We choose our topics carefully so there is a natural progression from GCSE to A-Level, ensuring there is a development of content, allowing for specialisation and progression to higher education and employment. You will be given the opportunity to develop fieldwork skills and study geographical issues and impacts. A high value is placed on the quality of the written work (spelling, grammar, punctuation). This course is designed to enable students to explore and evaluate contemporary geographical questions and issues, such as the consequences of globalisation, responses to hazards, water insecurity and climate change. The range of topics which are covered in the content provide students with the opportunity to develop an in-depth understanding of physical and human geography, and the complexities of people and the environment. Students are encouraged to become critical, reflective and independent learners. The skills developed in Geography support a range of subjects. COURSE TOPICS Topics: Tectonic Processes and Hazards/Coastal landscapes/Physical Systems and Sustainability/Globalisation/Regenerating Places/Migration and Superpowers. A synoptic paper will also be completed based on a key geographical issue or theme. Students will also complete an independent geographical investigation based on an area of their choice. Trips: Residential visit to Southwold.
Grade 5 in GCSE Geography, Grade 5 in Maths and Grade 5 in English.
Throughout the course students are assessed regularly in an informal manner (class discussions, debates, presentations, peer assessment and self-assessment) as well as in a formal manner (past papers, portfolio check, marking and feedback on assignments). Paper 1: Tectonic processes and hazards, landscape systems, processes and change, the water cycle and water insecurity, the carbon cycle and energy security, climate change futures: 2-hour exam made up of short answer questions (like a GCSE paper) and 2 essays, 30% Paper 2: Globalisation, shaping places, superpowers, migration and sovereignty: 2-hour exam made up of shirt answer questions (like a GCSE paper) and 2 essays, 30% Paper 3: Synoptic themes in Geography, players, attitudes and actions, futures and uncertainties: 1 hour 45 minutes exam based on a resource booklet containing information about a geographical issue, a variety of short answer questions and extended writing questions, 20% Independent Investigation Coursework: This is great preparation for independent study at university level. Students are required to develop their own fieldwork question and analyse and evaluate primary and secondary data, which will have been collected during a 4-day residential fieldtrip, to answer their question: 3000-4000 word written report which is internally assessed, 20%
About Education Provider
| Region | East of England |
| Local Authority | Hertfordshire |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
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| Address | Walkern Road, Stevenage, SG1 3RB |
We choose our topics carefully so there is a natural progression from GCSE to A-Level, ensuring there is a development of content, allowing for specialisation and progression to higher education and employment. You will be given the opportunity to develop fieldwork skills and study geographical issues and impacts. A high value is placed on the quality of the written work (spelling, grammar, punctuation). This course is designed to enable students to explore and evaluate contemporary geographical questions and issues, such as the consequences of globalisation, responses to hazards, water insecurity and climate change. The range of topics which are covered in the content provide students with the opportunity to develop an in-depth understanding of physical and human geography, and the complexities of people and the environment. Students are encouraged to become critical, reflective and independent learners. The skills developed in Geography support a range of subjects. COURSE TOPICS Topics: Tectonic Processes and Hazards/Coastal landscapes/Physical Systems and Sustainability/Globalisation/Regenerating Places/Migration and Superpowers. A synoptic paper will also be completed based on a key geographical issue or theme. Students will also complete an independent geographical investigation based on an area of their choice. Trips: Residential visit to Southwold.
Grade 5 in GCSE Geography, Grade 5 in Maths and Grade 5 in English.
Throughout the course students are assessed regularly in an informal manner (class discussions, debates, presentations, peer assessment and self-assessment) as well as in a formal manner (past papers, portfolio check, marking and feedback on assignments). Paper 1: Tectonic processes and hazards, landscape systems, processes and change, the water cycle and water insecurity, the carbon cycle and energy security, climate change futures: 2-hour exam made up of short answer questions (like a GCSE paper) and 2 essays, 30% Paper 2: Globalisation, shaping places, superpowers, migration and sovereignty: 2-hour exam made up of shirt answer questions (like a GCSE paper) and 2 essays, 30% Paper 3: Synoptic themes in Geography, players, attitudes and actions, futures and uncertainties: 1 hour 45 minutes exam based on a resource booklet containing information about a geographical issue, a variety of short answer questions and extended writing questions, 20% Independent Investigation Coursework: This is great preparation for independent study at university level. Students are required to develop their own fieldwork question and analyse and evaluate primary and secondary data, which will have been collected during a 4-day residential fieldtrip, to answer their question: 3000-4000 word written report which is internally assessed, 20%