Geography

Year 7 students are embarking on an exciting journey into the diverse world of Geography. They've explored the three core strands—Physical, Human, and Environmental Geography—immersing themselves in the themes of change, impact, and inequality. They're currently diving into the intricacies of reading maps, understanding Ordnance Survey (OS) maps, and decoding concepts like longitude, latitude, the equator, and the prime meridian. Their projects will further enhance their knowledge. Kudos to our Year 7 explorers for their enthusiasm in uncovering the wonders of Geography!

Year 8 students have delved into the intriguing realms of fieldwork, GIS, and population dynamics. They've explored Dr. Snow's cholera impact and the role of GIS in crime prevention. With a keen eye on global population shifts, they've examined how our planet's demographics are evolving. Their project findings shed light on these topics, showcasing their curiosity and dedication. Cheers to our budding geographers!

Year 9 students embarked on an enlightening journey, uncovering the path "From Rock to Soil." They explored rock groups, weathering, and the rock cycle, relating rocks to the UK's landscapes. Transitioning to "Using Earth's Resources," they tackled water sustainability, food security, and energy choices, emphasizing the potential of solar power. Their projects illuminated these crucial topics, highlighting the need to preserve Earth's resources and biodiversity. Kudos to our Year 9 scholars for their dedication to a sustainable future.

Year 10 geography has started the year really well. We have been learning about populations around the world specifically; which parts of the world have the fastest growing populations, why this is, and how they are attempting to manage the changes. We have started to develop our geography skills such as graphs, pie charts, and now map skills in preparation for the settlements and urbanization topics where students will be expected to read maps using scale lines, contour lines, grid references, and map symbols. A special well done to Alysha who achieved a fantastic score in her end-of-topic assessment and has consistently upheld high-quality classwork, homework, and class contributions in every lesson.

Year 11 is progressing through their final GCSE topics. We have been looking at global development and agricultural systems before now moving on to studying Industry, Water, Energy, and Tourism before finishing with the impacts of economic development on the environment. Year 11 has been working very hard at home to ensure their case study knowledge is thorough for the whole course, and they are, therefore, able to support all their ideas and arguments with recent real-world examples such as migration between the US-Mexico Border, overpopulation of Bangladesh, and volcanic eruptions on the island of Montserrat in 1995. I have been particularly impressed by Jade’s presentation on the impacts of globalization on a national scale, where she used a plethora of examples from the Deepwater Horizon BP Oil Spill off the coast of Mexico in 2010 to BREXIT in 2020 to exemplify how globalization has challenged the sovereignty of nation states, how nation states have responded to it, and also the impacts of transnational corporations on environmental degradation within countries.