Geography

Curriculum Leader	Mr D Thompson
Curriculum Intent statement	Geography will help students to understand their place in the world. Through the interconnection of people and places; geography will help students to appreciate how we are all global citizens. In geography, we celebrity the differences and similarities which help to create people and places of unique character. While geography celebrates differences, we also seek to explore the many links and shared patterns we observe. Geography is about people and processes, understood through the patterns seen in our environments, and expressed within a sense of and recognition of place.
Curriculum Plan	Curriculum Plan
Curriculum Overview	GCSE Specification A-Level Specification
Revision Guides	GCSE Revision Guide A-Level Revision Guide Year 1 Year 2
Higher level Scheme of work	Year 7 SOW Year 8 SOW Year 9 SOW Year 10 & 11 (GCSE) SOW Year 12 SOW Human Physical Year 13 SOW Human Physical
Learning Journeys	Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12 Human Year 12 Physical

Geography develops children’s knowledge and understanding of people and places. At St Anselm's, we learn about the wider world as well as local areas, looking at the physical, social and economic issues surrounding each case study. Use of maps, atlases, photos and the internet ensures a well-balanced and interactive method of learning for all pupils. There are many cross-curricular links with subjects such as literacy, numeracy and ICT.

The National Curriculum Handbook 2014 describes the importance of Geography thus:

A high-quality geography education should inspire in pupils a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. Teaching should equip pupils with knowledge about diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes. As pupils progress, their growing knowledge about the world should help them to deepen their understanding of the interaction between physical and human processes, and of the formation and use of landscapes and environments. Geographical knowledge, understanding and skills provide the frameworks and approaches that explain how the Earth’s features at different scales are shaped, interconnected and change over time.

For key stage three pupils learn 4 new and exciting topics per year.

For year 7 we learn about:

Cycle 1: Mapping and making connections

Cycle 2: Africa: a continent of contrasts

Cycle 3: The geography of crime

Cycle 4: Coastline: slip sliding away?

In year 8:

Cycle 1: Restless Earth

Cycle 2: Extreme Environments: Deserts and Rainforests

Cycle 3: The geography of my stuff

Cycle 4: Population and migration issues

For GCSE Geography we follow the AQA specification A course. For both AS and A level geography we follow the Edexcel specifications.

Department staff:

Mr D Thompson (Curriculum Lead) - d.thompson@st-anselms.org.uk

Mrs R O'Rourke (Teacher) - r.orourke@st-anselms.org.uk

Mrs V Cox (Teacher) - v.cox@st-anselms.org.uk

Mrs K Bagshaw (Teacher) - k.bagshaw@st-anselms.org.uk