Overall Curriculum Goals

By the end of this year students will have completed five of their GCSE units.

Half Term 4

Half Term 5

Half Term 6

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What are the processes and systems that create river landforms?

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Is climate change to blame for extreme weather?

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Are there national and  international differences in the level of development?

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How is the UK economy changing?

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What are the challenges of resource management?

Topic Intent:

This unit is about physical processes and systems of rivers and their landscapes, how they change, and how people interact with them at a range of scales and in a range of places.

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Planning for the possibility of extreme weather is an important part of many professions such as retail and council services. It is important that risk management and responses to natural hazards are carefully thought through to minimise the impact on human life and the damage to property and infrastructure.

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This unit is about human processes and systems, how they change both spatially and temporarily. They are studied at a range of places, at a variety of scales and include places in various stated of development. The unit has three sections “The global development gap” a case study on rapid economic change in Nigeria and the changing UK economy.

Topic Intent: 

This unit is about human processes and systems, how they change both spatially and temporarily. They are studied at a range of places, at a variety of scales and include places in various stated of development. The unit has three sections “Manging food resources”, “managing water resources” and “managing energy resources”

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Assessment:

Written, 40 marks, completed in October

Assessment:

Written, 40 marks, completed in December

Assessment:

Written, 40 marks, completed in February

Assessment:

Written, 40 marks, completed in April

Assessment:

Written, 40 marks, completed in May

Assessment: 

Written, 40 marks, completed in July

Home Learning:

Worksheets, revision activities and Microsoft Teams assignments.

Employability, Professionalism and Enterprise  (EPE) Links

Water is essential to life on Earth and it is important to have an understanding of how the hydrological system works as this will help us to manage this resource for both our domestic and economic requirements.

Employability, Professionalism and Enterprise  (EPE) Links

Planning for the possibility of extreme weather is an important part of many professions such as retail and council services.

Employability, Professionalism and Enterprise  (EPE) Links

Economists use a variety of development indicators to measure one country against another. An understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of these indicators is important, to be able to arrive at a true picture of a country’s development

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The world of work is constantly changing. It is estimated that you will have twelve different jobs in your lifetime. So what jobs exist in the UK today?

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