Geography

Welcome to the Geography department

Why would people want to live near a volcano? Why do some people choose to live in different countries? What will happen to our planet if temperatures continue to rise?

Geography is a focus within the curriculum for understanding and resolving issues about the environment and sustainable development. It is also an important link between the natural and social sciences. As students study geography, they encounter different societies and cultures helping them to become Global Citizens and formulate their own opinions by Geographical enquiries and case studies.

In Geography our core objective for every student in every lesson is to understand the world around them. We inspire our students to explore new places and bring about positive change. We hope that every student will go on to be successful in life and be part of a global community that cares for each other and the fragile environment we live in. We believe that by studying Geography at the Bay CE School all of our students will be better equipped through the skills and knowledge acquired in lessons to lead fulfilled lives through a better understanding of the world we live in.

Teachers

Mrs J Hawley – Head of Geography

Miss J Fairweather

Ms J Harvey

Mrs K Laidler-Jones

Mr M Dennes

How the Curriculum has been adapted following the Covid-19 Pandemic

Gaps in skills and knowledge have been identified and we have changed the structure of the course to ensure that the content is covered and revisited. We also know that some students have missed some of the vital skills of working with others so there is time for collaborative work built into the curriculum. At all points throughout the course the relevance of Geography to each and every student at our school is highlighted.

Phase 2 (Years 7, 8 and 9)

Year 7 – Topics

	Term 1	Term 2
Autumn	7.1 Place The World & Map Skills	7.2 An introduction to Environmental issues
Spring	7.3 Coastal Environments	7.4 Our Place – The UK
Summer	7.5 Climate Hazards	7.6 Weather Fieldwork – Micro Climates

Year 8 – Topics

	Term 1	Term 2
Autumn	8.1 Population	8.2 Tectonic Hazards
Spring	8.3 Going Global	8.4 Asia & China
Summer	8.5 Rivers	8.6 Africa

Year 9 – Topics

	Term 1	Term 2
Autumn	9.1 Ecosystems – comparing biomes	9.2 Climate Change
Spring	Resource Management, Oil as a resource
Summer	The urban world, Urban change in the UK, Sustainable urban development

Phase 3 (Years 10 and 11)

From Year 10 Geography is an optional subject which is very popular with our students. We follow the AQA exam specification and students sit three exams at the end of Year 11.

Year 10 – Topics

	Term 1	Term 2
Autumn	Natural Hazards, Tectonic hazards, Weather hazards, Climate change (PAPER 1)	Natural Hazards, Tectonic hazards, Weather hazards, Climate change (PAPER 1)
Spring	The development gap, Newly emerging economy case study, The changing UK economy (PAPER 2)
Summer	Geographical skills, Urban fieldwork Coastal fieldwork (PAPER 3)

Year 11 – Topics

	Term 1	Term 2
Autumn	The Living World Ecosystems	The Living World Ecosystems
Spring	Resource management	Pre release Paper 3
Summer	Revision	Exams

How parents can support

Homework	Monitoring the completion of weekly homework tasks.
Reading	Provision of reading materials- newspaper articles, magazine articles- discussions around reading material.
Revision Guide	OUP and PG Revision Guides available from school
Exam Practice	CGP Revision Guides (above) for examples of answers. Timed exam questions at home.
Resources	Revision Guides will contain practice questions. YouTube Literature set texts and examples of how to answer Language questions.
Useful websites	www.nationalgeographic.com www.bbc.co.uk/news www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography

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