The study of geography is about more than just memorizing places on a map. It’s about understanding the complexity of our world, appreciating the diversity of cultures that exists across continents. (And in the end, it’s about using all that knowledge to help bridge divides and bring people together.) “
Barack Obama
The overall aims of the Geography Department are to stimulate at all levels an ability and interest in the subject and also to develop an awareness, knowledge and respect for the environment from the local to the global scale.
We study a broad range of topics throughout the key stage 3 curriculum giving our students the change to study human, physical and environmental geography at both the local and international scope. Ranging from topics such as ‘Geographies of Northern Ireland’ and Climate change, to Map skills and environmental sustainability.
Exam Board: CCEA
Unit 1: Understanding our natural world.
This is examined through a written examination worth 40% of your total grade.
In this unit we study:
Unit 2: Living in our world.
This is examined through a written examination worth 40% of your total grade.
In this unit we study:
Unit 3: River fieldwork
This is examined in a one-hour external examination which will be based on a field school into the changing profile of a river in Northern Ireland.
