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