Key Stage 3 Geography.
Geography at The Appleton School begins in Year 7 with a focus on local issues and how to conduct geographical enquiries. These skills are further developed by investigating the relationship between places and migration. A study of Ethiopia broadens students understanding of the world, and helps to highlight the differences between their lives and those in Ethiopia.
Year 8 geography tackles a range of topical issues. Students begin the year investigating the use of water as a resource and begin to question their own use of water around the home compared to other countries. Students continue to develop the skills of questioning, for example in the Olympic Games module the impact of the games is discussed while in the Thorny Issue module students are asked to question where roses sold in this country come from.
The International theme runs through the Key stage, and ends with an investigation into China and its development in recent years.
Both the physical geography and human geography units along with the controlled assessment are studied and examined in year 9, for students who choose geography as an option for year 9.
Key Stage 4 Geography
We follow the AQA A specification and investigate Physical geography in Year 10, followed by Human geography in Year 11.
The department maintains its own Blog at http://geogman.edublogs.org/ youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/AppletonGeography?feature=mhum and weather station.
We have recently been awarded the Secondary Geography Quality Mark at Centre of Excellence level by the Geographical Association.
