Geography
The Geography curriculum starts in Year 7 with an in-depth study of the earth - its structure, atmosphere and landscapes. Moving from this, pupils then start to learn about how people interact with the world.
Over time, the curriculum then develops key themes in both physical and human geography - natural hazards, rivers, coasts, ecosystems, population, migration, development and sustainability.
Pupils are taught case studies and in-depth country studies to wider their understanding of geographical concepts. By the time they sit the Edexcel GCSE Geography qualification in Year 11, pupils will have visited each key concept at least three times, each time spiralling through the content to deepen their knowledge and understanding.
Year 7
| Autumn 1 | Planet Earth |
| Autumn 2 | Physical Landscapes |
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Spring 1 Spring 2 |
Africa |
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Summer 1 Summer 2 |
Development gap |
Year 8
| Autumn 1 | Urban Spaces |
| Autumn 2 | Globalisation and tourism |
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Spring 1 Spring 2 |
Weather and Climate change |
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Summer 1 Summer 2 |
Sustainable World |
Year 9
| Autumn 1 |
Physical Dimension 1 |
| Autumn 2 |
Human Dimension |
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Spring 1 Spring 2 |
Physical Dimension 2 Forests Under Threat |
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Summer 1 Summer 2 |
Geographical Skills |
Year 10
| Autumn 1 | Topic 1 – Hazardous Earth |
| Autumn 2 | Topic 2 – Development Dynamics |
| Spring 1 | Topic 3 – Urbanising World |
| Spring 2 | Topic 4 - Coasts |
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Summer 1 Summer 2 |
Topic 4 – Physical Landscapes and Rivers Topic 6 – Fieldwork Investigations x 2 |
Year 11
| Autumn 1 | Topic 5 – Human Landscapes |
| Autumn 2 |
Topic 7 – Biosphere Topic 8 - Forests |
| Spring 1 | Topic 9 – Consuming Energy Resources |
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Spring 2 Summer 1 |
Exam Preparation |
History
The History curriculum seeks to provide pupils with the ability to take part in important and interesting conversations about British history, and about how British history has impacted on and been impacted on by the wider world.
In Years 7 to 9, the curriculum is sequenced chronologically so that pupils can understand the sweep and scale of historical study and understand both the causation and consequences of key historical events from before the Battle of Hastings up to World War Two and beyond.
From Year 10 onwards, pupils study towards the Edexcel GCSE History qualification, covering British medicine since 1250, the American west, Henry VIII and his ministers and Germany between 1933 and 1939.
Year 7
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Autumn 1 |
Who controlled England before 1066? – Romans, Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Vikings |
| Autumn 2 | How did the Normans conquer and control England? |
| Spring 1 | How did power change during the Middle Ages? (Monarchs & Church) |
| Spring 2 | Wars of the Roses? |
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Summer 1 Summer 2 |
How did Tudor monarchs change England? |
Year 8
| Autumn 1 | Why were monarchs more powerful at the beginning of the Stuart period than they were at the end? |
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Autumn 2 Spring 1 |
How did colonisation impact the world? |
| Spring 2 | Evolution or revolution? How quickly did new ideas transform Britain? |
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Summer 1 Summer 2 |
Why was WWI such a significant event? |
Year 9
| Autumn 1 | Why was WWI such a significant event? |
| Autumn 2 | Was World War Two inevitable? |
| Spring 1 | How and Why did the Holocaust happen? |
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Spring 2 |
How did World War Two change the world? |
| Summer 1 | GCSE History – Medieval Medicine |
| Summer 2 | GCSE History –Renaissance Medicine |
Year 10
| Autumn 1 |
GCSE History – Medicine – 18th & 19th centuries |
| Autumn 2 | GCSE History – Medicine – 20th century and Historic Environment |
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Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 |
Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany |
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Summer 2 |
American West |
Year 11
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Autumn 1 Autumn 2 |
Weimar and Nazi Germany |
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Spring 1 |
Henry VIII |
| Summer 2 | Henry VIII and Revision/Exams |
Religious Education
The Religious Education curriculum addresses big questions about life, philosophy and ethics, highlighting inspirational figures of world religions so that pupils gain a breadth of knowledge and understanding in a multi-cultural and global society.
It takes a chronological approach to the study of religion, covering early Eastern religions and Abrahamic faiths in Year 7. and continuing through Islam, Sikhism and Humanism in Year 8.
From Year 10 onwards, pupils studying towards the WJEC GCSE Religious Education qualification cover the beliefs and practices of two religions and study four ethical and philosophical themes - relationships, life and death, good and evil and human rights.
Year 7
| Autumn 1 | What is RE? & Big Questions |
| Autumn 2 |
Eastern religions: Hinduism |
| Spring 1 |
Eastern religions: Buddhism |
| Spring 2 |
Eastern religions: Sikhism |
| Summer 1 | Judaism |
| Summer 2 | The life of Jesus |
Year 8
| Autumn 1 | The life of Jesus 2 (21-22) |
| Autumn 2 | Christian Denominations |
| Spring 1 |
Islam: Mohammed |
| Spring 2 | Religious Life: Christianity |
| Summer 1 |
Religious Life: Islam |
| Summer 2 | Humanism |
Year 9
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Autumn 1 Autumn 2 |
Good and Evil T3 |
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Spring 1 Spring 2 |
Human Relationships T1 |
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Summer 1 Summer 2 |
Christian Beliefs |
Year 10
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Autumn 1 Autumn 2 |
Islam Practices |
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Spring 1 Spring 2 |
Life and Death T2 |
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Summer 1 Summer 2 |
Christian Practices |
Year 11
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Autumn 1 |
Human Relationships |
| Autumn 2 | Human Rights |
| Spring 1 | Human Rights T4 |
| Spring 2 | Revision |
| Summer 1 | Revision |