Welcome to the Geography Department page!
Geography teachers:
Miss Blayney - Head of Department
Mr Caffrey - Head of Leisure & Tourism
Mr Clarkson - Head of Year 9
Miss Devereux - Assistant Head of Year 10
Miss Meredith - Teacher of Geography
Our aim is to give you the knowledge, understanding, skills and confidence to achieve your best and more! Geography is an exciting and practical subject which stretches your horizons.
It is classified as a Science and Art subject so links to a whole range of other subjects.
Geography is recognised by employers as a subject that prepares you well for the world of work and by universities as a subject which produces young people who can think clearly to solve problems.
Welcome to your world! Choose life, choose Geography!
Key Stage 3 (Years 7, 8&9):
In 2011, 95% of our Y9 Geographers gained level 5 or above
The topics you will cover are:
Year 7
- Map & Atlas skills and a research project on a country of your choice.
- Settlement.
- The West Midlands region and the expansion of Birmingham Airport.
- Rivers and flooding, including fieldwork!
Year 8
- Weather and Climate
- The European Union and Italian farming.
- Football the global industry.
- Brazil
- The Geography of crime.
- Population and migration.
Year 9
- Natural hazards - volcanoes and earthquakes. You research a hazard of your choice.
- Global issues and their impact on our planet. Group work on Antarctica.
- Coastal features and management.
- Tourism in the UK and Kenya.
- Local fieldwork - how should Streetly be redeveloped?
- Introduction to industry GCSE which still covers the National Curriculum.
Key Stage 4 (Years 10&11)
In 2011 74% of our Y11 Geographers achieved an A*-C grade
The topics you will study are:
Unit 1: Geographical Skills & Challenges: 1 Hour Exam
- Basic skills
- Cartographic skills
- Graphical skills
- Geographical enquiry skills
- ICT skills
- Geographical Information Systems (GIS) skills
This unit covers the geographical skills that are essential for all GCSE Geography students. They will gain an understanding of these skills and expertise in how to apply them to geographical investigations. Cartographic, graphical and graphical enquiry, ICT and GIS skills are covered.
This unit also covers the major challenges that our planet is currently facing: climate change and sustainability. This is a key topic for anyone living in the 21st century and it is vital that students are well informed and able to make their own decisions on this subject.
Unit 2: The Natural Environment: 1 Hour Exam
This unit covers the physical geography aspects of the natural world and the issues related to the environment.
- Coastal Landscapes
- A Wasteful World
Unit 3: The Human Environment: 1 Hour Exam
This unit covers the human geography aspects of the human world and the issues related to the people living on our planet.
- Population Change.
- A Tourist's World.
Unit 4: Investigating Geography ("Controlled Assessment.")
For this unit students need to complete a fieldwork investigation and report. They must complete one of the tasks provided by Edexcel on a different theme/task each year.
The fieldwork investigation and report is split into different areas:
- purpose of investigation
- methods of collecting data
- methods of presenting data
- analysis and conclusions
- evaluation
- planning and organisation.
All fieldwork investigations and reports should contain the same type of information. This will explain how students planned, carried out, analysed and evaluated their investigation. The quality of written communication (QWC) will be important as how students present, order and explain their work links directly to how well it is understood by the reader.
Key Stage 5
Geography is one of the most popular A Level options in the school.
Year 12 (AS level)
In 2011 31% of our Y12 Geographers gained an A or B grade and 90% gained above an E grade.
GEOG1: Physical and Human Geography
- Population Change
- Energy Issues
- Rivers Floods and Management
- Cold Environments
GEOG2: Geographical Skills
- Skills include Fieldwork, cartographical and statistical skills.
Year 13 (A2 Level)
50% of our Y13 Geographers in 2010 gained A*-B grades and all of them achieved A*-E. This was 94% in 2011
GEOG3: Human and Physical Geography "Challenges & Change"
- Plate Tectonics
- Climate
- World Cities
- Globalisation & Development
GEO4B: Fieldwork based with an "Advance Information Booklet"
- Working with the advance information booklet to answer questions in the examination.
- Fieldwork based examination questions.
- Questions on examples of other student's fieldwork.
- Evaluation of "real world" projects
There is no coursework! |
