Geography

In Sixth Form, Year 12 students have completed the Earth’s life support systems module looking at the carbon and water cycles. They have recently moved on to coastal landscapes. In human geography, pupils are working through the changing places, making spaces module.

Year 13 Geographers have worked hard on their independent coursework projects using skills gained from the fieldwork trips before the summer holidays. They have completed fascinating studies on a huge range of geography issues.

In class they have started the geographical debates unit and are currently focusing on tectonic hazards in rich and poor countries. In human geography, pupils are working on human rights before moving onto the disease dilemmas part of the geographical debates paper.

How I can help my child learn in Geography?

✓ Encourage regular revision using the revision guides as well as websites such as Bitesize.

✓ Help them keep up to date with big news events and stories. In Sixth Form all pupils have access to the Hodder Geography review online magazine.

✓ Ask them what they are learning about in class. They should have lots of interesting knowledge to discuss!

What are KS4 and 5 students learning in …

Key Stage 4

Year 9 students are currently working through their first rotation for Paper 1. They are learning about all the fundamentals of GCSE Science across the three sciences: Cells (Biology) , Atoms and Elements (Chemistry) and Energy (Physics).