Geography is a ‘real world’ subject, applicable to every aspect of life. The study of geography should create more globally conscious and informed citizens.
Geographers should understand how the world works and know their actions can have impacts upon it. Our aim is to give learners the skills to ‘think like a Geographer’; be socially and environmentally aware, think critically about the world in which they live and analyse situations from an environmental, social, political, and economic perspective.
Keeping Geography current is crucial to make it engaging and relevant and fieldwork is an essential part of the geography curriculum, developing transferable skills such as teamwork and adaptability.
In physical geography, students will gain an understanding of the physical processes at work shaping the landscape, how climate operates and influences all aspects of physical and human life at local to global scale.
In human geography, students will develop an understanding of how humans interact with the world and that our actions can have consequences if not managed carefully. We aim to develop an understanding that not all people live in the same circumstances and the reasons for and consequences of this.
The key theme of sustainability threads through the KS3 curriculum and is built on at KS4. The KS3 curriculum is designed to underpin KS4 by developing the relevant knowledge, geographical and extended writing skills needed for success.
The Geography curriculum is designed to foster scholarship and ambition through a five-year approach, where each topic and year builds on previous knowledge, of place process and skills. From Year 7 to Year 11, students gradually develop essential geographical knowledge and skills, with a focus on continuous progression where each new topic builds on prior knowledge. The topics we teach offer opportunities make connections to the broader world develop understanding of place and the skills to think and write like a geographer while enhancing students numeracy, literacy,
KS3
All lessons start with a Geog your memory do now task this includes questions that encourage students to think back to prior learning designed to help promote recall and improve geographical knowledge
KS4
All lessons start with a learning recall grid which students have in their workbooks students are expected to fill these in there will be 4 questions last lesson this topic this topic and an earlier topic this is designed to promote recall and improve understanding
All lessons
This is followed by the teacher introducing the content for that lesson with expert explanation of the geographical knowledge concepts processes and skills that the students learning about
Teachers will make reference to prior knowledge relevant and link learning to this to support students understanding
Students will be given opportunities to engage in learning via techniques turn and talk a mini whiteboards to engage in their learning to demonstrate and develop their understanding
Students will then be given time to complete activities individually, in pairs, and in groups, to work independently to further develop and embed the knowledge they have been introduced to
during lessons teachers will use strategies such as low stakes testing question answering to check knowledge identify gaps and address misconceptions
Feedback to help students improve is provided regularly in a variety of forms including individualised (verbal or written), whole class and self-assessment. There is an expectation that students upgrade their work in response to staff feedback using green pen where appropriate.
At KS3 as well as twice yearly Inova exams that test students of a range of knowledge they have gained across the course we also have topic by topic assessments.
Every topic has an extended writing task that students will be provided with written feedback on. The goal of these tasks is to help students develop the skills to be effective at extended writing in geography
Alongside this every topic end with a multiple choice/ short answer quiz that checks students knowledge of the topic just studied.
At KS4, assessments are created from past GCSE exam papers to prepare students for the expectations of the exams. The amount of time given is the same as in the terminal exams, with students receiving extra time where appropriate. There are end of topic test designed to gradually withdraw scaffolding from students as they become more confident. There are also PPE using full past exam papers in Y11 and papers that reflect full exams as closely as possible in Y8
In geography students can expect to receive homework quizzes every 4 lessons these are supported by our department KO and designed to help reinforce the core knowledge students are taught inclass
In addition to this we are have field work opportunities every topic at key stage 3 often in class where we can take the students into the environment in and around school and use this to help develop their understanding of the places process is and skills that they need to develop as a geographer
Finally at key stage 4 there are dedicated field trips linked to the GCSE course that all students will be given the opportunity to complete
Students at Bradfield School who choose to continue studying Geography post-16 follow the A-Level pathway, with options available at institutions such as Tapton 6th form College, Sheffield College,. A qualification in Geography opens the door to a wide variety of career opportunities, including roles as a Cartographer, Landscape Architect, Travel Writer, Armed Forces professional, Data Analyst, Environmental Scientist, Environmental Consultant, GIS Specialist, Town Planner, and Teacher.
On the school SharePoint there are a range of resources to support your child, including more information about program of study. Knowledge organisers for the topics your child will be studying.
You will also find access and links to a range of websites including sites such as Internet geography, Ordnance Survey maps zone, BBC bite sized and several more.
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Year 7
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Year 8
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Year 9
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Year 7
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Year 8
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Year 9
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GCSE 24/25
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Y10
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Urban issues and challenges 1
Natural hazards 1
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Natural hazards 1
CEW 1
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CEW1
Physical landscapes of the Uk1
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Living world 1
Human field work
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Urban issues 2
Natural hazards 2
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CEW 2
Field work p2
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BC
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Y11
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The Changing Economic World
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Natural Hazards
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The Living World
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The Changing Economic World
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Natural Hazards
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GCSE 26/27
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Y10
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Urban issues and challenges 1
Human field work
CEW 1
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CEW 1
Challenge of resource management 1
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Challenge of resource management 1
Natural hazards 1
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Natural hazards 1
Living world 1
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Living world 1
Physical landscapes of the Uk1
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Physical fieldwork
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Y11
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Urban issues2
Natural hazards 2
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Physical landscapes
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Living world 2 Resource management 2
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Resources
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