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Bluecoat Aspley Academy Geography Curriculum map
Our ethos at Bluecoat Aspley Academy is, to believe in yourself, in others and in God. Through this we aspire to be courageously inclusive, living
by our values of faith, hope, family and respect. We implement this through the PERFECT teaching model to produce pupils that are highly
literate, CRITICAL thinkers.
          Autumn 1                  Autumn 2                   Spring 1                    Spring 2                 Summer 1              Summer 2
          What is Geography         What is Geography          Investigating Urban         Weather                  Rivers and            Sustainability
          Students will begin       Investigating urban        places                      Rivers and Landforms     Landforms             Fieldwork
          their Geography           places                     Weather                     Students will            Fieldwork             An investigation
          studies by looking into   Students will begin to     Students will investigate   investigate the          Students will look    into
          the difference            develop their fieldwork    how weather changes         changes a river goes     to utilise their      sustainability
          between Physical and      skills by utilising the    between places at a         through as it journeys   fieldwork             issues around the
          Human Geography.          school campus and group    variety of scales. An       downstream, including    techniques that       school and local
          Their connections         work. This will involve    example of extreme          examples at a range of   have been             area.
          between places and        data collection,           weather will be studied.    scales, the processes    developed over
          people at a variety of    presentation and develop   Fieldwork will involve      rivers carry out and     the course of the
          scales. Whilst also       their evaluation skills.   data collection,            the landforms that are   year culminating in
          developing a range of                                presentation and            associated during the    an investigation
 Year 7

          skills using OS maps.                                develop their evaluation    course of the river.     about
                                                               skills.                                              sustainability.
Bluecoat Aspley Academy Geography Curriculum map
Our ethos at Bluecoat Aspley Academy is, to believe in yourself, in others and in God. Through this we aspire to be courageously inclusive, living
by our values of faith, hope, family and respect. We implement this through the PERFECT teaching model to produce pupils that are highly
literate, CRITICAL thinkers.
          Flooding                  Flooding                      Tectonics                 Climate and               People and place   Fieldwork TBC
          Students will discover    Tectonics                     Climate and               Ecosystems                Fieldwork
          the impact of flooding    Students will study the       Ecosystems                People and Place
          on people and the         physical processes of         Students will study the   Students will study the
          environment at a          plate tectonics, and          impact of climate and     changes urban areas
          range of scales both      explore how the physical      ecosystems on the         face over time.
          locally and nationally.   world has an impact on        environment at a range    Exploring reasons why
          Knowledge of physical     the human world through       of scales, both locally   some settlements
          factors such as           case studies of past          and globally. Knowledge   grow and others
          geology will be           earthquakes and               of two different          decline. This will
          explored. Data            volcanoes. Pupils will look   ecosystems will be        include the impact on
          collection of             to apply their problem        explored to gain an       people in a variety of
          infiltration rates        solving abilities to          understanding of          locations, developing
          around school will        building design with          differing locations and   students awareness of
          enable pupils to apply    opportunities to apply        cultures and how these    people and places
          first hand experiences    theory into practice.         areas are under threat.   around the world.
 Year 8

          with those out in the
          real world.
Bluecoat Aspley Academy Geography Curriculum map
Our ethos at Bluecoat Aspley Academy is, to believe in yourself, in others and in God. Through this we aspire to be courageously inclusive, living
by our values of faith, hope, family and respect. We implement this through the PERFECT teaching model to produce pupils that are highly
literate, CRITICAL thinkers.
          Living world tropical      Living world cold           Changing Economic             Urban issues and           The challenge of        The challenge of
          rainforests                environments                world                         challenges                 tectonic hazards        weather hazards
          Student will discover      Student will study the      Students will study the       Students will investiga    Students will study     & Climate
          the physical processes     cold environments of        human processes and           te why the urban popu      where and why tec       change
          and the systems that       polar and tundra regions,   systems, their changes        lation of the world is c   tonic hazards happ      Students will
          exist, the changes they    the characteristics that    both spatially and            hanging, including         en. They will invest    study the
          go through at a range      exist. The opportunities    temporally. Including a       opportunities and          igate (using named      physical
          of scales and              and challenges that exist   range of scales and at        challenges in Lower         examples) the effe     processes
          locations. This includes   in these environments       different levels of           Income Countries           cts earthquakes ha      responsible for
          local ecosystems,          and the economic            economic development.         (LIC’s) and Newly          ve on countries wit     weather hazards
          global ecosystems          development                 The variations globally       Emerging Economies         h different levels of   and their impact
          such as tropical           opportunities.              between health, wealth        (NEE’s).                    wealth. Finally, th    on people in a
          rainforests.                                           and quality of life will be                              ey will study why p     range of
                                                                 explored here.                                           eople live in areas     locations.
                                                                                                                          at risk and how the     Including tropical
                                                                                                                           risk of tectonic haz   storms and
                                                                                                                          ards can be reduce      extreme UK
 Year 9

