Geography

Curriculum Leader: 

• Ms N Vasilovici

Subject Teachers: 

• Ms N Vasilovici
• Ms H O'Shea
• Mr N Rola
• Ms I Mellow
   

Geography explains the past, illuminates the present and prepares us for the future. What could be more important than that? 

- Michael Palin

Curriculum Intent

Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments.

Studying Geography gives you skills for life, whatever career you opt for later, as you will learn to identify problems, analyse data and suggest solutions. All these skills are highly valued in today’s digital age.

The aim of the Geography curriculum at Cove School is to educate pupils of their role as global citizens, to explore their values and responsibilities to other people, the environment and the sustainability of the planet.

Our pupils are encouraged to think and study independently through field work enquiry, decision making, debate and research in order to understand the complexity of the problems we face nowadays.

Curriculum Implementation - Key Stage 3

At Key Stage 3, Geography is studied in three lessons fortnight. Students study particular countries such as Brazil and Russia, as well as focusing on the physical and human features of the United Kingdom and the world. Students will examine what processes affect our landscape and how it changes over time, as well as how human activity has shaped the world and how our settlements and population changes. Pupils also study contemporary issues such as the response to international disasters, migration, and resources supply.

Curriculum Implementation - Key Stage 4         

Exam Board:

• AQA (8035)

At GCSE level, students study Geography in five lessons fortnight.

Students are expected to study human geography, physical geography and geographical applications.

Students will travel the world from their classroom, exploring case studies in the United Kingdom (UK), higher income countries (HICs), newly emerging economies (NEEs) and lower income countries (LICs). Topics of study include climate change, poverty, deprivation, global shifts in economic power and the challenge of sustainable resource use. Students are also encouraged to understand their role in society, by considering different viewpoints, values and attitudes.