Geography

GEOGRAPHY

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The future of the world within our hands

Geography helps students to make sense of their surroundings and to understand the variety of physical and human conditions found on the earth’s surface. Geography prepares students with the knowledge, skills and understanding to make sense of their world and to face the challenges that will shape our societies and environments at the local, national and global scales. We strive to ensure geography stimulates an interest and a sense of wonder about places. Personal experiences are used to investigate places from the personal to the global.

KS3

Students will be required to complete one 30 minute piece of homework every week.
Homework will consist of a variety of different tasks, for example: revision, spelling/definitions, research tasks, exam questions.
Homework set must be recorded by the teacher on the school’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) and also in their own records and/or departmental records.

KS4

Students will be required to complete one piece of homework every week.
Homework will consist of a variety of different tasks, for example: revision, spelling/definitions, research tasks, exam questions.

Geography considers the big issues that affect your future. At Byrchall we enable pupils to attain a sound knowledge of places on a variety of scales. We help them develop a sense of place and an awareness of how human and physical environments differ and change overtime.

The Geography department holds the nationally recognised ‘Secondary Geography Quality Mark ‘award. We continue to be a popular option choice at GCSE and offer a curriculum that considers topical every day issues and events. We offer opportunities for fieldwork which enables pupils to experience geography in their local and wider area.

TERM	YEAR 7	YEAR 8	YEAR 9	YEAR 10	YEAR 11
AUTUMN	How can our Geography toolkit help us to analyse Wigan? Why do we see variations in global weather and climate?	How can we protect the culture of indigenous people whilst still providing opportunities for tourism? Do developing nations (NEEs) have an obligation to protect our environment?	Is the increasing frequency of tropical storms a significant threat to development in subtropical locations? Is sustainable urban living the only solution to our most significant global issues?	Urban Issues and Challenges The Challenge of Resource Management	The Changing Economic World (Part 1) The Changing Economic World (Part 2)
SPRING	Has globalisation been a positive process locally, nationally and globally? What are the risks to the physical and human populations of extreme environments?	Which historical factors have influenced Britain’s physical landscape? How can we limit the difference in impacts and responses to tectonic hazards between HICs and LICs?	How significant are the processes are threatening our coastline? How can we address the human and physical factors resulting in food shortages?	The Challenge of Natural Hazards River Landscapes	Fieldwork and Pre Release Revision Module
SUMMER	How can our Geography toolkit be used to assess land use in the school grounds? How can our Geography toolkit be used to assess land use in the school grounds?	What are the social, economic and environmental challenges facing a HIC? (Australia) Is mitigation or adaptation the best solution to combat the challenges of climate change?	Is money the solution to global water shortages? End of Year Exams	Fieldwork and Coastal Landscapes The Living World – Ecosystems	Revision Programme for the examination Revision Programme for the examination