The main aims of our department are:

• To stimulate pupils' interest and curiosity about the world in which they live as part of a lifelong process.
• To develop pupils' awareness at local, national and global scales.
• To help pupils understand the interrelationships between people and their environments throughout the world.

Key Stage 3

Year 7

• Map skills: directions, distances, symbols, grid references
• Our Home Region (I Love London): location, land uses, weather, population change
• Volcanoes: causes, features, impacts
• China: features, daily life, schools comparison
• UK weather: patterns, extreme weather

Year 8

• The World Cup (focus on Russia and Qatar)
• Glaciation
• Geography of Crime
• Water (Rivers and Flooding)
• Tourism = individual study

Year 9

• Development issues: measuring development, commodity dependency, trade, aid
• Natural Hazards: Tropical storms, Quakes (Haiti & Chile) and Tsunamis
• Population: changes, density, pyramids, migration