Who we are:

• Mr B McGrath – Curriculum Leader
• Mrs V Kisubi
• Mr P Whitehouse
• Mr O Simmons

Key Stage 3

 

Geography KS3	Year 7	Year 8	Year 9
Autumn	Cartography Map Skills UK Places Geology Rock Formation Fossils Soils	Urbanisation Changes to Wokingham Changes in Rich Cities Changes to Less Rich Cities Meteorology Causes of Weather Tropical Storms and Drought	Coasts Landforms Management Change Crime and Inequality Factors Affecting Crime and Inequality Solutions
Spring	Population Change Over Time Issues Caused by Imbalances Glaciology Glacial Landforms The Arctic and Antarctica	Climate Changes Causes Issues Solutions to Climate Change Ecosystems Characteristics The World’s Biomes	Tectonics Volcanoes Earthquakes Natural Resources: Food Water Oil
Summer	Hydrology  River Landforms Flooding Europe Current Affairs on the Continent Applying what we've learned this year to Europe	Development Spread of Development Causes of the Development Gap Aid   Africa Current Affairs on the Continent Applying what we've learned this year to Africa	Economic Activity and Globalisation An Interconnected World Sources of Money Asia Current Affairs on the Continent  Applying what we’ve learned this year to Asia

Key stage 4

Examination Board: OCR B

Component 01: Our natural world
Students develop an understanding and appreciation of the natural world they live in and why it looks the way it does. They study the rich diversity of landscapes and ecosystems which are changing through physical processes and human interactions.

There are four topics:

• Global hazards
• Changing climate
• Distinctive landscapes
• Sustaining ecosystems.

Fieldwork skills include understanding and applying specific geographical knowledge, understanding and skills to real-world physical geographical contexts.

Component 02: People and society
Students explores the social, cultural, political and economic forces that make places unique, and how these change over time and space, particularly the growth of urbanisation and the challenges of feeding an ever-growing population.

There are four topics:

• Urban futures
• Dynamic development
• UK in the 21st century
• Resource reliance.

Fieldwork skills include understanding and applying specific geographical knowledge, understanding and skills to real-world human geographical contexts.

Component 03: Geographical exploration
This component draws on geographical knowledge, understanding and skills that have been developed in components 01 and 02. This synoptic assessment enables students to demonstrate their understanding of the connections between the different elements of the subject.

Geographical skills:

• Cartographic
• Graphical
• Numerical
• Statistical.

This component includes a decision-making exercise, here students can become critical thinkers and develop arguments.

September 2022