At TCS geographical skills and concepts are taught through issue-based enquiry approach, whereby ICT is used to as a tool to enhance the quality of teaching and learning, whilst a variety of teaching and learning strategies are deployed that are student centred designed to challenge and engage students.
The study of geography will stimulate an interest and a sense of wonder about the natural and human worlds, encouraging questioning, investigation and critical thinking. It enables young people to make sense of a complex and dynamically changing world, whilst developing knowledge of places and environments, an understanding of maps, and a range of investigative and problem-solving skills both inside and outside the classroom. Through new technologies, including geographical information systems (GIS) young people are able to obtain, present and analyse information. Geography explains where places are, how landscapes are formed, how people and their environments interact, and how a diverse range of economies, societies and environments are interconnected, enabling students own experiences to investigate places at all scales.
By exploring their own place in the world, their values and their responsibilities to other people, to the environment and the sustainability of the planet, geography enables pupils to become global citizens.
Adapted from: The School Curriculum and the National Curriculum: values, aims and purposes, 1999, DfES/QCA
and the Ks3 Programme of study 2008
Through the curriculum design at Ks3, we hope that many students opt to continue with their study of geography. For that reason, the concepts that underpin our Ks3 curriculum are taken from both the AQA GCSE and Edexcel A-level specification – facilitating the delivery of a 7-year learning journey for students. Furthermore, there is a greater emphasis on depth of study, as opposed to breadth resulting in four more thematic units being studied in each year group.
Our Curriculum Road Maps offer a brief visual guide to our curriculum showing the learning sequence that students will follow in each year group.
If you would like to find out more about a specific subject area and the content studied, then have a look at our detailed curriculum plans which outline the core aims, content and skills that students are taught.
