Geography
Our Vision
The world is a rich, diverse and dynamic place that is continually being shaped by both physical processes and human action. 
Consequently, the geography department at Meadowhead is committed to fostering a curiosity and fascination about our world, alongside a deep commitment to learning about the planet, it’s people and its physical landscapes.
Students will expand their knowledge of places at a range of scales, both local and global. They will investigate in both the classroom and the field, the issues that face different places, asking geographical questions and planning enquiries, as well as suggesting and critiquing potential solutions to local and global problems. Throughout the programme of study, students will progressively build the essential knowledge, understanding and skills needed to understand the synoptic nature of the world and the role that they, as individuals have in shaping that world. They will study the 7 big ideas of place, space, scale, diversity, interdependence, processes and sustainability. Students will practice communicating and justifying their understanding and view through a range of maps, diagrams, discussion, debate and extended writing. Ultimately we aim to develop:
• Successful learners – who progress and achieve
• Confident individuals – who lead safe and healthy lives
• Responsible citizens – who make a positive contribution to society
“Geography students hold the key to the world's problems - Geography is a living, breathing subject, constantly adapting itself to change. It is dynamic and relevant. For me geography is a great adventure with a purpose.
So many of the world's current issues – at a global scale and locally - boil down to geography, and need the geographers of the future to help us understand them. Global warming as it affects countries and regions, food and energy security, the degradation of land and soils from over-use and misuse, the spread of disease, the causes and consequences of migration, and the impacts of economic change on places and communities. These are just some of the challenges facing the next generation, which geographers must help solve.
It is a subject that helps young people into work. Many employers prize the knowledge and skills that studying geography can provide and geography in higher education is thriving.” Michael Palin, The Guardian
Please click the hyperlinks to access the knowledge organisers
Key stage 3 (7-9)
| Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 | |
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| Term 1 |
What is happening above our heads? Is human consumption of resources sustainable? |
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| Assessment |
Assessment Week 1: What do you know about the world? What is planet earth like? |
Assessment Week 1: What is happening above our heads? Is human consumption of resources sustainable? |
Assessment Week 1: How does the structure of the earth create natural hazards? Who will be Asia’s next superpower? |
| Term 2 | |||
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Assessment Week 2: What do you know about the world? What is planet earth like? How are populations changing? What is the lithosphere and how is it shaped? |
Assessment Week 2: What is happening above our heads? Is human consumption of resources sustainable?
Does Africa have it all?
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Assessment Week 2: How does the structure of the earth created natural hazards? Who will be Asia’s next superpower? How do glaciers shape the land? |
| Term 3 |
What is the lithosphere and how is it shaped? Continued |
What happens where the land meets the sea? Continued 2023/2024 Academic Year Only: How does the UK earn a living? |
How do glaciers shape the land? Continued Why is the Middle East an important world region?
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Key stage 4 (10-11)
| Year 10 | Year 11 | |
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| Term 1 |
Resource Management (not examined in 2022) |
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| Assessment |
Exam paper based on past exam questions taken from Exampro. Topics covered – Economic World. Combination of short answer closed questions, data response questions and long, open response questions. |
2 exam papers based on past exam questions taken from most recent past paper. Paper 1 – Physical Geography (Natural Hazards & Physical Landscapes of the UK) Paper 2 – Human Geography (Economic World, Urban Issues & Challenges & Resource Management) Combination of short answer closed questions, data response questions and long, open response questions. |
| Term 2 |
Paper 3 – Geographical Skills |
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| Assessment |
Exam paper based on past exam questions taken from Exampro. Topics covered – Economic World & Natural Hazards. Combination of short answer closed questions, data response questions and long, open response questions. |
Exam paper based on past exam questions taken from Exampro and past papers. Topics covered – Living World, Pre-release topic & Unseen Fieldwork. |
| Term 3 |
Paper 3 – Geographical Skills Unseen Fieldwork & Skills |
Paper 3 – Pre-release booklet Geographical Skills & Unseen Fieldwork |
| Assessment |
Exam paper based on past exam questions taken from Exampro & past papers. Topics covered – Economic World, Natural Hazard,physical landscapes & rivers fieldwork. Combination of short answer closed questions, data response questions and long, open response questions. |
N/A |
Key stage 5 (12-13)
| Year 12 | Year 13 | |
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| Term 1 |
Health & human rights |
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| Term 2 |
Regenerating Places |
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| Assessment |
Trials 2 papers based on past exam papers. Paper 1 – Coasts Paper 2 - Globalisation Range of questions from 2 – 20 marks. |
Trials 3 papers based on past exam papers
Paper 1 – Partial physical geography paper covering Tectonics, Coasts, Water/Carbon cycles.
Paper 2 –Full human paper covering Globalisation, Superpowers & Health & Human Rights.
Paper 3 – Full synoptic paper. |
| Term 3 |
Regenerating places NEA and Synoptic paper |
Synoptic paper preparation Revision |
| Assessment |
Assessment week / resit trials Synoptic practice paper |
Resit trials |
Useful websites
KS3 https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zrw76sg
GCSE https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/zy3ptyc
GCSE & A-Level https://www.senecalearning.com/
All Key Stages https://quizlet.com/subject/aqa-geography/
A-Level https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/geography-revision/