Geography

The topics you will cover are:

Year 7

• Map & Atlas skills and a research project on a country of your choice in Asia.
• Settlement.
• The West Midlands region and the development of HS2.
• Crime
• Africa and Focus on Nairobi
• River landforms and flooding

Year 8

• Weather and Climate
• Population
• Globalisation
• Russia
• Coasts

Year 9

• Natural hazards – volcanoes and earthquakes. You research a hazard of your choice.
• Tropical rainforest - focus on Amazon
• Cold environments - focus on Alaska
• UK Urban issues
• Regeneration of town centre and skills

Students study the AQA Exam Board GCSE Geography Specification. Specification A highlights the critical importance of geography for understanding the world and for stimulating an interest in places. It will inspire students to become global citizens by exploring their place in the world, their values and responsibilities to other people and to the environment. More details of the specification can be found at www.aqa.org.uk. Here, past examinations can be downloaded for practice to fully prepare for the exams. The topics studied are:
Unit 1 –35% of examination Living with the Physical Environment. 
- Tectonics (volcanoes and earthquakes), tropical storms, extreme weather in the UK and climate change
- Physical landscapes in the UK—coasts and rivers.
- The living world—local ecosystems, tropical rainforests, and cold environments.
Unit 2 - 35% Challenges in the Human Environment
- Urban challenges (rapid urbanisation), global patterns and 2 contrasting sustainable urban futures—UK vs LIC.
- The changing economic world-measuring development, reducing the development gap,  trade and aid, TNC’s and contrasting case study LIC and UK.
- Challenges of resource management—global demand for food, water and energy. In-depth look at energy and sustainable solutions.
Unit 3 Geographical Applications 30%
- 2 fieldwork opportunities to collect Physical and Human Geography.
- Content issue evaluation pre-release booklet which will include mathematics and statistics.
- Skills are examined as part of the 3 exam papers: map, diagrams, graphs, photographs, cross-sections and satellite images.

Students study the AQA Exam Board. It covers the critical importance of geography for understanding the world and for stimulating an interest in places. It will inspire students to become global citizens by exploring their place in the world, their values and responsibilities to other people and to the environment. More details of the specification can be found at www.aqa.org.uk. Here, past examinations can be downloaded for practice to fully prepare for the exams.

Year 12

The topics are:

Coastal systems and landscapes
Hazards
Changing places
Fieldwork and skills at a residential fieldwork centre.

Year 13

You will study:

Water and carbon cycles, Global systems and global governance and Contemporary urban environments.

Coursework independent study

A Level examinations Year 13

Component 1: Physical geography - 40% of A-level
Section A: Water and carbon cycles
Section B: Coastal systems and landscapes
Section C: Hazards

Component 2:

Human geography  • 40% of A-Level
Section A: Global systems and global governance
Section B: Changing places
Section C:  Contemporary urban environments  

Component 3:

Coursework independent study: 20% of A-level