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Geography, History &
Religious Education
| Staff |
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Mr P
Bidwell BA
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(PB) |
History /
Geography
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Mr M
Burns BSc. (Hons)
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(MB) |
Curriculum Leader
(Humanities / Geography)
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Mr P
Harper BA (Hons)
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(PH) |
Assistant
Curriculum Leader (RE)
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Mrs K
Clay BA (Hons)
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(KC) |
Assistant
Curriculum Leader (History)
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Mr G
Wigley BA MA (Ed)
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(GW) |
History
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Mrs K
Lewis BA (Hons)
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(KL) |
History
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Geography
| Key
Stage 3 Topics Studied (Years 7-9) |
Term |
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| Year
7 |
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| The School Environment
And Where We Live |
1 |
| Our Home Region
And Using Maps |
2 |
| Changing
Coastlines |
3 |
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Year 7
Homework
Where
I Live
Present an information
sheet about the settlement where you live.
Some
questions you may find helpful to get you started:
- What is
the name of your village, town, city?
- How many
people live there?
- How far is
it from other places?
- Can you
include a map to show where it is
- What
services can you find there? e.g. shops, factories, jobs
etc.
- What
transport links e.g. motorway, train etc.
- How did
your settlement get its name?
- What are
your personal opinions about living there? |
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| Year
8 |
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| The Unstable
Earth |
1 |
| A European Country
- Italy |
1 |
| The Restless
Atmosphere |
2 |
| A Rivers
Journey |
3 |
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Year 8
Homework
Tectonic
Research
Research and present
information about a tectonic event e.g. earthquake, volcano,
tsunami.
Some
useful points you may like to cover in your
presentation:
- When did
it happen?
- Explain
why it happened
- Write a
description of the natural disaster
- How did it
affect people?
- What was
the impact on the environment?
- How has
the area coped with a recovery? |
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| Year
9 |
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| Divided
World? |
1 |
| Can The Earth
Cope |
2 |
| Living In
Japan |
3 |
| Tourism - Good Or
Bad? |
3 |
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Year 9
Homework
How I
would make the world a fairer place for everyone
Think up five or six key steps you would take. Put them in order of
priority. You could give them in any form you wish, for
example as a drawing or even a poem. End by saying, how these steps
will affect your own life. |
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| Key Stage 3 targets will
be set at the start of each year. A teacher assessment of
performance will be made at the end of each year, with a final KS3
level attained provided after the SAT results are published in the
summer term of Year 9. |
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Key
Stage 4 Topics Studied (Years 10-11)
(This is
an optional subject at Key Stage 4) |
Term |
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| Year
10 |
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| Unstable Plate
Margins |
1 |
| Weather
Hazards |
1 |
| Water And Food
Supply |
2 |
| Pressures On The
Physical Environment |
2 |
| Contrasting Levels Of
Development |
3 |
| Resource
Depletion |
3 |
| Economic Development And
The Global Environment |
3 |
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| Year
11 |
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| Tourism And The
Economy |
1 |
| Changing City And
Town Centres |
1 |
| Population
Change |
2 |
| Rural-Urban
Migration |
2 |
| Pressure At The
Rural-Urban Fringe |
3 |
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Exam: 25%
Coursework: 75%
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| Exam
Board: AQA |
Syllabus:
3033 |
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| Trips /
Activities: |
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| Visit to Natural History
Museum, Looking at Earth Galleries. |
Year
10 |
| Visit to Portsmouth and
Gunwharf Quay to collect data for completion of coursework
investigation. |
Year 11 |
History
| Key
Stage 3 Topics Studied (Years 7-9) |
Term |
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| Year
7 |
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| Britain 1066 - 1500
Medieval Realms |
1, 2 |
| Black People of
the Americas |
3 |
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| Year
8 |
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| Britain 1500 - 1750
Tudors & Stuarts |
1, 2 |
| Britain 1750 -
1900 Industrial Revalution |
3 |
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| Year
9 |
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| Twentieth Century - WWI,
WWII, Holocaust and Cold War |
1, 2 |
| American West -
Native Americans |
3 |
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| Key Stage 3 targets will
be set at the start of each year. A teacher assessment of
performance will be made at the end of each year, with a final KS3
level attained provided after the SAT results are published in the
summer term of Year 9. |
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Key
Stage 4 Topics Studied (Years 10-11)
(This is an optional subject at Key Stage 4) |
Term |
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| Year
10 |
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| American
West |
1, 2 |
| Global
Terrorism |
2, 3 |
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| Year
11 |
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| Medicine Through
Time |
1, 2,
3 |
| Bodiam
Castle |
1 |
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Exam:
75%
Coursework: 25%
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| Exam
Board: OCR |
| Syllabus:
1935(A)
SHP |
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| Trips /
Activities: |
The History Department
runs two trips in KS4. In year 10, students visit the London
Science Museum to see the Medicine exhibits and in Year 11 students
visit Bodiam Castle as part of their GCSE coursework. These trips
have been run for several years and students have enjoyed them
both.
In addition the History department run revision sessions for Year
11 from February onwards every year. |
Religious
Education
| Key
Stage 3 Topics Studied (Years 7-9) |
Term |
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| Year
7 |
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| Symbols |
1 |
| Sikhism &
Equality |
2 |
| People of
Faith |
3 |
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| Year
8 |
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| Islam |
1 |
| Festivals
Project |
2 |
| Christian
Lifestyle |
3 |
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| Year
9 |
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| Pilgrimage and Rites of
Passage |
1 |
| Religion &
Science |
2 |
| Racism |
3 |
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| Key Stage 3 targets
will be set at the start of each year. A teacher assessment of
performance will be made at the end of each year, with a final KS3
level attained provided after the SAT results are published in the
summer term of Year 9. |
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Key
Stage 4 Topics Studied (Years 10-11)
(This is an optional subject at Key Stage 4) |
Term |
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| Year
10 |
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| The Island |
1 |
| Judaism - Key
Beliefs & Festivals |
1 |
| Christianity - Key
Beliefs & Festivals |
2 |
| Animal Rights,
Protest & Environment |
2 |
| Prejudice, Sexuality
& Abortion |
3 |
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| Year
11 |
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| Hinduism - Key Beliefs
& Festivals |
1 |
| Crime &
Punishment |
1 |
| Rich and Poor in
Society |
2 |
| Matters of Life
and Death |
2 |
| Drugs |
2 |
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Exam:
50% Year 10
50% Year 11
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| Exam
Board: AQA |
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Syllabus:
Religious Studies (Spec
B) |
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| Trips /
Activities: |
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Trip to London visiting
2 Christain communities:
- Brompton Oratory - Traditional Catholic
- Holy Trinity Brompton - Contempory C of E |
Year
10 |
Trip to London
visiting:
- Hindu Temple in Neasden
- Christian Community in Bayswater - Westbourne Park Baptist
Church |
Year 11
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| Planned GCSE trip to New
York in January 2009 |
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