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Key Stage 3	Y7 3 hours per fortnight Y8 2 hours per fortnight Y9 3 hours per fortnight
Key Stage 4	GCSE Geography (AQA), 5 hours per fortnight
Key Stage 5	A Level Geography,  (Pearson) 9 hours per fortnight in Y12 and 8 hours per fortnight in Y13

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As a school we value the role that Geography has to play in helping our pupils to become well-rounded adults who can contribute positively to their local and global community. As part of this, they will tackle difficult and topical issues which will give the pupils the opportunity to discuss and debate social, moral, cultural and spiritual questions. We will also promote the value geography as an interesting and enjoyable subject and the vitally important role that Geography plays in understanding how the world works in an increasingly globalised society and economy.  Knowledge, application and skills are at the core of our 21st century curriculum. We will support the pupils to develop the essential employability, enterprise & transferable skills in information technology and data/resource analysis and interpretation through the curriculum content and how it is taught and delivered.

Staff

Mr K Hughes (KHU)	Curriculum Area Leader for Geography
Mr C Tees (CTE)	Teacher of Geography and Assistant Headteacher
Miss H Templeton (HT)	Teacher of Geography
Mrs J McGugan (JMU)	Teacher of Geography and Assistant Headteacher

Additional Information

• Overseas trips – We offer the opportunity for pupils to experience geography in the real world by overseas trips. In the past we have taken Year 11,12 and 13 to Iceland and Italy
• Local trips – We offer the opportunity for pupils to experience real life physical landscapes in a number of different trips that we offer.
• Environment Club – This club joins after school giving pupils the chance to make a positive change the school environment and local communities. An example of activity undertaken is local beach cleans. This club is open to all years.
• Fieldwork – Being ideally placed on the Sefton Coast gives the department an ideal environment for fieldwork opportunities. We use this unique geographical location to carry out fieldwork with pupils in all Key Stages including geographical sketching, environmental quality surveys, vegetation surveys and beach profiling

Please follow out Instagram page to see more of what we do here at Range High School – @rangegeogdept

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