Geography

Assessment

Year 12 covers some new topics in Human Geography such as the concept of ‘place’ and what makes every location unique. We also again return to Urban Issues and spend more time focusing on issues of regeneration, housing and the urban environment. In Physical Geography, we look again at Natural Hazards but look more at the differences in people’s responses to natural events such as wildfires and link these to climate change. Lastly, we introduce the framework of the ‘Systems approach’ which is a way we can understand natural and human processes. In Year 13 we study political and economic Geography with the study of global trade and development as well as the concept of a ‘global governance’ process whereby countries work together to manage global issues such as the management of Antarctica. Finally, we look at coasts again from different perspectives. Fieldwork is completed as a group on two trips to the coast in Sussex and the Olympic site in Stratford, East London. Students then complete independent research for two days which is then written up as coursework at the start of Year 13.