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Geography
Key Stage 3
Aims
• The understanding and communication of information in maps and diagrams.
• A knowledge of selected regions of the World, their peoples and environment.
• An understanding and tolerance of other societies and cultures as well as our own.
Themes studied include:
a) Mapwork, Statistical and Fieldwork skills.
b) Regional Studies in the UK and selected world regions.
c) Physical geography, to include weather and climate, vegetation and the study of landscape processes
d) Human Geography, including Agriculture, Industry, Settlement and Population Studies.
e) Environmental Geography, including Pollution and Conservation.
Teaching and Learning
The Geography syllabus offers a wide range of learning experiences that suits the needs of all abilities. Lessons are structured in order to maintain interest and generate enthusiasm for the subject and to reinforce what has been learnt before. Girls are expected to participate actively in lessons in a variety of ways including answering questions, reading aloud, role play and group work. Girls maintain progress from KS2 by learning not just from their teachers or their own individual research but also through the sharing of ideas amongst themselves.
Assessment for learning
In key activities, such as end of unit tests and longer individual enquiries, pupils are given targets to achieve that relate closely to the National Curriculum Summative levels for Geography. Teacher advice and comment informs pupils as to how they can progress through each level so that their potential is realised. In this way, pupils become more independent learners and responsible for their own progress.
Homework
Homework is set regularly according to the school’s policy. Normally each class will be set a common activity which might consist of investigating a particular question or reading, as well as more conventional written assignments. Sometimes girls may have individual tasks to complete such as during an extended project when girls might be working at different rates using differentiated materials.
Ways in which Parents can help
The availability of a good atlas at home will help with many assignments. Geography is about the real world and as such there are many issues in our schemes of work that feature in the news. Discussions at home about such issues will support what we teach.
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