Hall Mead School

The students study the following topics at Key Stage 3.

YEAR	AUTUMN	WINTER	SPRING	SUMMER
7	Geography passport – Exploring England Map Skills	Crime Settlement	Coasts	Weather and Climate
8	Europe – A sense of Place France	Rivers	Farming	Ecosystems Tourism
9	A Global Sense of Place USA	Natural Hazards	Globalisation	The Environment – Local Actions/Global Effects

ASSESSMENT

The Geography Department uses the Key Stage 3 strategy’s assessment for learning to assess students’ progress. In Years 7, 8 and 9 students will be asked to complete an assignment once a term. This assignment will be linked to the topic they are currently studying and can take a variety of forms, ranging from a project (e.g Year 7 Crime and the community project) through to designing a web page (Year 8 coasts). The students’ work is assessed and given a level using an assessment grid. (LINK TO EXAMPLE) This allows students to clearly see how well they have done. They will also be given an effort grade and teachers will make comments on the back of the grid and students will also be given opportunity to comment on how well they think they have done.

LINK TO AN EXAMPLE OF AN ASSESSMENT.

GEOGRAPHY MARK SCHEME

The emphasis is on target setting. Exercise books will be
checked once a month and given an effort grade if applicable. (i.e. depending on the nature of the work completed.) Students will mainly be given targets which they should read carefully as they will help them improve their work.

TEXT BOOKS

At Key Stage 3 the students use the following text books:

Year 7 – The UK
Year 8 – Europe
Year 9 – The World

In addition the students will use the Geog 1,2 and 3 range published by Oxford University Press.

Students will be given a username and password which will allow them access to the Geog World website. They can use this website 24 hours a day.