Geography
Teaching staff:
The Department
Geography at Sperrin is staffed by two specialist geography teachers and has enjoyed great success at both A level and GCSE. The department now also offer a BTEC Travel and Tourism Award in Year 11.
Curriculum
KS3
In Years 8 – 10 we hope students will begin to discover more about the world around them and how geography affects our lives. We try to investigate questions such as…
GCSE
Our students study the CCEA GCSE course which is broken into:
A Level
Students undertake the study of the CCEA GCE Geography course in which there are 6 assessment units covered over the 2 years of study.
AS Level
Homework & Formal Assessments
Homework is an essential part of the learning experience. Generally, students will receive the following homework:
Links
http://www.ccea.org.uk/geography/
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/
- Mr B Carron BEd Hons - Head of Department
- Ms C Maybin BSc Hons, PGCE
The Department
Geography at Sperrin is staffed by two specialist geography teachers and has enjoyed great success at both A level and GCSE. The department now also offer a BTEC Travel and Tourism Award in Year 11.
Curriculum
KS3
In Years 8 – 10 we hope students will begin to discover more about the world around them and how geography affects our lives. We try to investigate questions such as…
- What is Geography?
- What is a map and how do we use it?
- What is a settlement and how do they change?
- How does Globalisation affect me?
- How can we look after our resources?
- Where do we live on the planet and how is this changing?
- Rivers and flooding – How do they affect us.
- What is an eco-system?
- Why is tourism growing?
- Why does the earth shake?
- What is development?
- Weather and climate and how it affects us
- How do our coastlines change?
GCSE
Our students study the CCEA GCSE course which is broken into:
- Unit 1: Understanding our natural world (Physical Geography) 40%
- Unit 2: Living in our world (Human Geography) 40% and
- Unit 3: Fieldwork 20%
A Level
Students undertake the study of the CCEA GCE Geography course in which there are 6 assessment units covered over the 2 years of study.
AS Level
- Unit 1 Physical Geography 16%
- Unit 2 Human Geography 16%
- Unit 3 Fieldwork skills and techniques in Geography 8%
- Unit 1 Physical Processes, Landforms and Management 24%
- Unit 2 Processes and issues in Human Geography 24%
- Unit 3 Decision making in Geography 12%
Homework & Formal Assessments
Homework is an essential part of the learning experience. Generally, students will receive the following homework:
- At Key Stage 3 students will receive one Geography homework per week. There are also two formal assessments undertaken each year. These Formal Assessment tasks take a variety of forms and assess a range of skills.
- At GCSE students should expect at least 1 hour of homework per week.
- A Level students should expect between 2 – 3 hours of homework per week
Links
http://www.ccea.org.uk/geography/
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/
