Geography is a highly successful subject at Lakelands Academy, consistently achieving some of the highest GCSE grades in the County.
"Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy, lays a small un-regarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-eight million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet......" Douglas Adams, the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Our achievements are the result of clear aims and good teaching.
At Lakelands we aim to:
Course overview
Students learn basic skills in Year 7 through the topics listed below;
In Year 8 students then apply the skills learnt in Year 7 to Geographical investigations and begin to develop their own independence whilst learning about the world and their place in it through the topics listed below;
In Year 9 we look at the below topics
Years 10 and 11 , students opting to continue working toward a GCSE in Geography will study:
Paper 1: The Physical Environment |
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Paper 2: The Human Environment |
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Paper 3: Geographical Investigations Fieldwork and UK challenges |
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Assessment details:
Paper 1 - Theme 1 - 90 Minutes - 37.5%
Paper 2 - Theme 2 - 90 Minutes - 37.5%
Paper 3 - Theme 3 - 90 Minutes - 25%
For more information;
Please click here to view further information about this curriculum at the Pearson website.
If you would like any further information about the Geography Curriculum at Lakelands please click here to contact the Head of the Faculty of World Studies.