Purpose

The KS3 Geography curriculum for Years 7-9 aims to equip students with essential geographical skills and knowledge, fostering a comprehensive understanding of our world and its challenges. Year 7 helps students develop skills in weather investigation, understanding ecosystems, and analysing climate change impacts, with a focus on local responses in Jersey. Year 8 enhances their ability to measure development, explore sustainable practices, and understand urbanisation and population growth. Year 9 deepens their knowledge of physical geography, cold environments, and tectonic processes, highlighting the importance of predicting and preparing for natural hazards. This curriculum prepares students to think critically about global issues such as climate change, sustainable development, and natural disasters, encouraging them to develop solutions for a sustainable future.

Content

In the Autumn term students begin by learning key geographical skills and understanding their place in the world. Then we explore the difference between weather and climate and conduct our own weather investigation. In the Spring term we then expand on our knowledge of different climates to learn about the world’s major ecosystems and biomes, learning about how species adapt to live there and how these ecosystems are under threat. In our final term we learn about the world’s different natural resources and how we can make sure we don’t run out of them. Finally, we explore the causes of climate changes and the potential impacts, and we look at how climate change may affect us in Jersey and what Jersey is doing to combat this.