, along with the experiences of others. This gives pupils a base for comparison to consider differences between places and people. Lessons consistently have a focus on place because this underpins all other learning. No content is taught in isolation, it is always linked to somewhere specific. This grounds the lesson in a real example which contextualises the lesson, this, in turn, helps with the retention of learning and ensures sequences of lessons are relevant to one another. We teach geography through six key concepts: physical processes, impacts on our physical world, human processes, impacts on our human world, how we respond and making geography real. The concepts help model progression throughout the 7-year journey students take with us.
Exam Board: AQA
Ms Kim Owen
Curriculum Overview
Year 7
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
|---|---|
| Why is Geography important to me? | What is our planet like? |
| Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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| Why are resources important to us? | Why are our biomes important? |
| Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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| Why are rocks important? | What is our coastline like? |
All Year 7 subjects Next Year 7 Subject - Religious Education
Year 8
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
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| How can Rivers be a resource? | Why is there food disparity? |
| Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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| Have we got enough energy? | Will climate change impact us? |
| Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
|---|---|
| What are Polar Environments like? | What makes the Middle East important? |
All Year 8 subjects Next Year 8 Subject - Religious Education
Year 9
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
|---|---|
| How do our oceans work? |
How do we use our oceans? |
| Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
|---|---|
| How does our global economy work? | How do we respond to the global economy? |
| Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
|---|---|
| How do glaciers change our land? | Making our skills real. |
All Year 9 subjects Next Year 9 Subject - Religious Education
Year 10
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
|---|---|
| How do we live with natural hazards? |
How do we live with natural hazards? How do we interact with our living world? |
| Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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How do we interact with our living world? How do we adapt to urban issues and challenges? |
How do we adapt to urban issues and challenges? |
| Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
|---|---|
| What are the physical landscapes of the UK like? |
What are the physical landscapes of the UK like? How can we conduct fieldwork in our physical landscape? |
All Year 10 subjects Next Year 10 Subject - Religious Education
Year 11
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
|---|---|
| How can we manage our resources? | How is our economic world changing? |
| Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
|---|---|
| Preparing for paper 3 | Revision |
| Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
|---|---|
| How do we respond using a pre-release? |
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All Year 11 subjects Next Year 11 Subject - Religious Education
Year 12
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
|---|---|
| What natural hazards do we face? | What natural hazards do we face? |
| Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
|---|---|
| How do places change? | How does the world of global systems and governance work? |
| Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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| How does the world of global systems and governance work? | How do we independently investigate in Geography? |
All Year 12 subjects Next Year 12 Subject - Religious Education
Year 13
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
|---|---|
| Can we ever be resource secure? | What are the worlds coastal landscapes like? |
| Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
|---|---|
| How are the Carbon and Water Cycle interconnected? | Revision |
| Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
|---|---|
All Year 13 subjects Next Year 13 Subject - Religious Education