Our curriculum is designed to underpin our school values of:
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Teachers have high expectations of pupils; pupils rise to this challenge.
Respect
Throughout the curriculum in geography we look at a wide range of cultures and beliefs and examine the way that different populations are resilient to the challenges that they face in everyday life.
Students build their wider skills in order to respect the cultures around the world including countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas.
Students also look at how geographical processes function in the world and challenge how humans are interfering with them.
High Aspirations
In Geography we encourage ambitious learners to explore and analyse the world around them, considering solutions to current issues and events.
Students build key skills to explore a number of opportunities available to them as they progress through their education and onto their next steps.
With a varied curriculum we look at both human and physical geography and allow students to explore career opportunities including next steps education and apprenticeships. Careers in Geography are explicitly covered in our schemes of work from Year 7 – 11.
Confidence
Through a variety of learning activities and quality first teaching, students will develop confidence in
their own ability.
Students are expected to explore the world around them through case study knowledge and develop understanding, including researching current events, bringing their outside learning into the classroom and thus developing their ambition to succeed in the classroom and beyond.
Mrs Whitefoot
Curriculum Leader, Careers Lead
Mrs Gray
Religious Studies Lead
MrS Bell
Teacher
Mr Wilson
Teacher
Miss Fiddaman
Teacher
Mrs Eddy
Teacher
Mrs Rhodes
Teacher
To find out what knowledge your child will learn in Geography click here
Our Geography 5 Year Curriculum Journey
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Begin your new journey from Primary School with us
Year
7
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Geography Skills
PSHCE & Careers
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Weather and Climate
Careers
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Rivers
Careers
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UK Geography & Eco Systems
Careers
Year
8
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Living World
Careers
Year
9
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Resource Management: Energy, Water & Food
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Coasts
Careers
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Africa and Asia
PSHCE & Careers
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Settlement
PSHCE & Careers
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Urban Issues and Challenges: Rio
PSHCE & Careers
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Tectonics
Careers
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Population
PSHCE & Careers
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Resource Management
PSHCE & Careers
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Fieldwork
Careers
Year
10
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Climate Change
PSHCE & Careers
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Weather Hazards
PSHCE & Careers
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Economic World LIC
PSHCE & Careers
Year
11
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Human Fieldwork
Careers
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Urban Issues: Manchester
PSHCE & Careers
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Rivers
PSHCE & Careers
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Coasts
PSHCE & Careers
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Economic World HIC
PSHCE & Careers
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Living World Cold
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Paper 3
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Revision
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