Geography Key Stages

Key Stage 3

Year 7 Topics

Map skills
Settlement
Flooding
Shopping Patterns
Plate tectonics

Year 8 Topics

The geography of Crime
Energy
Brazil
Ecosystems
Coasts

Year 9 Topics

Tourism
The Global Fashion Industry
Development
Antarctica
The Geography of Film

Key Stage 4

Girls are taught in mixed ability groups and have 2 lessons per week, each being 1 hour 10 minutes long. We currently follow AQA Syllabus A and teach the following topics:

Year 10 Topics

Geographical Skills
Settlement
Coasts
Development

Year 10 made coastal landforms using sponge cake, sweets and icing.

Year 11 Topics

Plate tectonics
Rivers
Industry

The coursework is worth 25% of the final grade. Investigations are based on the data collected during the Field course (see Fieldwork page).

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