Devonport High School For Girls
Geography
Head of Department
Ms A Trower, BSc (Hons), PGCE
Statement of Intent
At DHSG, our Geography Curriculum is designed to:
- celebrate the diversity of our world and cultivate curiosity about its places and people;
- critically analyse physical processes and human concepts ;
- embrace geographical thinking and independent enquiry, in our studies and in our own lives;
- nurture global citizens with the knowledge and skills to effect sustainable environmental change.
Curriculum Programmes of Study
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Year |
Cycle | Content |
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Year 7 |
Cycle 1 |
Plymouth, Devon, England Welcome & introduction to Geography Weather and climate |
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Cycle 2 |
New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand Coasts |
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Cycle 3 |
Plymouth, Montserrat, Caribbean Volcanoes |
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Year 8 |
Cycle 1 |
Re-imaging Russia Place |
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Cycle 2 |
Going Global Global garments |
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Cycle 3 |
Climate challenges Glaciers |
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Year 9 |
Cycle 1 |
Our Frozen Planet Polar Tundra Global Governance |
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Cycle 2 |
Resources- risk & resilience Energy Water Food |
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Cycle 3 |
Sustainable spaces Urbanisation Challenges Innovations |
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Year 10 |
Cycle 1 |
Changing economic world- paper 2 |
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Cycle 2 |
Hazards – paper 1 | |
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Cycle 3 |
Urban issues & challenges- paper 2 Exeter City Centre fieldwork |
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Year 11 |
Cycle 1 |
UK landscapes- Coasts– paper 1 Dawlish Warren fieldwork |
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Cycle 2 |
UK landscapes- Rivers- paper 1 | |
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Cycle 3 |
Pre-release & fieldwork – paper 3 |
Lower Years Learning Journey
Middle Years Learning Journey
Lower Years Assessment Framework
To view the Lower Years Assessment Framework for Geography, please click here
Middle Years Exam and Specification Information
Full details of the specification and assessment criteria can be found on the AQA website GCSE Geography Specification
Extra-curricular activities
Fieldwork is a fundamental part of the study of Geography and students are provided with a range of fieldwork opportunities. Below are some of the trips that run regularly in the department.
- Year 7 – National Marine Aquarium – looking at threats to ocean ecosystems.
- Year 7 – Eden Project – studying plant adaptations in the tropical rainforest.
- Year 8 – Eden Project – exploring the impacts of climate change and ways in which we can positively respond.
- Year 10 – Exeter city centre - investigating changing urban environments.
- Year 11 – Dawlish Warren – investigating coastal processes and landforms.
- Year 12- The Cottonian Research Room at The Box- developing research skills.
- Year 12 - Start Bay - investigating coastal processes and landforms in preparation for students’ own independent investigation.
- Year 12 – Devonport docks and Plymouth waterfront – investigating our local sense of place, urban deprivation and regeneration.
- Year 12- Plymouth University- Geohazards conference and Changing Places workshops.
Residential trips
Years 9-13- London-visiting some of our key case studies, including the Olympic Park and Brick Lane.
Years 10- 13 - Iceland - a trip of awe and wonder to the land of ‘fire and ice’.