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Departments

• Introduction

Curriculum:
• Art & Design
• Business Studies
• Careers
• Citizenship & PSHE
• Construction
• Dance
• Design and Technology
• Drama
• English
• Food Technology
• Geography
• Health & Social Care
• History
• ICT
• Mathematics
• Media Studies
• MFL: Bengali
• MFL: French
• MFL: Spanish
• Music
• Physical Education
• Psychology
• Religious Education
• Science
• Textiles

Support:
• Deaf Support Base
• English as an Additional Language
• First Base
• Learning Mentors
• Special Educational Needs

Learning Resources:
• Library
• Media Resources

Curriculum Information:
Year 7: One hour per week. Topics include map skills, settlement, Japan and Italy. Assessment is mostly through tests and group presentations.

Year 8: Three hours per fortnight. Topics include: volcanoes and earthquakes, river geomorphology, flooding, Kenya and Egypt. Assessment is performed by short written tests, portfolios of work, group presentation, newspaper articles.

Year 9: Three hours per fortnight. Topics include: population and resources (Malthus and Boerup, and the video: Sex, Lemurs and Holes in the Sky), ecosystems (tropical rainforests, deforestation and rainforest management linked with sustainable development and global citizenship), tourism and leisure.

Year 10 + 11: We follow the Avery Hill WJEC Geography syllabus: 1579.

Year 11 Coursework:
Cross-Unit Task title: "Should all countries become "rich" (more economically developed), and if so, what will happen to the planet Earth? That is, if everyone in China owned a car, instead of a bicycle, would the resultant pollution suffocate the planet Earth?"

Year 11 Course Study: 
An investigation of the quality of residential environments improves with increasing distance from the CBD. Looking at the geographical urban land-use models of Hoyt, Burgess and Harris and Ullman, as well as Alonso's Bid-rent theory.

Exam topics covered in Year 10 and 11 are:

• Water, Landforms and People. Case Studies: Bangladesh, Mississippi and Limpopo.

• Work and Employment. Case Studies: London's Docklands and Kenya. 

• People and Place. Case Studies: London's Docklands, New York, Dhaka, Tanfield Lea, Amazonia rainforest, Hickling Broad (Norfolk). 

• Natural Environments. Case Studies: tropical rainforests, Madagascar, Virgin Islands (Caribbean), savanna areas (Kenya), Antarctica, Hammerfest.

Residential Field Trips: 
KS3 trip to Blen Cathra, Lake District.
Year 11 to Overstrand, Norfolk.
Other trips to Tyn-y-Berth, Corris Uchaf and Rheidol, both in Wales.

Specific Achievements: 
The school's Geography department was recently mentioned in the London Schools Guide 2002, as being a strong GCSE subject, with "Geography GCSE results were 5% above the national average."

Out of School Hours Learning classes for Geography are often conducted on Saturday mornings, and during the Autumn half-term, Spring half-term and Easter Holidays.

Staffing: 
Frank Jacobs - Head of Department
Beverley Clarke
Alison Compton
Rob Jaina

Further Detail:
Year 7 Scheme of Work (PDF Format)
Year 8 Scheme of Work (PDF Format)
Year 9 Scheme of Work (PDF Format)
Year 10 Scheme of Work (PDF Format)
Year 11 Scheme of Work (PDF Format)
Year 7 Level Progression (PDF Format)
Year 8 Level Progression (PDF Format)
Year 9 Level Progression (PDF Format)

Examination Results 1990-2007: