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Geography Key Stages

Key Stage 3

Year 7 Topics

Local Issues
Rivers and Floods
The Global Fashion Industry
Natural Hazards
Migration
Climate Change

Year 8 Topics

National Issues
Coastlines under Threat
The 2012 Olympics
Extreme Weather
Ecosystems
Development

Year 9 Topics

This year group are taught a selection of topics from the WJEC A GCSE syllabus. These include:

Tourism
Plate tectonics
Development.

In addition they undertake a “Location, Location, Location” style enquiry in Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead.

A small group of 35 girls recently took part in an optional trip to Swanage and South Dorset where they studied issues such as “Managing the Jurassic Coast - A World Heritage Site” and “Coastal Geology and Landforms” at Lulworth Cove.

Key Stage 4

Girls who opt to continue with Geography GCSE beyond year 9 study the WJEC A syllabus. Preparation for the Controlled Assessment element will take place at Juniper Hall Field Studies Centre in March of year 10.

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Having looked carefully at the capital development needs of the school and the level of funding currently available to us, we now intend to focus our energy on restoring Lady's Close House.

This is the most historic building on the school site and is central to every girl's development at WGGS. Lady's Close is the Y7 base, where pupils have their own space and Form Rooms. The girls have special affection for the building because it represents the start of their careers at WGGS. The grand old house is also the home of the English Department.

The building is well over 100 years old and is in dire need of modernisation and refurbishment. We have ambitious plans to recapture the splendour and elegance of its history, while incorporating the technology and physical improvements that will bring Lady's Close House into the 21st century in appropriate WGGS style.

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