Curriculum Intent

To deliver a broad curriculum covering human and physical geography that:

• Is topical and relevant to our students lives today.
• Equips all students to better understand the complex world they live in.
• Inspires inquisitive students and equips them with the skills they need to find answers to big questions.

Rationale

Our KS3 curriculum is centred around the KS3 national curriculum, laying foundations for development at GCSE whilst trying to blend human and physical topics.

• Clear and logical sequencing that allows for knowledge & skills to be developed over time and continually recalled
• Interleaving topics, we have aimed to incorporate ideas from a range of topics within each topic. E.g rather than teaching plastic as its own topic, it is embedded in ecosystems, natural resources, coasts and again in the world we live in.
• Similarly, place is not entirely taught as standalone place studies, rather runs through all the topics as case studies and place studies are used to develop knowledge.
• Explored links with other subjects, including: Art, Food technology, Science and English

Spirituality Statement

Our geography curriculum has enquiry at its heart, with the aim of creating inquisitive students who ask big questions and are curious about people, cultures, religion and the many moral issues we face in our ever-changing world. When learning about ecosystems we ask the question, who is responsible to care for nature? When learning about natural resources, we ask, is it fair that a handful of people benefit from the resources mined in a country? And when we learn about food insecurity we ask, who is responsible for ensuring others have enough to eat? People and place feature as a prominent theme in our curriculum, as students develop through the key stages, they begin to understand that spiritual decisions play a significant role in shaping places and influencing people.