There is an internal assessment required to be passed at the end of each of these units. The internal assessments are all on a Pass or Fail basis, the standard for a pass being set by the SQA. I choose to study geography because I felt it would benefit my university application as it’s a literacy based subject. I sat national 5 before sitting the higher course and I would recommend doing this as it would be very challenging to crash higher, however it is not impossible.

Digimaps for Schools (this is for pupils only – the Licence does not allow printing of maps for parents or carers): The students have to pass the 3 internal units and the Course Assessment involving an Assignment (25% of their final mark – 20 marks) and an external exam (75% of their final mark – 60 marks). Both of these parts of the Course Assessment are marked externally by the SQA.For National 5 Administration and IT a digital cover sheet is available for candidates who are using a digital question paper in the exam.

Homework is issued when required. Depending on the topic and the skills being developed this may mean frequent homework or, for example, when working in groups or on poster work there may not be any homework issued at that time. N4 CourseDigital question papers (DQPs) are digitised versions of question papers for disabled candidates or candidates with additional support needs who may have reading and/or writing difficulties. Digital Question Papers guidance Higher reminder – In the exam, in the Global Issues section you only do Question 8 (Development and Health) and Question 9 (Global Climate Change). Useful links for Higher Geography The AA toolkit provides you with templates that you can use or adapt, and exemplars that have been shared by centres, to support the process of gathering, evidencing, and verifying AA requests. The Specimen Paper uses 2 maps – Dingwall and Coventry. If you would like a paper copy of the maps to use when revising please ask your teacher or, you could access the relevant areas using the Digimap for Schools resource. Higher