Curriculum Overview: GEOGRAPHY |
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Autumn Term |
Spring Term |
Summer Term |
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Term 1 |
Term 2 |
Term 3 |
Term 4 |
Term 5 |
Term 6 |
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Key Stage 3 |
Year 7 |
Introduction to geography
Map skills |
Tourism (including fieldwork enquiry: Should zoos be closed down?) | Tourism (including fieldwork enquiry: Should zoos be closed down?)
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Wales’ changing coastline | Coral reefs | Weather and climate |
Year 8 |
International development | The elephant project: Should elephant culling be allowed in sub-Saharan Africa? | Natural disasters | Global fashion | Fieldwork enquiry on the quality of the school’s environment | Country case study: Russia | |
Year 9 |
Plate tectonics, volcanoes and earthquakes | Climate change and desertification | Rainforests | ||||
| Option Subject | Option Subject | Option Subject | Option Subject | Option Subject | Option Subject | ||
Key Stage 4 |
Year 10 |
Landscape and physical processes (Wales’ rivers and coastline) | Tectonic Landscapes and Hazards (Volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunami) | Rural-urban links
(Settlements, population change and urban issues in global cities) |
Tenby human geography fieldwork enquiry | ||
Year 11 |
Gower physical geography fieldwork enquiry | Weather, climate and ecosystems | Development and resource issues (global inequalities, water resources and economic development) | Social development issues in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia | |||
| Option Subject | Option Subject | Option Subject | Option Subject | Option Subject | Option Subject | ||
Key Stage 5 |
Available at sixth form |
Yes | |||||
