- Head of the Geography Department: Miss Eggison
- Email: lyndsey.eggison@cncs.school
CURRICULUM INTENT OVERVIEW
The Geography curriculum in both Key Stage 3 and 4 aims to help all students develop the essential knowledge they need to become educated citizens.
The curriculum also is designed to help students engender an appreciation of human creativity and achievement.
To this end, the geography curriculum at Cardinal Newman has been designed so that it is broad in scope, relevant, up to date and varied. It aims to enrich student’s knowledge of the World in which they live, so that they have the tools to understand the World around them once they leave school. The scheme for Key Stage 3 is designed to ensure that the demands of the National Curriculum are met and that the course prepares students well for possible choice of taking the subject as a GCSE option in Key Stage 4.
SKILLS
In addition to the generic aims the subject also aims to develop students personal and subject specific skills throughout both key stages. These will include the following;-
- Develop knowledge of place and location of different scales(local, national, European and Global).
- Develop an enquiring mind in respect to various geographical issues
- Develop an understanding of physical processes and how these are linked to landforms
- Develop a range of map and atlas skills
- Gain an insight into patterns and linkages
- Develop skills of literacy and numeracy
- Develop problem solving and decision-making skills.
Geography Overview 2020+
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Term 1.1 |
Term 1.2 |
Term 2.1 |
Term 2.2 |
Term 3.1 |
Term 3.2 |
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Year 7 |
Being A Geographer |
Our Watery World |
Ecosystems |
Global threats-Population Explosion |
Geography of Crime |
Into Africa |
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Link to GCSE |
All 3 papers– skills/ knowledge/application/ Mapskills. |
Paper 2: UK’s Evolving Physical Landscape
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Paper 3 – People and the Biosphere Paper 3- Forests Under Threat. |
Paper 1: Challenges of an Urbanising World |
Paper 3: Making Geographical Decisions Paper 2- UK Evolving Human Landscape
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Paper 1- Development Dynamics |
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Year 8 |
Crumbling Coasts |
Our Changing Country |
Our Explosive Earth |
Global Threats- Climate Change |
Geography of Conflict |
The Middle East/DME |
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Link to GCSE |
Paper 2: UK’s Evolving Physical Landscape
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Paper 2: UK’s Evolving Human Landscape
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Paper 1: Hazardous Earth
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Paper 1: Hazardous Earth
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Paper 2- Development Dynamics |
Paper 3: Making Geographical Decisions |
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Year 9 |
Forests Under Threat |
People & the Biosphere |
Investigating Coastal change and conflict |
Investigating Coastal change and conflict |
Investigating River processes.
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Investigating River processes
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Link to GCSE |
Paper 3: Making Geographical Decisions
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Paper 3: Making Geographical Decisions |
Paper 2: UK’s Evolving physical landscape |
Paper 2: UK’s evolving Physical Landscape |
Paper 2: UK’s evolving Physical Landscape |
Paper 2: UK’s evolving Physical Landscape |
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Year 10
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Development Dynamics |
Hazardous Earth
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Hazardous Earth |
Urbanising World |
Urbanising World/ Urban Landscape
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Urban landscape (Birmingham) |
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Link to GCSE |
Paper 1: Global geographical issues |
Paper 1: Global geographical Issues
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Paper 1: Global geographical Issues
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Paper 1: Global geographical Issues
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Paper 2: UK’s Evolving Human Landscape |
Paper 2: UK’s Evolving human landscape
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Year 11
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Fieldwork |
Consuming Energy Resource |
Targeted Revision |
Targeted Revision |
Exams: Paper 1 (Dates to be confirmed) |
Exams Paper 2 and 3 (Dates to be confirmed) |
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Link to GCSE |
Paper 2: Fieldwork |
Paper 3: Making Geographical Decisions
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