                                                                                                                          d.                      weather events.
Bluecoat Aspley Academy Geography Curriculum map
Our ethos at Bluecoat Aspley Academy is, to believe in yourself, in others and in God. Through this we aspire to be courageously inclusive, living
by our values of faith, hope, family and respect. We implement this through the PERFECT teaching model to produce pupils that are highly
literate, CRITICAL thinkers.
           Fieldwork prep &           Changing economic             The challenge of            UK physical                UK physical            Fieldwork prep
           Changing economic          world case study              resource management         landscapes – Rivers        landscapes –           and mock
           world case study           Students will be              & water                     Students will identify     coasts                 revision.
           Pupils will develop        investigating how a           Students will investigate   key river changes as it    Students will identi   Pupils will
           their human fieldwork      Newly Emerging Economy        the supply of resources     flows                      fy the key landscap    develop their
           skills in Nottingham in    (NEE) such as Nigeria         at a global level           downstream. They will      es in the UK. They     physical
           preparation for paper      experiences rapid             including food, water       then focus on the          will then focus on     fieldwork skills at
           three.                     economic development          and energy, they will       fluvial processes, and     the topic of coasts.   the coast in
           Students will begin        that then leads to            then focus specifically     the landforms that are     This includes differ   preparation for
           their investigation into   significant social,           on water, and why           created. Including         ent, coastal proces    paper three.
           Nigeria.                   environmental and             when demand rises,          erosion and deposition     ses, coastal landfor
                                      cultural changes. This Is a   demand could lead to        , investigating            ms resulting from
                                      perfect topic to see how      insecurity of supply and    different management       erosion and deposi
                                      people in other countries     conflicts.                  strategies of a river in   tion, management
 Year 10

                                      live and deal with                                        the UK.                    strategies to of a
                                      challenges they face.                                                                UK coastal
                                                                                                                           location.
           Urban issues and           Revision of paper 1           Revision of paper 2         Revision of fieldwork      Pre-release            Exams
           challenges case study      Living with the physical      Urban issues and            & paper 3                  booklet available
           Urban change in the        environment                   challenges                                             12 weeks prior to
           UK and the social,         The living world              The changing economic                                  exam.
           economic and               Physical landscapes in        world
 Year 11

           environmental              the UK                        The challenge of
           opportunities and                                        resource management
           challenges.
Bluecoat Aspley Academy Geography Curriculum map
Our ethos at Bluecoat Aspley Academy is, to believe in yourself, in others and in God. Through this we aspire to be courageously inclusive, living
by our values of faith, hope, family and respect. We implement this through the PERFECT teaching model to produce pupils that are highly
literate, CRITICAL thinkers.
           Tectonic Processes       Tectonic Processes and     Coastal Landscapes and    Coastal Landscapes       Revision and exam   NEA A level
           and Hazards              Hazards                    Change                    and Change               preparation         preparation
           Tectonics EQ 1 Why       Tectonics EQ 3 How         Coasts EQ1 Why are        Coasts EQ3 How do
           are some locations       successful is the          coastal landscapes        coastal erosion and
           more at risk from        management of tectonic     different and what        sea-level change alter
           tectonic hazards?        hazards and disasters?     processes cause these     the physical
           Tectonics EQ 2 Why       Globalisation              differences? Coasts EQ2   characteristics of
           do some tectonic         Globalisation EQ3 What     How do characteristic     coastlines and
           hazards develop into     are the consequences of    coastal landforms         increase risks? Coasts
           disasters?               globalisation for global   contribute to coastal     EQ4 How can
           Globalisation            development and the        landscapes?               coastlines be managed
           Globalisation EQ1        physical environment and   Regeneration              to meet the needs of
           What are the causes      how should different       Regeneration EQ1 How      all players?
           of globalisation and     players respond to its     and why do places vary?   Regeneration
           why has it accelerated   challenges?                Regeneration EQ2 Why      EQ3 How is
           in recent decades?                                  might regeneration be     regeneration
           Globalisation EQ2                                   needed?                   managed?
           What are the impacts                                                          Regeneration
           of globalisation for                                                          EQ4 How successful is
           countries, different                                                          regeneration?
           groups of people and
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           cultures and the
           physical environment?
Bluecoat Aspley Academy Geography Curriculum map
Our ethos at Bluecoat Aspley Academy is, to believe in yourself, in others and in God. Through this we aspire to be courageously inclusive, living
by our values of faith, hope, family and respect. We implement this through the PERFECT teaching model to produce pupils that are highly
literate, CRITICAL thinkers.
           The Water Cycle and      The Water Cycle and           The Carbon Cycle and       The Carbon Cycle and     Paper 3       Revision and
           Water Insecurity         Water Insecurity              Energy Security            Energy Security          preparation   exam practice
           Water EQ1 What are       Water EQ3 How does            Energy EQ1 How does        Energy EQ3 How are
           the processes            water insecurity occur        the carbon cycle           the carbon and water
           operating within the     and why is it becoming        operate to maintain        cycles linked to the
           hydrological cycle       such a global issue for the   planetary health?          global climate system?
           from global to local     21st century?                 Energy EQ2 What are        Migration, identity &
           scale? Water EQ2         Superpowers                   the consequences for       sovereignty
           What factors influence   EQ 2: What are the            people and the             EQ3: What are the
           the hydrological         impacts of superpowers        environment of our         impacts of global
           system over short-       on the global economy,        increasing demand for      organisations on
           and long-term            political systems and the     energy?                    managing global issues
           timescales?              physical environment?         Migration, identity &      and conflicts?
           Superpowers              EQ3: What spheres of          sovereignty                EQ4: What are the
           Superpowers EQ1:         influence are contested       EQ1: What are the          threats to national
           What are superpowers     by superpowers and what       impacts of globalisation   sovereignty in a more
           and how have they        are the implications of       on international           globalised world?
           changed over time?       this?                         migration?
                                                                  EQ2: How are nation
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                                                                  states defined and how
                                                                  have they evolved in a
                                                                  globalising world?
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