KEY STAGE 3

Year 7 topics:	Year 8 topics:	Year 9 topics:
Map skills Natural disasters Weather & climate Settlement Rivers & recent flooding case studies	Tourism Environmental concerns Brazil Fashion Industry Coasts	Population and development Tectonics Japan Crime Ecosystems Sport

Each year group will also study a unit entitled  ‘Geography in the News’ so that they can study very recent and contemporary issues

Assessment: Each of the 5 strands of Geography are assessed in each year;

• Skills
• Enquiry
• Place
• Patterns and processes
• Environmental change and sustainable development

A range of assessment techniques are used and pupils are able to track their progress, evaluate their work and set targets throughout Key Stage 3.

 

Exam board: AQA Syllabus (A)

The syllabus can be accessed using the link below:

http://www.aqa.org.uk/qual/gcse/geo_a.php

Physical topics:

Geographical Skills, Tectonic activity, Coastal landscapes and processes, and River landscapes and processes

Human topics:

Settlement, Industry and Managing Resources and Tourism

Coursework:

One piece of coursework is worth 25% of the GCSE

A field trip in year 10 (a residential trip is currently being organised) is used to experience geography outside the classroom and collect data for the coursework.

 

Examinations:

Paper 1: People and the Natural environment, 40% of GCSE.  Duration: 1hr 45mins

Paper 2: People and the Human environment, 35% of GCSE.  Duration: 1hr 30mins

 

YEAR 11 Revision help sheets.  Click on the links below.

 

COASTS

TECTONICS

INDUSTRY

SETTLEMENT