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Geography
Geography is the science of place and space. Geographers ask where things are, why they are there, how places differ from one another, and how people interact with their environment. Geography is about the future and encourages flexible thinking and independent thought.
The Geography Department aims to develop an awareness of the world in which we live. The subject of Geography is forever changing which is what makes it such an exciting subject to study. Who would have thought year 12 would be teaching year 8, year 10 would be presenting their own news broadcasts on the Japan earthquake, year 9 would be bidding for the Olympic games, year 8 conducting their own microclimate study and year 7 becoming travel agents promoting holiday destinations to the rest of the School! Geography is a subject at Claremont that does not sit still.
Key Stage 3:
At Key Stage 3, students study a broad range of topics:
Year 7: Japan and the British Isles, Mapskills, Ecosystems, Travel Show
Year 8: Coasts, Population and Migration, Weather and Hazards, Crime
Year 9: Tourism, Plate Tectonics and Associated Hazards, Development, Olympics.
GCSE:
At GCSE we follow the AQA A syllabus, covering a mixture of human and physical geography. The controlled assessment makes up 25% of the course.
Year 10 topics: Water on the Land, The Coastal Zone, The Restless Earth
Year 11 topics: Changing Urban Environments, Changing Rural Environments, Tourism.
A Level:
At A Level we follow the AQA syllabus which consists of human and physical geography and geographical skills.
Year 12 topics: Rivers, Floods and Management, Population Change, Coastal Environments, Food Supply Issues, Contemporary Geographical Skills
Year 13 topics: Plate Tectonics and Associated Hazards, World Cities, Development and Globalisation, Geographical Issue Evaluation.
Our teaching is supported through a range of resources and fieldwork. We run residential visits in year 10 and 12, where each pupil has the opportunity to study river, coastal, urban and tourism patterns. Local fieldwork occurs within the School grounds, and to sites such as Kew Gardens and the Olympic Site.
Other extra-curricular activities include weekly Geography clinics which support all parts of the School. Gifted and Talented students have been working on projects such as current news events and setting up a local weather station. The Geography department also runs an extremely popular initiative – regular Geography Competitions including: Where in the World, Geographical Landform Cakes, Quizzes and Dream Destination challenges.
