We ensure all students are successful geographers by encouraging them to be resilient and independent, while improving their subject knowledge, critical thinking and evaluative skills.
Our curriculum has been designed to teach students the causes, effects, and responses to the significant human, physical, and environmental processes around us.
The lessons aim to cultivate students’ cultural capital, advance their literacy and numeracy skills, and develop a range of transferable skills to help prepare for their future. They will debate and discuss issues, developing their ability to think, speak, and write like a geographer.
Enrichment
Our enrichment offer provides opportunities for fieldwork within our local area, such as Haworth. We have previously visited Bolton Abbey and Malham Cove students.
Assessment
Formative assessment is used throughout the year to monitor student progress and further inform teaching and learning. Summative end of topic assessments are used to address any misconceptions.
KS4 Specification
Careers
Career examples are strategically integrated into our curriculum with students exploring a range of jobs such as climatologist, humanitarian aid worker, town planner, agricultural researcher and careers in energy.
Curriculum Overview
| Year | Cycle 1 | Cycle 2 | Cycle 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year 7 | Where are the world’s fantastic places? | What is it like at the coast? | What is the weather? |
| Year 8 | Can we survive tectonic hazards? | Are NEEs equal? | Are you flood ready? |
| Year 9 | Where are the rainforests and deserts? | Is all of Africa the same? | Is all of Asia the same? |
| Year 10 | Changing economic world P2 | The challenge of natural hazards P1 | Physical landscape, Coasts P1 |
| Year 11 | Fieldwork P3 | The challenge of resource management P1 | Revision and exam preparation |