Geography at Our Lady of Sion School is taught to all Year 7-9 students and is a popular option at GCSE and in the Sixth Form. Highlights of the department are the fieldtrips throughout the year to locations including the South Coast, North Downs, Dorset and Barcelona. In our Sixth Form we teach the AQA Specification with Geography regularly achieving excellent results.
During Year 7, students learn to distinguish between human, environmental and physical geography. They learn to read Ordnance survey maps, look at urbanisation, weather and climate, and, in the Summer Term, complete an extended project looking at Kenya.
In Year 8, still learning about the different forms of geography, the students look at rivers and coasts, economic activity (farming, industry and tourism) along with World issues and population. In the Summer Term, they complete an extended project studying India and Asia. In the summer term there is a trip to the River Tillingbourne in Surrey.
In Year 9, we study environmental regions, plate tectonics, resources and the environment and international development. The extended project for this year group is all about the emerging nation of China.
Studying for GCSE Geography is a popular option and our students achieve good final grades. Following the 2 year AQA course, students will come across a range of different topics which will help them develop their own informed views about environmental and development issues both here in the UK and further afield. Study will include: living with the physical environment; challenges in the human environment and geographical applications and skills. Students will sit three exam papers at the end of the two years.
In the summer term Year 10 take part in a 2 day residential at Osmington Bay, Weymouth. They complete human and physical fieldwork for the Paper 3 as well as completing work towards the content in Papers 1 and 2.
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