Geography

KS3

Year 7

  • Half-Term 1: Asia (A Bridging Unit)
  • Half-Term 2: Asia (continued) and Using our Natural Environment
  • Half-Term 3: Using our Natural Environment (continued)
  • Half-Term 4: A Step into Africa 
  • Half-Term 5: A Step into Africa (continued)
  • Half-Term 6: A Step into Oceania and Geographical Skills Practice

Year 8  

  • Half-Term 1: Population Change
  • Half-Term 2: Development
  • Half-Term 3: Ecosystems
  • Half-Term 4: Physical Landscapes: River Basins
  • Half-Term 5: Physical Landscapes: River Basins (continued)
  • Half-Term 6: Weather and Climate

Year 9  

  • Half-Term 1: Climate Change
  • Half-Term 2: Global Issues
  • Half-Term 3: Extreme Events
  • Half-Term 4: Extreme Events (continued)
  • Half-Term 5: Physical Landscapes: Costal Landscapes
  • Half-Term 6: Physical Landscapes: Costal Landscapes (continued)

KS4

All children follow the OCR A GCSE Geography, should they elect for this option through the GCSE options process.

Year 10  

  • Half-Term 1: Paper 1: Landscapes of the UK
  • Half-Term 2: Paper 1: Landscapes of the UK (continued) & People of the UK
  • Half-Term 3: Paper 1: People of the UK (continued)
  • Half-Term 4: Paper 1: UK Environmental Changes
  • Half-Term 5: Paper 1: UK Environmental Changes (continued)
  • Half-Term 6: Paper 2: Ecosystems of the Planet, and revision for end of year assessments.  

Year 11

  • Half-Term 1: Paper 2: Ecosystems of the Planet (continued) & People of the Planet
  • Half-Term 2: Paper 2: People of the Planet (continued)
  • Half-Term 3: Paper 2: Environmental Threats to our Planet 
  • Half-Term 4: Paper 2: Environmental Threats to our Planet (continued) & Paper 3: Fieldwork and Geographical Skills
  • Half-Term 5: Paper 3: Fieldwork and Geographical Skills (continued), and revision and preparation for summative exams.   

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