Key Stage 3 Geography

 

‘Without Geography – You are nowhere!’

 

Aims

The overall aims of the Geography Department are to:

• Introduce pupils to a range of physical and human geography and the concept of sustainability using a variety of teaching and learning strategies.
• Allow pupils to develop their key geographical skills through fieldwork, map work and recording, presenting, analysing and interpreting data.
• Encourage pupils to make linkages between subjects.
• Provide pupils the opportunity to become independent learners.

 

Key Stage 3

 

At Key Stage 3, pupils undertake the following units of study:

 

Year 8	Year 9	Year 10
Where am I? OS Map Skills Why does it always rain on me?	What a disaster! Settlement and Economic Activity Rivers	Our Crowded World Our Unfair World Our Changing World

 

GCSE Course - 4 periods per week

At Key Stage 4, pupils study the CCEA specification for GCSE Geography. This is a unitised specification comprising of three units which are all assessed via external examination. The elements being undertaken are detailed below.

ELEMENT	WEIGHTING	WHEN TAKEN
Unit 1: Understanding Our Natural World This unit covers the following themes: Theme A: River Environments (25%) Theme B: Coastal Environments (25%) Theme C: Our Changing Weather and Climate (25%) Theme D: The Restless Earth (25%)	40%	End of Year 11
Unit 2: Living in Our World This unit covers the following themes: Theme A: Population and Migration (25%) Theme B: Changing Urban Areas (25%) Theme C: Contrasts in World Development (25%) Theme D: Managing Our Environment (25%)	40%	End of Year 12
Unit 3: Fieldwork Fieldwork is assessed through an external examination but supported by primary data collection.	20%	End of Year 12

A popular choice at GCSE, results in recent years have been as follows:

	A* - C	N.I. Average
2016	100%	61%
2017	86%	63%
2018	71%	64%
2019	71%	65%
2020	100%	80%