Geography
Head of Department – A Rutherford
KS3
Year 7
Term 1
- Place and Identity
Term 2
- Sustainability
Term 3
- Enquiry into single use plastics
Year 8
Term 1
- Earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunami.
- Weather and climate.
Term 2
- Ecosystems – Tropical rainforests, Savanna.
Term 3
- Hot deserts.
- National parks in the UK.
- Fieldwork in Castleton and Edale.
Year 9
Term 1
- Is our world in Crisis? (Development)
Term 2
- Peace not Pieces (Conflict)
Term 3
- Begin GCSE – Rivers
KS4
GCSE Geography
Exam Board – EDUQAS Specification – B
Aims - to enable learners to think ‘like a geographer’.
That is to say, learners will develop the skills necessary to conduct framed enquiries in the classroom and in the field in order to develop their understanding of specialised geographical concepts and current geographical issues.
KS5
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Exam Paper 1
Total marks – 105 Exam Length – 2 hours and 15 minutes Value - 30% of the overall grade Exam Questions – 6, 8, 12 and 20 mark extended writing questions. |
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Exam Paper 2 – Human Geography
Total marks – 105 Exam Length – 2 hours and 15 minutes Value - 30% of the overall grade Exam Questions – 6, 8, 12 and 20 mark extended writing questions |
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Exam Paper 3 – Synoptic Issue Based Paper
Synoptic Themes:
Total marks – 70 Exam Length – 2 hours and 15 minutes Value - 20% of the overall grade Exam Questions - 8, 18 and 24 mark extended writing questions |
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Non-Examination Assessment (NEA) – Independent Investigation
Total marks – 70 Value - 20% of the overall grade |
- There are 4 days of compulsory fieldwork. In a typical year three of these days will be a residential based at YH Conwy for two nights during year 12.