Geography

Key Stage 3

All students follow a common Humanities programme, consisting of discrete lessons in RE, History and Geography; RE has 1 x 100 minutes per fortnight, both History and Geography have 2 x 100 minutes per fortnight. Teaching groups are all mixed ability. In years 7 and 8 students are taught in their Tutor Groups. Staff are encouraged to develop and share teaching resources. Visiting speakers, visits and other activities beyond the classroom are an integral part of the KS3 curriculum.

Year 7:      Geographical Skills, Italy, Settlement, Industry, and the U.K.

Year 8:      Rivers, Brazil, People & Work, Coasts and Weather & Climate

Year 9:      Environmental Issues, Natural Hazards, Japan, Ecosystems and Development

GCSE

Students can choose to take a number of Humanities subjects (Geography History, RE, Sociology) at GCSE. Each subject is timetabled for 3 x 100 minutes per fortnight. All teaching groups are mixed ability.

We follow the OCR 'B' (Avery Hill) Specification at GCSE

Year 10: 'Water, Landforms and People' and 'People and Place'

Year 11: 'Climate, the Environment and People' and 'People, Work and

Development'

A Level

History, Geography, Psychology, Sociology and RE are offered at AS/A2 level.  All subjects have 6 x 100 minutes per fortnight.

We follow the Edexcel 'B' Specification at AS and A2

AS Modules:  'Changing Landforms & their Management'; 'Managing Change in Human

Environments'; and a Coursework module based on field work and secondary data

Collection.

A2 Modules:  'Global Challenge'; 'Researching Global Futures'; and the 'Synoptic'

Module.