YEAR 10
GEOGRAPHY
AUTUMN TERM
1. Urban Issues and Challenges – how urban change leads to opportunities and challenges.
Learning beyond the classroom – Investigation of Case Studies Rio and Manchester. Use of Seneca and Case Study
Booklets to complete homework activities.
Urban Issues and Challenges Exampro Test
2. River Landscapes – Processes that shape river landscapes, causes and management of floods.
Learning beyond the classroom – Investigation of Case Studies River Tees and Banbury Flood Management Scheme. Use of
Seneca and Case Study Booklet to complete homework activities.
River Landscapes Exampro Test
SPRING TERM
3. Coastal Landscapes – Processes that shape coastal landscapes, management of coastal defence.
Learning beyond the classroom – Investigation of Case Studies The Dorset Coastline and Lyme Regis. Use of Seneca and
Case Study Booklets to complete homework activities.
Coastal Landscapes Exampro Test
4. Economic Development – How we measure development, the links between population and development.
Learning beyond the classroom – Research of economic indicators using World Bank and ONS data. Use of GCSE Revision
guide and Seneca to complete homework activities.
SUMMER TERM
5. Economic Development – The causes of global inequality and strategies to reduce the development gap.
Learning beyond the classroom –Comparison of Nigeria and UK Case Studies.
Economic Development Exampro Test
6. Tectonic Hazards – How plate tectonics causes earthquakes and the impacts they have on different places.
Learning beyond the classroom – Comparison of Haiti and Christchurch Case studies. Use of Case Study booklets to
complete extended 9 mark questions.
Year 10 Full GCSE Paper 1
7. Fieldwork – The planning and conducting of a Physical and Human Investigation.
Learning beyond the classroom – Fieldwork in Medlock Valley and Ashton –u – Lyne. Pupils to complete follow up booklet
and secondary research at home over the summer holidays.
BUILDING EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG MEN
YEAR 11
GEOGRAPHY
AUTUMN TERM
1. Fieldwork and Skills – Analysis of methods and results to reach conclusions and evaluate the fieldwork.
Learning beyond the classroom – Evaluation of the fieldwork tasks using the Fieldwork Revision Booklet.
Paper 3 Exampro Test
2. Tectonic Hazards – How plate tectonics causes earthquakes and the impacts they have on different places.
Learning beyond the classroom – Comparison of Haiti and Christchurch Case studies. Use of Case Study booklets to
complete extended 9 mark questions.
Tectonic Hazards Exampro Test
3. Weather Hazards – Extreme weather in the UK, causes, impacts and management of tropical Storms.
Learning beyond the classroom – Use of Seneca and Case Study booklet to investigate and learn Case Study of Haiyan.
Weather Hazards Exampro Test
MOCK 1 – Full Human Paper and Full Physical Paper
SPRING TERM
4. Ecosystems – The distinctive characteristics opportunities and threats to the Hot Desert and Tropical Rainforest Ecosystems.
Learning beyond the classroom – Investigation of the Thar Desert and Malaysian Tropical Rainforest, use of Case Study Booklet
to complete extended exam questions. Possible Revision weekend to PGL.
Coastal Landscapes Exampro Test
5. Resource Management in the UK – How we obtain and use resources with a focus on Energy, Food and Water in the UK.
Learning beyond the classroom – Use of Seneca and revision guides to carry out wider reading. Revision for Mock exam using
Seneca, Case Study booklet, Revision Guide and Fieldwork revision booklet.
MOCK 2 – Full Exam
6. Water Management – how the provision of water around the world varies and how we can manage water.
Learning beyond the Classroom – Investigation of Wakel River Basin and Lesotho Highlands Project.
Resources Exampro Test
SUMMER TERM
7. Issue Evaluation – Analysis of the Pre-release booklet.
Learning beyond the classroom – Students to conduct wider reading around the issue and use the WAGOL framework to prepare
their own answer to the 9 mark DME.
Economic Development Exampro Test
6. Revision – Learning beyond the classroom – Independent revision using Seneca, Case Study booklet, Revision Guide and
Fieldwork revision booklet.
BUILDING EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG MEN
