This section provides guidance to support the planning and teaching of geography for 11-14 year old students (in years 7-9). To access the GA online teaching resources for key stage 3 students, visit our Online Teaching Resources section. To access our key stage 3 publications, visit the GA online shop. The Geography Department at Edgbarrow School is a vibrant, popular and very successful department. Our students achieve great things and become outstanding geographers. understand geographical similarities, differences and links between places through the study of the human and physical geography of a region in Africa and a region in Asia A coherent ks3 geography curriculum is one which not only matches (or exceeds) the ambition of the geography National Curriculum. It is also likely to be one where:

Students are also encouraged to use their skills of investigation and fieldwork alongside developing knowledge recall, deep learning and revision skills. This all helps to create independent learners who have a love of learning and a thirst for knowledge. extend their locational knowledge and deepen their spatial awareness of the world’s countries, using maps of the world to focus on Africa, Russia, Asia (including China and India), and the Middle East, focusing on their environmental regions, including polar and hot deserts, key physical and human characteristics, countries and major cities identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones (including day and night) Year 13 students will have a full range of advanced geographical and life skills and be fully prepared for their A-Level exams and for the next stage of their journey post-Edgbarrow School. develop contextual knowledge of the location of globally significant places – both terrestrial and marine – including their defining physical and human characteristics and how these provide a geographical context for understanding the actions of processesunderstand, through the use of detailed place-based exemplars at a variety of scales, the key processes in: Year 10 students will enhance their geographical skills and knowledge further developing the tools to apply this to their GCSE exams.

Martin, F. (2014) ‘ Interpreting and implementing the 2014 National Curriculum‘, Teaching Geography, 39, 1, pp. 14-15

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understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom, a region in a European country, and a region in North or South America there is no requirement to consider values and attitudes or capabilities, such as the application of geographical knowledge or carrying out an enquiry. However, teachers may well regard these as essential features of high-quality subject work and interpret them as being implicit in an understanding the subject’s content.