As responsible global citizens we can effectively contribute to society making informed choices, on important issues, to develop a sustainable future.
Geography plays a crucial role in understanding our rapidly changing world. It is current and enables us to consider relevant social, economic, environmental and political issues at a local, national and global level. It inspires fascination and curiosity about our world and its inhabitants that will remain with pupils for their whole lives. Pupils are well prepared should they decide to take their studies further, knowing that geographers are among the most employable university graduates. Geography is an education for life and living, allowing us to be better informed and more responsible employees and citizens, able to be successful and make effective contributions.
The Geography curriculum is planned and delivered in accordance with the Bailiwick Geography Entitlements document.
Key Stage 3
In Key Stage Three, pupils develop the skills needed to confidently interact with the physical and human world and the Bailiwick curriculum lays the foundations for creating confident & competent geographers, developing the knowledge and understanding; building vocabulary and supporting the development of key geographical, literacy, numeracy and graphicacy skills. They use relevant content which helps to spark a passion for geography and local Alderney context is used for both fieldwork and environmental studies. They learn to investigate issues and their impacts, at different scales, and how to make informed sustainable decisions.
As global citizens, learners are taught fieldwork and map skills; with locational knowledge; weather and climate; coasts and biomes; population, migration, settlement, development & globalisation as well as natural hazards and disasters.
Topics covered:
Year 7:
- Mapping Skills; Africa; UK; Glaciers; Rivers; Fieldwork
Year 8:
- Weather & Climate; Climate Change; Urbanisation; Coasts; Fieldwork
Year 9:
- Economic Development; Cold Biomes; Earning a Living; Middle East; Natural Hazards
Key Stage 4
AQA GCSE Geography is studied in Years 10 & 11 with three lessons a week. Pupils build on their learning through a well-structured course which enables them to have a good understanding of the world around them. They are supported in use of geography through key term glossaries and case studies. The course is divided into three Units –Living with the Physical Environment, Challenges in the Human Environment and Geographical Applications and Skills which incorporates the Fieldwork and Issue Evaluation elements of the course.
In both KS3 and KS4 the means of study is supported by teaching resources developed by The Secondary School Partnership, adapted to meet the Alderney context by the subject teacher and supplemented by Kerboodle Packages. Within these there are comprehensive assessments which mean that students are confident at answering different types of questions. Approaches to learning are adapted to meet the needs of individual learners and challenge is provided throughout as are wide opportunities for fieldwork and extended challenge activities ensuring that all abilities are catered for.