GEOGRAPHY AT HOLY TRINITY ACADEMY
The Geography Department at Holy Trinity Academy aims to
provide students with the skills necessary to understand the world we live in
today and the world of the future.
We focus on the skills of written and verbal communication,
analysis, resilience, collaboration, meta-thinking, mathematical statistical
analysis (including statistical significance testing), cartography and
fieldwork techniques. Staff use a range of teaching styles from group-work,
enquiry work, pair work, independent study and decision making exercises.
Students are provided with a platform to be passionate about Geography and the
Geographical issues faced by this world. We are a well-resourced department.
Students have access to a wide range of text books and resources. Staff are
experienced and knowledgeable. We take a great deal of pride in the atmosphere
created in the classroom and the educational visits that we organise.
We follow the AQA GCSE Geography specification and expect
our students to be proactive in their studies.
OCR A Level (2 year) Geography Course HTA – Teaching Outline (Chosen Topics) from Sept 2016 (New Spec)
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OCR A Level (2 year) Geography from September 2016 (new spec)
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Paper 1 Physical Systems |
Paper 2 Human Connections |
Paper 3 Geographical Debates |
Paper 4 Independent Investigation (teacher assessed/OCR moderated) |
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Unit 1 Landscape Systems |
Unit 1 Changing Spaces, Making Places |
Topic 3.1 Climate Change |
Independent Investigation (teacher assessed/OCR moderated)
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Option A Coastal |
All of this unit must be done |
Topic 3.2 Disease Dilemmas. |
Fieldwork Non-residential, in-house fieldwork week
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Unit 2 Earth’s Life Support Systems |
Unit 2 Global Connections |
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All of Water and Carbon Cycles must be done
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Option B Global Migration |
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Option C Human Rights
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Outline Overview OCR A Level (2 year) Geography Course from September 2016 (New Spec)
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Year 12 Topics |
Year 13 Topics
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Unit 1 Landscape Systems |
Paper 3 Geographical Debates |
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Option A Coastal Landscapes |
Topic 3.1 Climate Change |
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Unit 1 Changing Spaces, Making Places |
Topic 3.5 Disease Dilemmas |
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All of this unit must be done |
Independent Investigation (teacher assessed/OCR moderated) |
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Fieldwork Non-residential in-house fieldwork work week June Year 12. |
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Unit 2 Earth’s Life Support Systems |
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All of Water and Carbon Cycles must be done |
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Unit 2 Global Connections |
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Option B Global Migration |
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Option C Human Rights |
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Whilst incredibly relevant and engaging, the GCSE Geography
course is very content heavy and demands a significant and ongoing amount of
preparation for assessments throughout the course up until the end of the three
final examination papers in year 11. Assessment in Geography is also demanding
in terms of the need for high levels of literacy and numeracy.
Students opting for Geography need to be aware that success
in this subject requires a commitment on their part to revise in depth for
their end of unit assessments and final examinations outside of lessons.
This subject provides students with an array of skills and
knowledge valued by employers across a range of different sectors and is an Oxbridge
and Russell Group subject, meaning that the country’s top universities view
Geography GCSE and A Level preferentially.