Geography KS3

KS3 Geography As our students progress as geographers, they will become increasingly aware of the importance of understanding the world around them and their place within it.

Geography at BRGS will give our students the opportunity to:  Engage with and enjoy their studies, developing a passion for learning about our rich and diverse planet.  Be curious about people and places.  Appreciate the world and understand how physical and human landscapes are interconnected.  Investigate places at all scales from personal to global.  Expand their understanding of places and knowledge of their location.  Develop the skills to make sense of people and places using a wide range of geographical data.  Investigate the world through increasingly complex geographical enquiry.  Think about the big ideas of geography and the global issues that are pertinent now and in the future.

The aim of the Geography course in Years 7 to 9 is to enable the students to acquire the knowledge, understanding and skills necessary to make a realistic assessment of how man and the earth inter-relate. The Year 7 students are taught basic map and atlas skills whilst learning about the local area and how it differs from other parts of the United Kingdom. Further work will focus on the physical processes which affect the coastal landscape and the students will also be introduced to human and environmental concerns by studying the topics ‘Britain & Europe’ and ‘Ecosystems’.

All necessary books are supplied by the department but coloured pencils, glue and scissors would be helpful in lessons to complete tasks and keep exercise books neat and tidy. Some parents have been interested in purchasing atlases to assist their children with homework tasks. This is not necessary but if you consider it helpful, we generally use the Collins Students’ Atlas.

The main aim in Geography lessons in year 7 is to inspire students to be observant of the world around them and to begin to ask questions. Our ambition is to develop within pupils a thirst for knowledge and understanding that will engage them in lessons and will remain with them outside the classroom.

How Parents Can Help Parents can get involved by encouraging the children to describe their surroundings; discuss topical issues; watch the news; read newspapers and turn off their electrical device to look out of the window!