GEOGRAPHY

VISION

Through their geography education at GW – whether that is 3 years up to Y9, or 5 years up to the end of Y11 – students leave us knowing what it means to be a geographer. They study a wide range of issues, places, and skills, giving students diverse knowledge and secure understanding to take with them into their future paths of study. We teach students to develop a balanced and critical view of how physical and human geography of a range of places, from Bournemouth to Borneo, can be interdependent and interconnected. Students are supported and challenged through each lesson, each unit, and each year so that they not only see success in geography, but they are inspired to know more about the world around them. Students conduct fieldwork in KS3 and KS4 which helps to develop students’ ability to work independently and as a group. Their experiences in geography give them the opportunity to become informed global citizens.

Key Stage 3 - Years 7 to 9

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Year 7	Map skills Securing knowledge and skills from KS2, students will gain a sense of place and understand their geographical location within the wider world. Key things they will learn or be able to do by the end of the unit: Describe location and direction 4- and 6- figure grid references Scale and distance Relief	Development Introduction to the differences in income across the world. This will create a foundation to build on in KS3 & KS4 when studying different human and physical processes. Key things they will learn or be able to do by the end of the unit: Explain levels of development [RR1] How to reduce the development gap [RR1]Can this be more concise? [RR1]	Rivers Students will be introduced to how physical processes shape the land. They will build on the previous units by linking this to levels of economic development and identifying river features on maps. Key things they will learn or be able to do by the end of the unit: River landforms Causes and impacts of flooding River management strategies
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Year 8	Tectonics Introduction to the rock cycle and rock types Key things they will learn or be able to do by the end of the unit Tectonic plates Types of plate margins How tectonic hazards form How to reduce the impacts of tectonic hazards	Population Building on Development in Y7. Large focus on birth rate and death rate and migration. Key things they will learn or be able to do by the end of the unit Population distribution (globally and in the UK) Factors influencing the distribution Population changes Population graphs Ageing population Migration	Coasts Students build up on the types of rocks learnt in the tectonic topic. Re-visit processes learnt in Y7 Rivers. Key things they will learn or be able to do by the end of the unit Erosional processes and landforms Depositional processes and landforms Coastal erosion – causes and management. Bournemouth coastal management
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Year 9	Life in NEE Building on knowledge of population and development, students will examine the rapid economic growth of the world’s newly emerging economies. Key things they will learn or be able to do by the end of the unit: Common characteristics of NEEs Causes and impacts of rapid economic development in NEEs Challenges and opportunities in Nigeria	Climate Change All KS3 students will study the importance of climate change. This unit builds on all the students prior learning in KS3 and enables all students to learn about a pressing global issue. Key things they will learn or be able to do by the end of the unit Causes of climate change Impacts of climate change Responses to climate change – adaptation vs mitigation	Resources Building on students understanding of how and why the physical and economic world has changed, they will apply their knowledge to the resources. This means students understand the issues around resource availability and can make informed decisions around resource consumption. Resources on a global scale Resources in the UK Management of resources in the UK Large scale water management Small scale and sustainable water use
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Key Stage 4 - Years 10 to 11

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Year 10	AQA GCSE: Living World & Economic World Students build on knowledge from Y9 climate by looking at the rainforest and desert ecosystems, taking this further to explore the impact of human activity in these environments. Key things they will learn in this unit: Ecosystems Tropical rainforest characteristics Impacts of deforestation (Borneo) Sustainable rainforest management Hot desert characteristics Development in the Thar Desert creates challenges and opportunities Desertification AQA GCSE: The Changing Economic World – Economic development Students revisit the fundamental principles of economic geography that will help support their learning about different types of countries throughout the GCSE course. Key things they will learn in this unit: Development indicators Demographic transition model Strategies to reduce the development gap Review of development in Nigeria	AQA Physical Landscapes in the UK (coasts) Students revisit a topic studied in Y8 and look at processes and landforms in more detail through a range of local case studies along the Jurassic coast and in Bournemouth. Key things they will learn in this unit: Coastal processes Coastal landforms of erosion and deposition Coastal management in Bournemouth AQA Urbanisation and Urban Issues in the UK This unit builds on their understanding of how economic geography affects cities in different countries, including the largest city in the South West, Bristol. Key things they will learn in this unit: UK cities Urban change in Bristol Opportunities and challenges for urban change in Bristol Review of urban change in Lagos, Nigeria	AQA Human and Physical Fieldwork This unit builds on their knowledge of tourism and coasts from earlier in the year as students collect data in the field. Key things they will learn in this unit: Setting a suitable question or hypothesis and understanding the risks Data collection, presentation and analysis techniques Reaching conclusions Evaluating the extent to which the results and conclusions are accurate and reliable AQA GCSE: Atmospheric Hazards Students build on knowledge from previous units on tectonics and climate to understand how tropical storms form. Key things they will learn in this unit: Types of hazards Tropical storm formation Responding to tropical storms Extreme weather Extreme weather in the UK
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Year 11	AQA GCSE: Tectonic Hazards Students build on knowledge from previous units from Y7 and 8 to explore ways in which communities and governments can reduce vulnerability. Key things they will learn in this unit: Physical processes that cause earthquakes and volcanoes Effects and responses in contrasting locations Management to reduce the effects AQA GCSE: Physical Landscapes in the UK – Rivers Revisiting a previous unit in more depth and studying a contrasting case study, students explore the impact of river processes on people and the environment. Key things they will learn in this unit: The processes that cause a river to change downstream Landforms created by these processes River management strategies A case study of a flood management scheme	AQA The Changing Economic World – Economic Futures in the UK Students look at a range of complex and controversial issues facing the UK, using skills and understanding developed over the entire course. Key things they will learn in this unit: Causes of economic change in the UK The post-industrial economy Transport infrastructure improvements The north-south divide Links with the wider world (the European Union and Commonwealth)	AQA: The Pre-release Students receive a resource booklet from the exam board in which they will apply their learning from across the course to prepare for the exam where they will be asked to decide and justify it using geographical understanding. Key things they will learn in this unit Analysis, critical thinking and problem-solving skills Content changes each year, released end of March by the exam board
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