GEOGRAPHY NEWS The Geography Department is pleased to be showing some amazing geographical places in this newsletter. A new display on the D2 corridor showcases several World Heritage Sites for students to discuss. It also has web links about the world’s weirdest buildings and steepest roads! The display can be seen here with Luke, Ellis and Kyle from 9B. The department is also excited to be marking ten years of residential geography field trips at Ruislip High. From Monday 1st to Wednesday 3rd July, the Year 10 GCSE Geography students will visit Swanage in Dorset. It’s another big trip, with Year 9 students with the new over 120 students taking part! This will be the tenth year in a display in the Geography corridor row that this trip has taken place. Students will carry out two fieldwork investigations. For the physical geography study, students will compare the coastal management of Studland Bay to Swanage Bay. For the human geography study, students will investigate the land use of Swanage and how it links to tourism. As with previous years, the students will also visit sections of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, including seeing Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door. We’ll be staying at the Chatsworth Centre. From Saturday 15th to Tuesday 18th June, the Year 12 A-level Geography class will be visiting the Norfolk coastline. Here they will plan their own inquiries into the extent to which the coastline is managed in a sustainable and integrated way. Key fieldwork locations will include Cromer, Bacton, Happisburgh and Sea Palling. Students will stay at Sheringham Youth Hostel and will be accompanied by Mr Alison and Mr Peacock.
Year 13 A-Level Geography The Year 13 Geographers have been working towards their two A-level exams: Paper 1: Physical Geography on Wednesday 22nd May, and Paper 2: Human Geography on Thursday 6th June. Both exams are a challenging 2 hours and 30 minutes. The department wishes all the students successful futures after seven years at Ruislip High.
Year 12 A-Level Geography The Year 12 Geographers have been working their way through four units of the AQA A-level. Mr Peacock has taught ‘Natural Hazards’ and ‘Coastal systems and landscapes’, while Mr Alison has delivered ‘Resource Security’ and ‘Changing Places’. Please see the summer term newsletter for lots of pictures from their field trip to Norfolk in June.
Year 11 GCSE Geography Year 11 students have their three GCSE exams coming up: Paper 1: Living with the Physical Environment on Tuesday 21st May; Paper 2: Challenges in the Human Environment on Wednesday 5th June and Paper 3: Geographical Applications on Thursday 13th June.
The new display the department has made for all the classrooms on the GCSE assessment objectives.
All students have revision guides written by the department, called the revision ‘Megabooks’. These contain full personal learning checklists (PLCs) for each topic. Good luck Year 11! A key focus this year to help boost results further is to assist students to understand more about how their exams are marked.
Year 10 GCSE Geography The department is looking forward to taking the Year 10 GCSE Geographers on a residential field trip to Swanage, Dorset, in July (see above). Over the course of this term, Year 10 have been working hard on the second and third of the Year 10 topics, ‘The challenge of natural Page 26