Curriculum
Year 7:
Pupils are introduced to the uses of atlases to discover
how to use the wide range of information contained
in them. They move on to using Ordnance Survey maps
before concentrating on key factors involving cities
and the South West of the United Kingdom. Local weather
is studied as well as the city of Bristol.
Year 8:
A number of important areas are studied: - The European
Union, which is compared with Uganda . After this there
is a study of Industry, Weather, Ecosystems and National
Parks.
Year 9:
The areas taught include Coasts, Cities and Development
before dealing in some detail with Natural Hazards
such as Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Hurricanes.
GCSE
At GCSE we follow the OCR Geography A syllabus. There
are four units, People and the Physical World, People
and Places to Live, People and their Needs, People
and the Environment. The coursework option is to produce
a personal study of some 3000 words.
A Level
At AS and A2 we follow the AQA course. For AS Unit
1 is a Physical Geography Unit, which contains the
study of Water on Land, Climatic Hazards, Energy and
Life. Unit 2 is a study of Human Geography, concentrating
on Population Dynamics, Settlement Processes and Patterns,
and Economic Activity. Unit 3 tests geographical skills
acquired in the other two units.
For A2 Unit 4 studies Physical Geography: - Geomorphological
Hazards and Cold Environments. Unit 5 is a Human Geography
study of Recreation and Tourism and Managing Cities.
Pupils have the choice of doing Unit 6 producing an
enquiry of 4000 words or Unit 7 where there is Pre-release
material for a Field Investigation Written Unit
In each of the seven Years in which Geography is taught
there are Field Trips, which include some compulsory
elements for GCSE and AS Level. There is a compulsory
residential weeklong Field Work course in Abergavenny
for Year 12 and an optional residential course in France in the Summer Term for Years 10 and 12.
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